Mental health and policing interventions: implementation and impact
This study provides baseline of research evidence for those who commission and provide services for individuals experiencing mental ill health and who are in contact with the justice system. (Source: Mental Health Review Journal)
Source: Mental Health Review Journal - May 17, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
The development and implementation of a peer support model for a specialist mental health service for older people: lessons learned
Mental Health Review Journal,Volume 23, Issue 2, Page 73-85, June 2018. Purpose There has been a significant growth in the employment of peer workers over the past decade in youth and adult mental health settings. Peer work in mental health services for older people is less developed, and there are no existing peer work models for specialist mental health services for older people in Australia. The authors developed and implemented a peer work model for older consumers and carers of a specialist mental health service. The purpose of this paper is to describe the model, outline the implementation barriers experienced and l...
Source: Mental Health Review Journal - May 17, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Truth and reconciliation: a welcome dialogue
Mental Health Review Journal,Volume 22, Issue 4, Page 332-334, December 2017. Purpose This paper is an author ’s reply to the article by Cresswell (2017) critiquing the original piece by Spandler and McKeown (2017) on truth and reconciliation (T&R) in psychiatry. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach It continues the dialogue about the nature of reconciliation in mental health services and reflects on distinctions between the nature of historical abuses within the asylum system and the need to understand and prevent further harm within contemporary services. Findings Whilst the authors ...
Source: Mental Health Review Journal - November 23, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Truth and reconciliation in psychiatry: a response to Spandler and McKeown
Mental Health Review Journal,Volume 22, Issue 4, Page 324-331, December 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to critique Spandler and McKeown ’s recent advocacy of a truth and reconciliation (T&R) process in psychiatry. Design/methodology/approach A critique of a recent paper in Mental Health Review Journal. Findings That Spandler and McKeown ’s advocacy of a T&R process in psychiatry can be criticised from a number of inter-related practical, political and ethical perspectives. Originality/value The present critique contributes to the ongoing debate about the desirability of a T&R process in psyc...
Source: Mental Health Review Journal - November 23, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Medical student and psychiatrist perceptions towards a psychiatric career
This study locally compares medical student and psychiatric doctor responses to a structured online survey and structured interviews with key managerial figures in the Humber NHS Foundation Trust. Findings Comparison across two main areas (pre-decision exposure to psychiatry and reasons for considering a psychiatric career) found that both students and doctors were influenced to make a choice about a career in psychiatry during medical school. Medical students found compatibility with family life to be more important when considering psychiatry, whereas doctors cited content-based reasons as significant pull factors. Stig...
Source: Mental Health Review Journal - November 23, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Sexual conflicts in panic disorder: a multi-case study
Mental Health Review Journal,Volume 22, Issue 4, Page 300-314, December 2017. Purpose Problems related to sexual functioning have been reported in patients with anxiety disorders in general and panic disorder in particular. The past literature has shown the association of sexual conflicts of panic disorder patients with sadomasochism, and revealed the themes of: guilt, self-punishment, role of unconscious conflicts about sexuality, anger and separation. The purpose of this paper is to explore sexual conflicts in patients with panic disorder and their beliefs regarding guilt around sexual fantasies and dreams. Design/meth...
Source: Mental Health Review Journal - November 23, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Intersectionality, mental health and Chinese people in the UK: a qualitative exploration
Mental Health Review Journal,Volume 22, Issue 4, Page 289-299, December 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide qualitative evidence from the experience of Chinese service users in the UK to expand the literature on the use of intersectionality analysis in research on the mental health of ethnic minority groups. Design/methodology/approach Repeated in-depth life-history interviews were carried out with 22 participants. Interviews were analysed using the constant comparative method. Findings Four areas of life are identified for their possible negative impact on mental health for this minority group: labour...
Source: Mental Health Review Journal - November 23, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Combination of clozapine with an atypical antipsychotic: a meta-analysis
Mental Health Review Journal,Volume 22, Issue 4, Page 277-288, December 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the efficacy of atypical antipsychotics in combination with clozapine. Previous meta-analyses have assessed the use of both typical and atypical antipsychotics in combination with clozapine, combination treatment being withheld only for those patients deemed treatment resistant. Design/methodology/approach Outcomes assessed included: positive, negative and overall symptom score. The total numbers of participants (n=588) were scored using the Positive and Negative Symptom Scale/the Brief Psychiatric...
Source: Mental Health Review Journal - November 23, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Truth and reconciliation: a welcome dialogue
Mental Health Review Journal,Volume 22, Issue 4, Page 332-334, December 2017. Purpose This paper is an author ’s reply to the article by Cresswell (2017) critiquing the original piece by Spandler and McKeown (2017) on truth and reconciliation (T&R) in psychiatry. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach It continues the dialogue about the nature of reconciliation in mental health services and reflects on distinctions between the nature of historical abuses within the asylum system and the need to understand and prevent further harm within contemporary services. Findings Whilst the authors ...
Source: Mental Health Review Journal - November 23, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Truth and reconciliation in psychiatry: a response to Spandler and McKeown
Mental Health Review Journal,Volume 22, Issue 4, Page 324-331, December 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to critique Spandler and McKeown ’s recent advocacy of a truth and reconciliation (T&R) process in psychiatry. Design/methodology/approach A critique of a recent paper in Mental Health Review Journal. Findings That Spandler and McKeown ’s advocacy of a T&R process in psychiatry can be criticised from a number of inter-related practical, political and ethical perspectives. Originality/value The present critique contributes to the ongoing debate about the desirability of a T&R process in psyc...
Source: Mental Health Review Journal - November 23, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Medical student and psychiatrist perceptions towards a psychiatric career
This study locally compares medical student and psychiatric doctor responses to a structured online survey and structured interviews with key managerial figures in the Humber NHS Foundation Trust. Findings Comparison across two main areas (pre-decision exposure to psychiatry and reasons for considering a psychiatric career) found that both students and doctors were influenced to make a choice about a career in psychiatry during medical school. Medical students found compatibility with family life to be more important when considering psychiatry, whereas doctors cited content-based reasons as significant pull factors. Stig...
Source: Mental Health Review Journal - November 23, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Sexual conflicts in panic disorder: a multi-case study
Mental Health Review Journal,Volume 22, Issue 4, Page 300-314, December 2017. Purpose Problems related to sexual functioning have been reported in patients with anxiety disorders in general and panic disorder in particular. The past literature has shown the association of sexual conflicts of panic disorder patients with sadomasochism, and revealed the themes of: guilt, self-punishment, role of unconscious conflicts about sexuality, anger and separation. The purpose of this paper is to explore sexual conflicts in patients with panic disorder and their beliefs regarding guilt around sexual fantasies and dreams. Design/meth...
Source: Mental Health Review Journal - November 23, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Intersectionality, mental health and Chinese people in the UK: a qualitative exploration
Mental Health Review Journal,Volume 22, Issue 4, Page 289-299, December 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide qualitative evidence from the experience of Chinese service users in the UK to expand the literature on the use of intersectionality analysis in research on the mental health of ethnic minority groups. Design/methodology/approach Repeated in-depth life-history interviews were carried out with 22 participants. Interviews were analysed using the constant comparative method. Findings Four areas of life are identified for their possible negative impact on mental health for this minority group: labour...
Source: Mental Health Review Journal - November 23, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Combination of clozapine with an atypical antipsychotic: a meta-analysis
Mental Health Review Journal,Volume 22, Issue 4, Page 277-288, December 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the efficacy of atypical antipsychotics in combination with clozapine. Previous meta-analyses have assessed the use of both typical and atypical antipsychotics in combination with clozapine, combination treatment being withheld only for those patients deemed treatment resistant. Design/methodology/approach Outcomes assessed included: positive, negative and overall symptom score. The total numbers of participants (n=588) were scored using the Positive and Negative Symptom Scale/the Brief Psychiatric...
Source: Mental Health Review Journal - November 23, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Shared decision making in mental health: special issue of the Mental Health Review Journal
Mental Health Review Journal,Volume 22, Issue 3, Page 149-151, September 2017. (Source: Mental Health Review Journal)
Source: Mental Health Review Journal - September 5, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
