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The mind: a user's guide
- Author:
- PERSAUD Raj
- Publisher:
- Bantam Press
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 500p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Mind: A User’s Guide aims to inform and empower anyone who has experience of a mental health problem, or who has an interest in safeguarding or improving their own emotional well-being. Edited by Dr Raj Persaud, with contributions from distinguished experts, this guide has been published in collaboration with the Royal College of Psychiatrists. It provides accessible, jargon-free information on the latest research into brain and mind sciences, and gives distinctive descriptions of behaviour, feelings and thoughts relating to a wide variety of conditions In addition to clarifying and helping us to understand symptoms, treatments and therapies, The Mind also challenges the stigma so often associated with mental health issues, and the damaging myths and misconceptions that may prevent people from seeking professional help.
Journeys through mental illness: clients' experiences and understandings of mental disorders
- Author:
- FOSTER Juliet L.H.
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 218p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
At a time when service users' perspectives are increasingly recognized in healthcare, this seminal book highlights the importance of clients' perceptions of all aspects of mental illness. It examines the implications of these understandings, especially in relation to clients' relationships with services.
Research into putative biological mechanisms of mental disorders has been of no value to clinical psychiatry
- Authors:
- KINGDON David, YOUNG Allan H.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 191(10), October 2007, pp.285-290.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
In 1845 Griesinger declared that mental disorders were physical in origin. The discovery of the bacterial cause of general paresis and the anatomical basis for Alzheimer’s disease seemed to confirm this belief. However, is it still reasonable, a century later, to continue to devote increasing amounts of financial and expert human resource to pursuing further possible physical causes for mental disorders? The belief that there remain undiscovered and important biological causes for mental disorders continues to exert a major influence on the direction of research, practice and public education. But has it helped us to understand aetiology, improve management or destigmatise mental disorders?
The devil is in the detail: partnerships between psychiatry and faith-based organisations
- Authors:
- LEAVEY Gerard, KING Michael
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 191(8), August 2007, pp.97-98.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Clergy continue to have a central role in many communities and the utility of their involvement in the care of people with mental health problems is increasingly argued. However, there has been a failure to examine the form and parameters of partnerships between faith-based organisations and psychiatry.
Disgust and psychiatric illness: have we remembered?
- Authors:
- OLATUNJI Bunmi, McKAY Dean
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 190(6), June 2007, pp.457-459.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
It has been argued that disgust has been forgotten by psychiatry. An overview of recent research on disgust is provided. Findings suggest that disgust is a predictor of the development of specific psychiatric conditions.
Culture and mental health: a comprehensive text book
- Authors:
- BHUI Kamaldeep, BHUGRA Dinesh
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 376p.
- Place of publication:
- New York
This book brings together experts from around the world to discuss the provision of mental health services within multicultural societies and what this means in clinical and practical terms. The book looks in detail at the clinical state of services for multicultural societies across the globe, drawing on a diversity of medical and social science disciplines. The impact of cultural differences on the management of those with mental health disorders, whether ethical, religious, legal, or social, is compared in a number of settings and is supported by academic or experiential based evidence where appropriate. The first part of the book considers the basic sciences in cultural psychiatry, looking at disciplines such as philosophy, laws, anthropology, sociology, and religious studies. In the second part, experts from around the world describe mental illness and programmes of care from around the globe. Contributions cover Russia, West Africa, North Africa, East Africa, South Africa, South America, South Asia, USA and Canada, Australia and New Zealand, Far East, Europe, and the Caribbean.
Profile of psychiatric disorders and life events in medically ill elderly: experiences from geriatric clinic in Northern India
- Authors:
- PRAKASH Om, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 22(11), November 2007, pp.1101-1105.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Morbidity among elderly people has an important influence on their psychological well-being. Evaluation of the morbidity profile and its determinants, which have implications for management of medical problems of elderly people, are scarce in developing countries. Even the physicians' detection rate of mental distress in elderly populations is low in medical outpatient clinics. This could be due to the large caseloads and also, importantly, underestimation of psychological concerns of the elderly. The objective of this study was to study the psychiatric co-morbidity and life events among elderly medical outpatients One hundred medically ill elderly (>60 years) patients attending the Geriatric Clinic at Bikaner (North India) constituted the study population. The physical diagnosis was made by a physician based on reported illness, clinical examination and medical records. Psychiatric diagnosis was made by detailed clinical psychiatric interview using ICD-10 guidelines. Life events were assessed by the Indian adaptation of Presumptive Stressful Life Events Scale. Hypertension was the most commonly reported physical diagnosis (50%), other specific medical illnesses were osteoarthritis (15%), diabetes (13%) and constipation (8%). The study found 18% subjects had depression and 11% had other mental disorders. Patients with mental disorders had suffered more recent stressful life events. Among life events, conflicts in family (16%); unemployment of self or children (9%) was reported by elderly psychiatric patients. Other reported life events in psychiatric diagnosed elderly were conflict in family (7%), illness of self (6%) or family members (5%) and death of family members (5%) or close relatives (4%). Mental disorders are common among medically ill elderly patients, but they are poorly recognized and treated. Assessment of the psychiatric morbidity will help in strengthening psycho-geriatric services and thus, improve the quality of life of the elderly.
The prevalence of psychiatric symptoms and behavioural disturbances and the use of psychotropic drugs in Norwegian nursing homes
- Authors:
- SALBAEK Geir, KIRKEVOLD Oyvind, ENGEDAL Knut
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 22(9), September 2007, pp.843-849.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Psychiatric and behavioural symptoms in dementia are associated with a range of negative outcomes, including institutional placement and the widespread use of psychotropic drugs in spite of limited evidence for their efficacy. The aim was to determine the prevalence of psychiatric and behavioural symptoms and the pattern of psychotropic drug prescription in patients with various degrees of dementia. A sample of 1,163 non-selected nursing home patients were assessed by means of the Neuropsychiatric Inventory, the Clinical Dementia Rating scale and Lawton's activities of daily living scale. In addition, information was collected from the patients' records. Dementia was found in 81% of the patients and 72% of them had clinically significant psychiatric and behavioural symptoms. The frequencies of symptoms increased with the severity of the dementia. Psychotropic medication was being prescribed to 75% of patients with dementia. There was a significant relationship between the type of drug and the symptom for which it had been dispensed. Psychiatric and behavioural symptoms are frequent in nursing homes and the rate increases with the progression of the dementia. Systematic programmes are needed for disseminating skills and providing guidance regarding the evaluation and treatment of these symptoms in nursing homes.
Attention-deficit hyperactivity and developmental coordination disorders: knowledge and practice among child and adolescent psychiatrists and paediatricians
- Authors:
- KIRBY Amanda, SALMON Gil, EDWARDS Lisa
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 31(9), September 2007, pp.336-338.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
Despite extensive evidence that attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and developmental coordination disorder commonly present as overlapping disorders, it is not clear whether clinicians routinely enquire about movement difficulties when assessing children with suspected ADHD. We describe a survey that examines knowledge and practice of child and adolescent psychiatrists (n=107) and paediatricians (n=51) in this area. Results show that 67.3% of child and adolescent psychiatrists compared with 15.7% of paediatricians claimed to have poor or very poor knowledge of developmental coordination disorder, and 28% compared with 5.9% respectively reported that they never or only occasionally ask about motor difficulties. Child and adolescent psychiatrists should consider routine screening for developmental coordination disorder when assessing for ADHD. Further training in assessment of developmental coordination disorder is recommended to facilitate this.
Nepalese psychiatrists’ struggle for evolution
- Author:
- JHA Arun
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 31(9), September 2007, pp.348-350.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
Nepal has a short and slowly developing history of psychiatry. Recent political turmoil has crippled Nepalese healthcare in rural areas. Although the final quarter of the 20th century saw some development of psychiatric services in Nepal, the majority of Nepalese people remain deprived of such services even today. There is no national health programme or Mental Health Act. Psychiatric services are hospital based and most are centralised in the capital. Nepalese psychiatrists need urgent help, but they have been unable to form a strong professional body. This report presents the historical background, current state of affairs and suggestions for modernising mental health services in Nepal.