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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.
The voice inside: a practical guide to coping with hearing voices
- Author:
- BAKER Paul
- Publisher:
- Hearing Voices Network
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 24p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Provides an introduction to a new way of thinking about 'hearing voices'. Looks at what it is like to hear voices, why does it start and how people can cope better with the experience. Also provides further information about the Hearing Voices Network.
The economic consequences of not treating depression
- Author:
- RUPP Agnes
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 166(Supplement 27), April 1995, pp.29-33.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
The empirical analysis presented in the paper estimated the value of resources needed to provide improved access to treatment for untreated affective disorders in the US, and it compared these resources to the value of resources improved access to treatment might save.
A cognitive approach to panic disorder
- Authors:
- FORREST Julie, RICKETTS Tom
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 8.11.95, 1995, pp.27-28.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Outlines the nature of panic attacks and panic disorder and describes a cognitive model of panic disorder. Outlines treatment and a case example.
An open trial of exposure therapy based on deconditioning for post-traumatic stress disorder
- Authors:
- THOMPSON J.A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 34(3), September 1995, pp.407-416.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Twenty-three patients who had experienced a major stressful event were given a debriefing session followed by eight weekly sessions of imaginal exposure and in vivo exposure. Patients recounted their traumatic experiences aloud, using the first person and the present tense, and included as much detail as possible. This account was audiotaped and patients were asked to listen to the tape between treatment sessions. The number of patients who satisfied the diagnostic criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder was halved.
A pilot study of exposure control of chronic auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia
- Authors:
- PERSAUD Rajendra, MARKS Isaac
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 167, July 1995, pp.45-50.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Many patients complain less of their auditory hallucinations per se than of lack of control of the experiences. There is reason to believe that a non-distraction approach could help patients gain more control over persistent auditory hallucinations and teach them that their experience is a form of thinking and has no external source. This study is a pilot of that idea.
Card carriers
- Author:
- STRONG Susannah
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.7.95, 1995, p.7.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Increasing numbers of people with mental health problems are experiencing adverse side effects from prescribed drugs. Reports on the practice implications of a new yellow card scheme to give users a voice.
The Mental Health Act 1983 - treatment, restraint and appeals to Mental Health Review Tribunals
- Author:
- MacDONALD Ann
- Journal article citation:
- Elders the Journal of Care and Practice, 4(2), May 1995, pp.41-47.
The second in a series of three articles on the application of the Mental Health Act 1983 looks at legal issues within the hospital, particularly issues relating to treatment, restraint and appeals to Mental Health Review Tribunals.
Coming apart at the seams?
- Author:
- SEELEY Kate
- Journal article citation:
- Care Weekly, 27.4.95, 1995, pp.10-11.
Looks at difficulties with the Care Programme Approach (CPA) to the treatment of people with mental health problems.
Coming apart at the seams
- Author:
- SALMON Tim
- Journal article citation:
- Care Weekly, 27.4.95, 1995, pp.10-11.
A father gives an account of how the Care Programme Approach (CPA) failed his schizophrenic son.