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The wrong prescription
- Author:
- WINCHESTER Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 9.8.01, 2001, p.23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on how many older people in residential homes are spending their days in a drug-induced haze as the use of anti-psychotic drugs reached record high levels.
The colour that lends support
- Author:
- COBB Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Diverse Minds Magazine, 10, October 2001, pp.4-6.
- Publisher:
- MIND
Reports on Mind's analysis of its yellow card scheme which highlights the need for people to get better information, to have more say in their treatment, and gain greater support for managing withdrawal.
Mix 'n' match?
- Author:
- JOHNSTONE Lucy
- Journal article citation:
- Openmind, 110, July 2001, p.16.
- Publisher:
- MIND
Argues that the National Service Framework does not do enough to challenge a biomedical view of mental ill-health.
How to recognise, assess and treat depression in young people
- Author:
- AFZAL Ghazala
- Journal article citation:
- Community Nurse, 7(6), July 2001, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Argues that a combination of drug and psychosocial therapies are needed to tackle the growing prevalence of depression in young people and to prevent long-term morbidity associated with the condition.
Drug debate intensifies
- Author:
- WELLARD Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 14.6.01, May 2001, p.14.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Mental health campaigners are demanding that quality of life considerations should prevail over issues of cost in the debate about who should get new anti-psychotic drugs.
Diagnosis and drugs: help or hindrance when people with learning disabilities have psychological problems?
- Authors:
- KROESE Biza Stenfert, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 29(1), March 2001, pp.26-33.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
In this article, the authors question how useful psychiatric diagnosis and psychotropic medication are in alleviating psychological problems experienced by people with learning disabilities, and put forward the view that a functional analysis of the problems and psychosocial and environmental interventions are more appropriate.
Relationship of suicide rates to social factors and availability of lethal methods: comparison of suicide in Newcastle upon Tyne 1961-1965 and 1985-1994
- Authors:
- SCHAPIRA Kurt, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 178, May 2001, pp.458-464.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Studies causes of change in suicide rate over a 30-year period in Newcastle upon Tyne. Suicide rates and methods, based on coroners' inquest records, were compared over two periods (1961-1965 and 1985-1994) and differences were related to changes in exposure to poisons and prescribed drugs, and to socio-demographic changes. Finds that demographic and social changes had taken place which would adversely affect suicide rates. However, a dramatic fall was found in the rate for women, and a modest decline in that for men. Reduced exposure to carbon monoxide and to barbiturates coincided with the fall in rates. Concludes that reduced exposure to lethal methods was responsible for the fall in rate in both genders, while the gender difference in favour of women may be related to their preference for non-violent methods or to their being less affected by the social changes.
Comparison of the outcome and treatment of psychosis in people of Caribbean origin living in the UK and British Whites: report from the UK700 trial
- Authors:
- McKENZIE K., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 178, February 2001, pp.160-165.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
The comparative outcome of psychosis in British Whites and UK African-Caribbeans is unclear. Some report that African-Caribbeans have worse outcome, whereas others claim better symptomatic outcome and a more benign course. This research aims to compare the course, outcome and treatment of psychosis in African-Caribbeans and British Whites in a large multi-centre sample. Outcome measures (hospitalisation, illness course, self-harm, social disability and treatment received) were adjusted for socio-economic and clinical differences between groups at baseline using regression analysis. Results found African-Caribbeans were less likely to have a continuous illness and to receive treatment with antidepressants or psychotherapy. Concludes that the outcome of psychosis is complex but differs between UK African-Caribbeans and British Whites. This may reflect risk factors that increase the rate of psychosis in UK African-Caribbeans. Treatment differences require further investigation.