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Predictors of later schizophrenia and affective psychosis among attendees at a child psychiatry department
- Authors:
- CANNON Mary, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 178, May 2001, pp.420-426.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Schizophrenia has been linked with psychological problems in childhood but there is little information on precursors of affective psychosis. Childhood item sheets, which give standardised information on signs and symptoms of mental illness in the year preceding assessment are completed for all attendees at the children's department of the Maudsley and Bethlem Royal Hospital. The authors examined item sheet data on individuals with an adult diagnosis of schizophrenia or affective psychosis and a comparison group with no adult mental illness. Finds that abnormal suspiciousness or sensitivity and relationship difficulties with peers are associated with later schizophrenia. In contrast, affective psychosis is associated with childhood hysterical symptoms and disturbances in eating. Concludes that childhood psychological precursors for schizophrenia and affective psychosis differ and do not simply reflect non-specific psychiatric disturbance in adolescence.
Communicating effectively with psychotic patients
- Author:
- JOHNSTON John
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 20.9.01, 2001, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Argues that nurses need to develop a feel for the hidden meaning of words if they are to have constructive conversations with people whose talk is often dismissed.
Psychiatric effects of cannabis
- Author:
- JOHNS Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 178, February 2001, pp.116-122.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Aims To re-evaluate the adverse effects of cannabis in the general population and among vulnerable individuals, including those with serious psychiatric disorders. It was found that an appreciable proportion of cannabis users report short-lived adverse effects, including psychotic states following heavy consumption, and regular users are at risk of dependence. People with major mental illnesses such as schizophrenia are especially vulnerable in that cannabis generally provokes relapse and aggravates existing symptoms. Health workers need to recognise, and respond to, the adverse effects of cannabis on mental health.
Schizophrenia
- Authors:
- BIRCHWOOD Max, JACKSON Chris
- Publisher:
- Psychology Press
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 168p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Schizophrenia continues to be the most debilitating of the psychotic disorders with less than one third returning to a `normal' level of functioning. The understanding of this disorder has advanced considerably over the last 10 years with major contributions from neurobiology but particularly from an understanding of the way in which psychosocial and psychological factors interact with underlying vulnerabilities to influence both the content and timing of psychotic symptoms and the personal and social difficulty they create. This book brings together this disparate and complex literature. The section on treatment brings to the reader a clear account of psychological, social and drug treatments interspersed with clinical accounts.
Psychosocial characteristics and needs of mothers with psychotic disorders
- Authors:
- HOWARD Louise M., KUMAR Howard R., THORNICROFT Graham
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 178, May 2001, pp.427-432.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
It is not known whether mothers with psychotic disorders are clinically and socially distinct from women with psychoses who have not had children. Article aims to determine the proportion of mothers in an epidemiologically representative population of women with psychotic disorders, to examine the factors associated with having children, and to examine the factors associated with having children 'looked after' by social services. Sixty-three per cent of women with psychotic disorders in the study were mothers. There were no clinical differences between women with or without children, but mothers were more likely to be older and live in unsupported accommodation. Having had a 'looked after' child was associated with Mental Health Act detention, younger age, a forensic history and being Black African. Concludes that many women with psychoses are mothers. Mothers with psychoses are as disabled and have as many needs as women with psychoses without children.
In Search of madness: schizophrenia and neuroscience
- Author:
- HEINRICHS R. Walter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 357p.bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Presents an integrated synthesis of twenty years nueroscientific evidence on schizophrenia. The author takes his reader on a journey into the enigma of the illness: the study of symptoms, the search for objective disease markers, the findings on the cognitive functions, structure, physiology, chemistry and development of the brain. What emerges is an illness that reveals itself more strongly in thought processes than in biology. As research moves from mind to molecule evidence actually becomes harder to produce. What at first sight seems to be a dazzling harvest of research techniques turns out to yield modest or even inconsistent results. Contents include: illness and evidence; the nature of symptoms; the mark of madness; executive incompetence; the biology of meaning; neurochemical tempest; the strangeness of children; flights of theory; the end of the beginning.
Communication and mental illness: theoretical and practical approaches
- Editors:
- FRANCE Jenny, KRAMER Sarah
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 478p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Aims to help professionals to understand the important role that communication plays in mental health and apply that knowledge in a variety of mental health settings. The first part of the book provides theoretical background to the methods of communication adopted by people with a range of diagnoses of mental illness. It also makes practical suggestions as to how this information can improve the professional's management of patients. Part Two looks at how information about communication in mental illness can influence service provision, with suggestions for future policy and practice. Concludes with a section describing the state of current research.