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Implementing the Dementia Early Stage Cognitive Aids New Trial (DESCANT) intervention: mixed-method process evaluation alongside a pragmatic randomised trial
(2021)OBJECTIVESThe DESCANT (Dementia Early Stage Cognitive Aids New Trial) intervention provided a personalised care package designed to improve the cognitive abilities, function and well-being of people with early-stage dementia ... -
Community Occupational Therapy for people with dementia and family carers (COTiD-UK) versus treatment as usual (Valuing Active Life in Dementia [VALID]) study: A single-blind, randomised controlled trial
(2021)Background: We aimed to estimate the clinical effectiveness of Community Occupational Therapy for people with dementia and family carers-UK version (Community Occupational Therapy in Dementia-UK version [COTiD-UK]) relative ... -
Pilot Randomised Evaluation of Singing in Dementia (PRESIDE): Protocol for a two-arm, parallel-group randomised controlled feasibility study with waiting-list control
(2021)BACKGROUNDAs the number of people living with dementia grows, so does the need to provide them with adequate psychosocial support. Many people with dementia live at home with family carers, who also require social and ... -
Mental health services for children in care: investigation to elicit outcomes of direct and indirect interventions
(2021)Aims and method The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of direct therapy and indirect consultation for treating mental health difficulties among looked after children (LAC), and also to identify any demographic ... -
Alcohol and substance misuse
(2020)Older people now represent a group at highest risk of rising substance misuse. This applies to alcohol as well as both illicit and prescription drugs. It is a trend that is likely to continue for decades to come, during ... -
Severe and enduring mental illness
(2020)Severe and enduring mental illness refers mainly to the long-term experience of schizophrenia and psychosis but also to other chronic functional disorders. The prevalence of psychoses in older people is hard to measure but ... -
Epidemiology of old age psychiatry: An overview of concepts and main studies
(2020)Epidemiology is the foundation of public health and rational planning of services. In the field of old age psychiatry, the information provided by epidemiological research has been highly influential. As the world older ... -
The experience of dementia
(2020)This chapter consists of four sections that consider various aspects of the journey through dementia. The first two parts (by Keith Oliver and Hilary Doxford) describe the early stages of dementia, the process of getting ... -
Principles of service provision in old age psychiatry
(2020)Globally increasing numbers of older people bring both challenges and opportunities for old age psychiatry services. This chapter outlines the history, underlying principles, and policy context for contemporary mental ... -
Oxford textbook of old age psychiatry
(2020)The Oxford Textbook of Old Age Psychiatry, Third Edition, has been thoroughly updated to keep pace with the developments that have taken place in old age psychiatry since publication of the Second Edition in 2013, including ... -
What young people say about impulsivity in the short-term build up to self-harm: A qualitative study using card-sort tasks
(2020)Youth who self-harm report high levels of trait impulsivity and identify impulsive behaviour as a proximal factor directly preceding a self-harm act. Yet, impulsivity is a multidimensional construct and distinct ... -
Classification of psychotherapy interventions for people with schizophrenia: development of the Nottingham Classification of Psychotherapies
(2020)BACKGROUNDCurrently, there is no accepted system for the classification of psychotherapies for application within systematic reviews. The creation of anuncomplicated, understandable and practical classification system is ... -
Motor-related oscillatory activity in schizophrenia according to phase of illness and clinical symptom severity
(2020)Magnetoencephalography (MEG) measures magnetic fields generated by synchronised neural current flow and provides direct inference on brain electrophysiology and connectivity, with high spatial and temporal resolution. The ... -
Prevalence and risk of mild cognitive impairment in low and middle-income countries: A systematic review
(2020)BACKGROUNDMild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a cognitive state associated with increased risk of dementia. Little research on MCI exists from low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), despite high prevalence of dementia in ... -
Taking part in the community occupational therapy in dementia UK intervention from the perspective of people with dementia, family carers and occupational therapists: A qualitative study
(2020)AIMCommunity Occupational Therapy in Dementia (COTiD-UK) is a manualised intervention delivered to the person with dementia and their identified family carer primarily in their own home. The focus is on enabling both the ... -
What are the experiences of speech and language therapists implementing a staff development approach in early years settings to enhance good communication practices?
(2020)Interventions designed to improve communication environments and the quality of adult?child interactions in early years (EY) settings are an important part of facilitating children?s communication skills both for children ... -
Predicting outcomes and sudden gains from initial in-session interactions during remote cognitive behavioral thearpy for severe health anxiety
(2020)There has been a dramatic increase in remote psychotherapy since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis. There is also expected to be an increase in mental health problems in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. An increase in ... -
Speech and language therapy management models
(2002)Historical and theoretical perspectives; Communication environment; Communication partners; A shared model of communication; Intervention - Models of speech and language therapy management; Practical application of management ... -
Inclusive communication - coming soon near you?
(2002)The white paper "Valuing People" committed speech and language therapy services to the promotion of choice, inclusion, independence and civil rights. This article describes how the Means, Reasons and Opportunities model ...
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