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Accepting the inner voices
- Author:
- BAKER Paul
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 2.8.95, 1995, pp.59-61.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Hearing internal voices is relatively common, and many people not considered to have mental health problems have experienced them.
Spirit lifting: hope and recovery in case management practice
- Authors:
- SULLIVAN W. Patrick, FLOYD Destinee F.
- Journal article citation:
- Families in Society, 94(1), 2013, pp.38-44.
- Publisher:
- The Alliance for Children and Families
Case managers often play an important role in the recovery process for clients with severe mental health problems. This study investigated the views of case managers in two Midwestern states in the US regarding the clients they serve and their beliefs about the concept, process, and possibility of recovery from mental illness. Interviews from 50 mental health case managers were reviewed and rated on the basis of their perceived hopefulness about the prospects of recovery from mental illness. The study revealed that case managers held divergent views on the definition and likelihood of recovery. The authors concluded that practitioners may benefit from additional training and support to further develop their perspectives on recovery, which may also increase their hopefulness toward consumer outcomes. Implications for practice are discussed.
Psychodynamic psychotherapy: a quantitative, longitudinal perspective
- Authors:
- ROSEBOROUGH David J., MCLEOD Jeffrey T., BRADSHAW William H.
- Journal article citation:
- Research on Social Work Practice, 22(1), January 2012, pp.54-67.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The effectiveness of long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy has gathered international media attention. This quantitative study investigated the course of treatment over time and the outcomes associated with psychodynamic psychotherapy for a sample of 1,050 people undertaking in a community setting in state of Utah, United States. The treatment occurred over the course of 4 years, and was measured at 3-month intervals, using the Outcome Questionnaire (OQ)-45.2. Multilevel modelling was used to look at the longitudinal nature of change and at potentially meaningful moderating variables. Findings indicated a strong general improvement, though a more moderate one than described in other meta-analyses including primarily prospective studies. The treatment was followed by broad improvements, over time, with a general trend and few notable interaction effects. The treatment involved little deterioration, particularly in the first year. Further analysis suggested that clients with higher initial symptom severity showed greater improvement, and a unique course of recovery with clients who stayed over a year. Implications for practice are discussed.
Do helplines help?: summary report
- Author:
- RETHINK
- Publisher:
- Rethink
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 15p.
- Place of publication:
- Kingston upon Thames
The report Do Helplines Help? summarises research carried out among people using two of our large 24 hours, seven days a week helpline services, statutory agencies and commissioners. The research showed that these services offer invaluable support, reduce anxiety and help callers feel more in control and less isolated. The research was funded by the National Institute for Mental Health in England.
Regulatory policies on medicines for psychiatric disorders: is Europe on target?
- Authors:
- BARBUI Corrado, GARATTINI Silvio
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 190(2), February 2007, pp.91-93.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) is the regulatory body that provides the institutions of the European Community with the best possible scientific advice on the quality, safety and efficacy of medicinal products. Drugs approved by the EMEA are automatically marketable in all the European member states. Since the beginning of the EMEA’s activities a number of drugs acting on the central nervous system obtained marketing authorisation. This paper highlights some aspects of the EMEA rules that may negatively affect the evaluation of medicines for psychiatric disorders.
Developing a theoretical understanding of therapy techniques: an illustrative analogue study
- Authors:
- FREEMAN Daniel, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 44(2), June 2005, pp.241-254.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
In psychological interventions, clients are often asked to review unhelpful beliefs. Surprisingly, there is no theoretical understanding of how beliefs are reviewed in therapy. Moreover, by understanding a therapeutic technique, potential interactions with symptom processes can be considered. An analogue study assessing the feasibility of researching therapy techniques is described, in which links between symptoms, reasoning style, and an experimental version of the cognitive therapy technique of belief evaluation are examined. Thirty individuals without psychiatric illness completed (i) dimensional measures of depression, anxiety, and delusions, (ii) a measure of confirmatory reasoning both before and after instruction in disconfirmatory reasoning, and (iii) a belief evaluation task. Compared with individuals with a confirmatory reasoning style, individuals with a disconfirmatory reasoning style were less hasty in their data gathering, considered a greater number of hypotheses during the task, had higher intellectual functioning, and had lower levels of depressive symptoms. Conversely, the individuals with the strongest confirmatory reasoning had higher levels of depression and preoccupation with delusional ideation. Successful adoption of disconfirmatory reasoning was associated with less hasty decision-making and lower levels of preoccupation and distress by delusional ideation. Individuals with a disconfirmatory reasoning style reported more evidence both for and against their beliefs in the belief evaluation task. In the context of clinical research indicating that individuals with delusions are hasty in their data gathering and have difficulty considering alternatives, a potential implication of the findings is that individuals with delusions may find belief evaluation in therapy.
Personality disorder: attitudes, understanding and treatment
- Authors:
- GREEN Barrie, WOOD Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 16.11.04, 2004, pp.40-43.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Looks at historical attitudes to personality disorder, sufferers from which are often stigmatised and dehumanised, and how understanding has developed in recent years, while legislation has failed to keep pace. Although often assumed to be untreatable, techniques that appear effective in helping such people integrate more successfully into society are summarised.
We hear what they say
- Authors:
- ROMME Marius, ESCHER Sandra
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 4(4), December 2000, pp.134-137.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Reports on a radical new way of working with people who hear voices, based on acknowledging the reality of their experience.
Small talk: voice-hearing in children
- Authors:
- ESCHER Sandra, ROMME Marius, BUIKS Alex
- Journal article citation:
- Open Mind, 92, July 1998, pp.12-14.
- Publisher:
- MIND
It has long been known that children hear voices that could be described as 'auditory hallucinations', but until now there has been little research on subject. Describes a pioneering Dutch study.
Factors which may affect people with a long term mental illness, to stop taking their medication
- Author:
- BARNES Karen
- Journal article citation:
- Kent Journal of Practice Research, 1(3), 1997, pp.57-62.
This study considers those factors which may affect people with a long term mental illness, who attend Deal Resource House, to stop taking their medication. The research examines the support and services people receive in order to live and maintain an independent lifestyle in the community, and the communication process between mental health professionals and their parents.