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A penny for your thoughts
- Authors:
- WILLIAMS Barry, BERRY Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 17.4.97, 1997, p.27.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Describes how a GP practice and local Mind office established a patients' group to improve care for people with mental health problems.
Taking liberties
- Author:
- HARRISON Kate
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 28.8.97, 1997, p.8.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Discusses some concerns at the erosion of freedoms as definitions of necessary medical treatment under the Mental Health Act 1983 are refined in the courts.
Focal points
- Authors:
- MINGHELLA Edana, FORD Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 11.12.97, 1997, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Argues that the constant pressure on beds for psychiatric patients in inner cities could be reduced with better, and better targeted, community care. Presents the results of a study tracing the path of care in two trusts.
Real lives
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Viewpoint, 22, October 1997, pp.6-7.
- Publisher:
- Mencap/Gateway
Describes life inside Rampton Hospital which is the main secure unit for people with learning disabilities.
Ethnic differences in satisfaction with mental health services among representative people with psychosis in South London: PRiSM study 4
- Authors:
- PARKMAN Sue, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 171, September 1997, pp.260-264.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Previous studies show that among Black Caribbeans there is a higher prevalence of schizophrenia and higher levels of both voluntary and compulsory admissions. These suggest that Black Caribbean patients may find psychiatric services less appropriate to their needs. The aim of this study was to establish the satisfaction with mental health services of representative psychosis patients in South London, especially in relation to ethnic group. Concludes that patients' ratings of satisfaction with mental health services are significantly worse for UK-born Black Caribbean than other patients with psychotic disorder in South London.
Preventing violence on mental health wards
- Authors:
- WARREN Jonathan, BEADSMOORE Alan
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 20.8.97, 1997, pp.47-48.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
The findings reported in this article form part of a two-year study on the quality and effectiveness of acute mental health in-patient care by the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health.
A case-control study of GP and patient-related variables associated with non-attendance at new psychiatric out-patient appointments
- Authors:
- NEELEMAN Jan, MIKHAIL Wagdy I.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 6(3), June 1997, pp.301-306.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Describes a case-control study of 50 attenders and 46 defaulters at first psychiatric out-patient appointments which examined patient and GP-related factors in relation to non-attendance. A history of behavioural difficulties (such as substance abuse, legal problems or self-harm) and the absence of a clear psychiatric diagnosis were associated with non-attendance. Patients referred by fund-holding GPs were more likely to keep their appointment than those referred by non-fundholding GPs. However, a strong association between the presence of current social and relationship problems, and non-attendance, overshadowed the other predictors. The results suggest that there is a group of patients with minor psychiatric morbidity who, while in need of psychiatric help, are unable to make use of conventional psychiatric services.
HIV infection in psychiatric patients: an unlinked anonymous study
- Authors:
- AYUSO-MATEOS Jose L., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 170, February 1997, pp.181-185.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Recent surveys suggest that psychiatric patients are at increased risk of being infected with HIV, although very little information is available concerning the seroprevalence of HIV infection among this population outside the USA. This article looks at seroprevalence of HIV-I among patients admitted to a psychiatric in-patient unit in Madrid, and it gathers anonymous risk-factor information. Concludes that there is a substantial prevalence of HIV infection in psychiatric patients admitted to an acute in-patient unit. History of injecting drug use was strongly associated with seropositivity. Clinicians recognised risk factors for HIV infection in the majority of the HIV-infected cases.
The national visit: a one-day visit to 309 acute psychiatric wards by the Mental Health Act Commission in collaboration with the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Authors:
- MENTAL HEALTH ACT COMMISSION, RUNCIMAN Ruth, (chair)
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 18p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report of 309 inspection visits, focusing on: the number, qualifications and deployment of nursing staff; the adequacy and understanding of policy and procedures about leave for detained patients; and the safety and privacy of women atients.
Clinical assessment of dangerousness in psychotic patients: some risk indicators and pitfalls
- Author:
- BJORKLY Stal
- Journal article citation:
- Aggression and Violent Behavior, 2(2), Summer 1997, pp.167-178.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
In assessing psychotic patients, clinicians are confronted with the difficult task of deciding whether or not patients are dangerous to others. Since no single predictor of dangerousness has proved to have superior predictive value, it is suggested that clinicians should rely on sets of indicators. Based on findings from empirical studies, this article presents some sets of indicators of dangerousness in psychotic patients. These include: background variables, demographic variables, psychopathological and psychodynamic indicators, analysis of observed aggressive incidents, and indicators derived from analysing patients' apprehension of their dynamics of aggression. Finally discusses some pitfalls in the clinical assessment of dangerousness in psychotic patients.