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Annual elections -- President [The College]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - November 5, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: The College Source Type: journals

Involvement of a young service user in the appointment of a doctor [Correspondence]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - November 5, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Bhardwaj, A., Kathane, R. Tags: Correspondence Source Type: journals

HoNOSty: does HoNOS provide a good enough measure of outcome? [Correspondence]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - November 5, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Sieniewicz, B. J., Fear, C. Tags: Correspondence Source Type: journals

Is this not discrimination? [Correspondence]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - November 5, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: George, M. K., Joseph, R. Tags: Correspondence Source Type: journals

The 'special' ones: survey of Laughlin Prize winners [Correspondence]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - November 5, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: George, S. Tags: Correspondence Source Type: journals

Internet and doctors' security - how exposed are you? [Correspondence]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - November 5, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Raffi, A., Malik, A., Mahmoo, J. Tags: Correspondence Source Type: journals

Qualitative outcome for community treatment orders [Correspondence]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - November 5, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Malik, M., Hussein, N. Tags: Correspondence Source Type: journals

Trends in mental health googling [Correspondence]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - November 5, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Cummings, E. J. Tags: Correspondence Source Type: journals

Personal psychotherapy in psychiatric training: study of four London training schemes [Education & training]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
AIMS AND METHOD We carried out a web-based survey to establish the proportion of London psychiatry senior house officers who undertake personal psychotherapy. Demographics, training characteristics and psychotherapy experience were examined using descriptive statistics. Predictors of personal psychotherapy status were examined using logistic regression. RESULTS The majority of trainees who undertook personal psychotherapy included training as a reason for doing so. Of the participants,16% had undergone personal psychotherapy and of the remainder, 73% reported that they would consider it in the future. Ethnicit...
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - November 5, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Dover, D., Beveridge, E., Leavey, G., King, M. Tags: Education & training Source Type: journals

Training in partnership: role of service users with intellectual disability and carers [Education & training]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
This article brings together the benefits of involving service users with intellectual disability and carers in teaching, discussing their roles as trainers, and providing practical tips to plan sessions as well as recognise and overcome barriers. (Source: Psychiatric Bulletin)
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - November 5, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Biswas, A. B., Raju, L. B., Gravestock, S. Tags: Education & training Source Type: journals

Carers' clinics: support group for carers of heroin addicts [Special articles]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Heroin addiction, being a chronic condition, can have a devastating impact on carers of addicts. However, the information and support needs of carers often go unrecognised and unaddressed. ‘Carers’ clinics’ are one such information-sharing and support group for carers of heroin addicts. This simple yet innovative service provision has been enthusiastically recieved by carers and has been running effectively since April 2007. We believe this scheme can be replicated across other services. (Source: Psychiatric Bulletin)
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - November 5, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: George, S., Boulay, S., Jones, H., Bartlett, C., Farley, T., Clarke, C. Tags: Special articles Source Type: journals

Management of self-harm in older people [Original papers]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
This study involved undertaking a scoping exercise to explore current management of self-harm in elderly people in selected North London hospitals, by interviewing healthcare professionals directly involved in their treatment. RESULTS The study showed varied methods of coding clinical information across trusts, with no consistent method of surveillance. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS Implications of this exercise involve generation of a summary document that will educate stage two of the project, which is the convention of a working party to implement a surveillance system across the region. (Source: Psychiatric Bulletin)
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - November 5, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Toms, N. D., Ritchie, C. W. Tags: Original papers Source Type: journals

Impact of a diagnosis of psychosis: user-led qualitative study [Original papers]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
AIMS AND METHOD To explore the impact of diagnosis on people who experience psychosis. Eight participants were interviewed about the impact that diagnosis had on them. RESULTS The research found that the impact of diagnosis can involve both positive and negative elements. It can be a ‘means of access’ as well as a ‘cause of disempowerment’. It can help by ‘naming the problem’ and hinder by ‘labelling the person’. It is a ‘cause of social exclusion’ for all, but despite this service users can be successful in ‘achieving social inclusion’. ...
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - November 5, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pitt, L., Kilbride, M., Welford, M., Nothard, S., Morrison, A. P. Tags: Original papers Source Type: journals

Prosecution of physical assaults by psychiatric in-patients in Northern Ireland [Original papers]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
This study aimed to quantify the use of prosecution of assailants as a response, and to examine what other responses were used. The responses to violent incidents in three Northern Ireland psychiatric in-patient units in the year 2003 were ascertained retrospectively. RESULTS Of 245 incidents meeting the legal definition of assault, police were contacted in 10, and 1 resulted in a prosecution. Seven in-patients accounted for 30.4% of assaults. Of the assaults, 46.5% were dealt with by staff using de-escalation alone. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS These results demonstrate the infrequent reporting of such assaults to...
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - November 5, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Young, C., Brady, J., Iqbal, N., Brown, F. Tags: Original papers Source Type: journals

How specialist ECT consultants inform patients about memory loss [Original papers]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
AIMS AND METHOD A questionnaire was distributed to consultants with a special interest in electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) at clinics participating in an ECT accreditation process. This aimed to ascertain a consensus of clinical practice regarding informing patients about the treatment and assessment of memory during ECT. RESULTS The response rate was 64%. There is consensus on informing patients about the possibility of permanent memory loss. Memory is assessed before and during an ECT course by clinical interview and Mini-Mental State Examination, but rarely at long-term follow-up. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS P...
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - November 5, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Hanna, D., Kershaw, K., Chaplin, R. Tags: Original papers Source Type: journals

A suitable waiting room? Hospital transfer outcomes and delays from two London prisons [Original papers]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
AIMS AND METHOD To describe a group of prisoners who required transfer to mental health units from two London prisons. Data were collected from prison clinical records. RESULTS Overall, 149 patient-prisoners were transferred over a 17-month period. Around a quarter were not previously known to services. The aggregate wait was 36.5 years (averaging between 93 and 102 days per prisoner) and the total saving to the National Health Service (NHS) has been estimated at £6.759 million. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS Both prisons manage a large number of prisoners with untreated psychosis. While in prison, they save ...
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - November 5, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Forrester, A., Henderson, C., Wilson, S., Cumming, I., Spyrou, M., Parrott, J. Tags: Original papers Source Type: journals

Untreated depression in the community [Original papers]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
AIMS AND METHOD Reaching into the community to treat people with anxiety and depressive disorders raises the spectre of wrongful use of scarce resources at best, and of disease mongering at worst. We recruited for an internet-based treatment for social phobia. RESULTS Applications were received from 789 people, and 205 were rejected because of severe depression or suicidal thoughts. Many were excluded because they had another disorder or were in treatment. Some dropped out, only 7 were subthreshold cases and 291 people with social phobia were treated. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS Despite easy access to clinicians,...
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - November 5, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Andrews, G., Titov, N., Schwencke, G. Tags: Original papers Source Type: journals

Criminally invalid: the treatment outcome profile form for substance misuse [Original papers]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
AIMS AND METHOD To audit completion of the Treatment Outcome Profile (TOP) form in individuals attending substance misuse services in England. Forms are completed at the start of treatment and every 3 months thereafter. All forms at 3-drug treatment services were inspected over 6 months. RESULTS Forms were inspected for 200 service users; 86% were fully completed. Two-thirds (67%) of service users had no declared funding for illicit drug use in the previous month (mean spending £988; s.e. = 149) despite denying any paid employment and criminal activity. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS The section on crime in th...
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - November 5, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Easow, J., Varughese, S., Luty, J. Tags: Original papers Source Type: journals

Leadership development: more than on-the-job training [Editorials]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The effective psychiatric leader in clinical administration must possess organisational knowledge, financial acumen, negotiation and conflict resolution skills, and a broad knowledge of our field. Team building, motivating others, mentorship, and the ability to hire excellent colleagues are all important attributes of leadership. It is opportune for our profession to promote training and skill acquisition in leadership development. (Source: Psychiatric Bulletin)
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - November 5, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Buckley, P. F. Tags: Editorials Source Type: journals

Leslie Citrome [E-interview]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - September 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Fannon, D. Tags: E-interview Source Type: journals

Combating Sleep Disorders: Kathy Sexton-Radek & Gina Graci [Reviews]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - September 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Bagary, M. Tags: Reviews Source Type: journals

Treating Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating: An Integrated Metacognitive and Cognitive Therapy Manual: Myra Cooper, Gillian Todd & Adrian Wells [Reviews]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - September 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Morris, J. Tags: Reviews Source Type: journals

Professor John Case Nemiah: Formerly Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School, New Hampshire, USA [Obituaries]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - September 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Green, A., Silberfarb, P., Racusin, R. Tags: Obituaries Source Type: journals

The trouble with NHS psychiatrists [Correspondence]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - September 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Harrison, J. A. Tags: Correspondence Source Type: journals

Journal club syndrome: a newly described disorder of doctors in training [Correspondence]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - September 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Agell, I. Tags: Correspondence Source Type: journals

The trouble with... [Correspondence]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - September 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Taylor, M., Shah, P. Tags: Correspondence Source Type: journals

New Ways of Working: are we prepared? [Correspondence]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - September 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Bansal, S. Tags: Correspondence Source Type: journals

Critical psychiatry seeks to avoid the polarisation engendered by anti-psychiatry [Correspondence]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - September 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Double, D. B. Tags: Correspondence Source Type: journals

Abigtent? [Correspondence]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - September 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Cowen, P. J. Tags: Correspondence Source Type: journals

Do we know the legal framework in child and adolescent mental health services? Survey of specialist registrars [Education & training]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
AIMS AND METHOD This survey was conducted as part of the baseline assessment of trainees’ needs concerning the legal aspects of child care and to evaluate the implications for the regional academic programme. A group of specialist registrars in child and adolescent psychiatry in the North Western Deanery completed a questionnaire-based survey. RESULTS None of the specialist registrars had experience in forensic child and adolescent psychiatry. With regard to the legislation: 13 (100%) mentioned the Mental Health Act 1983; 12 (92.3%) the Children Act 1989; 7 (53.8%) the Human Rights Act 1998. Of those sur...
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - September 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Khan, F., Khan, F., Hackett, L., Ross, K. Tags: Education & training Source Type: journals

Recruiting psychiatrists - a Sisyphean task? [Education & training]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
In 2009, the Royal College of Psychiatrists piloted a system for national recruitment to the first year of training (CT1) in England. This paper reviews the changes in recruitment of UK medical graduates to psychiatry over the past 20 years, both within the West Midlands and nationally. Fewer UK graduates are entering psychiatric training in the West Midlands despite the introduction of pre-registration training in psychiatry and the expansion of medical schools in the region; this picture is reflected nationally. Reasons for the continuing problems in recruitment are discussed and suggestions made for improving th...
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - September 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Brown, N., Vassilas, C. A., Oakley, C. Tags: Education & training Source Type: journals

Quality standards for community mental health teams [Special articles]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
There is an increasing requirement for mental health services to demonstrate the quality of care provided. We have developed a quality report of our local community mental health team in Cornwall and suggest quality measures that we believe are useful to patients and clinicians, and possible to implement without overwhelming busy team members. They include measures of satisfaction, accessibility, safe process and review, outcomes, evidence-based practice and staff performance. Different teams may need different standards but we hope this paper will stimulate discussion and debate. (Source: Psychiatric Bulletin)
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - September 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Laugharne, R., Shankar, R. Tags: Special articles Source Type: journals

Specialist mental healthcare for children with epilepsy: child and adolescent mental health service liaison with neuroscience [Original papers]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
AIMS AND METHOD To describe services used by children with epilepsy seen by a liaison psychiatry team in Scotland and to examine existing guidance. Case notes of all patients with epilepsy were systematically reviewed to determine service involvement. RESULTS The majority of patients attended joint psychiatry and neurology clinics. Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) recommendations for the psychosocial management of children with epilepsy were met. Most patients were assessed by a clinical psychologist and received educational psychology input, individual and family treatment approaches. Half h...
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - September 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Johnstone, R. J., Morton, M. J. S. Tags: Original papers Source Type: journals

Uncertainty among Scottish psychiatrists over NHS continuing care guidance [Original papers]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
AIMS AND METHOD To examine knowledge among Scottish psychiatrists of the 1996 guidance on National Health Service (NHS) responsibility for continuing healthcare, a postal questionnaire was devised and sent to the 132 consultants and specialist registrars in the South-East Scotland Deanery in May 2007. RESULTS Two-thirds of the clinicians (67%, n = 88) responded, 88% of whom had in-patient responsibilities. Only 24% responded positively to an awareness of the current Scottish guidance. There was a strong association between awareness of the guidance and psychiatric speciality, and greater awareness among clinic...
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - September 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Stevenson, G. S., Philipson, A., McLaren, G. Tags: Original papers Source Type: journals

Junior doctors' knowledge and practice of electrocardiographic monitoring for high-risk patients receiving antipsychotic medications [Original papers]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
AIMS AND METHOD The risk of developing fatal tachyarrhythmias can increase in patients receiving antipsychotic medication. Two surveys were conducted, one to evaluate junior doctors’ knowledge of the QTc interval and the second to investigate the experience of electrocardiographic (ECG) monitoring among patients on four acute psychiatric wards. RESULTS The first survey revealed that junior doctors were lacking in knowledge regarding the QTc interval. The second revealed that ECG monitoring of high-risk patients was inadequate. Half of the high-risk patients who required an ECG were not given one, whereas...
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - September 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Darwiche, F.-Z., Ugradar, S., Turner, T. Tags: Original papers Source Type: journals

Aetiology of depression and schizophrenia: current views of British psychiatrists [Original papers]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
AIMS AND METHOD A postal survey assessed current views of a random sample of 154 British psychiatrists on aetiological factors in depression and schizophrenia. RESULTS Genetics, biochemical abnormalities and substance misuse were considered important factors in both illnesses. Beyond that, psychiatrists varied widely in their views. Depression was viewed as a more multifactorial condition with psychological/social factors more important, whereas biological factors were considered more important in schizophrenia. Aetiological factors were thought to vary more in depression than in schizophrenia and discussing th...
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - September 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Baillie, D., McCabe, R., Priebe, S. Tags: Original papers Source Type: journals

Trends in admissions to an intellectual disability hospital [Original papers]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
AIMS AND METHOD Long-term admission trends in a large specialist National Health Service (NHS) hospital were examined over a 3-year period. These were compared with three earlier 3-year periods. The medical records were examined for admission numbers, source of admissions, length of stay, legal status, reason for admission and readmission rate. RESULTS The percentage of patients admitted from home decreased over time, whereas the admissions from group homes increased threefold. Long-stay admissions decreased in the second and third periods followed by an increase in the fourth period. There was a progressive i...
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - September 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ganguly, S., Gore, S., Marston, G., Roy, A. Tags: Original papers Source Type: journals

Characteristics of patients seen by a community perinatal mental health service [Original papers]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
This study describes the characteristics of 277 service users newly referred to a specialist community perinatal mental health service over 1 year, and discusses the implications for effective management of mental illness related to childbearing. RESULTS The most common diagnosis was affective disorder (51%), of which 8% had bipolar affective disorder. Almost three in five women had previous non-pregnancy-related psychiatric contact and a fourth had previous ante/postnatal psychiatric contact. More than half were on medication at conception, most commonly antidepressants (43%). CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS This stu...
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - September 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Durrani, A., Cantwell, R. Tags: Original papers Source Type: journals

Outcomes of information provision to callers to a psychiatric medication helpline [Original papers]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
AIMS AND METHOD To examine outcomes of information received by callers to a psychiatric medication helpline. A questionnaire was completed over the telephone with 123 callers, asking about the reason for contacting the helpline, frequency of self-referral to a healthcare professional, action taken as a result of information received, and satisfaction with the service and quality of information received. RESULTS Almost half of callers reported changes to their medication (stopping, starting, switching or dose adjustment) after consulting the helpline, with the majority receiving reassurance, referral, review an...
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - September 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Olofinjana, O., Connolly, A., Taylor, D. Tags: Original papers Source Type: journals

Pharmacogenomic perspectives on the management of mood disorders [Editorials]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Psychiatric pharmacogenomics is a relatively young field of clinical practice, focused on the identification of genetic profiles determining varieties of metabolic patterns that, in turn, assist in the choice of appropriate medications and their corresponding doses. In psychiatry, the mood disorders area has been the most active in trying to advance knowledge and expertise in pharmacogenomics. The cytochrome P450 system (particularly 2D6 and 2C19 enzymes and their respective codifying genes) and, more recently, serotonin transporter and receptor gene tests are among the most utilised and promising. In spite of enco...
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - September 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Alarcon, R. D. Tags: Editorials Source Type: journals

Hagop Akiskal [E-interview]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - August 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Fannon, D. Tags: E-interview Source Type: journals

Forthcoming Events [Forthcoming events]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - August 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Forthcoming events Source Type: journals

Book Reviews [Reviews]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - August 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: O'Sullivan, T. Tags: Reviews Source Type: journals

Get Through Workplace Based Assessments in Psychiatry (2nd edn): Sree Prathap & Mohana Murthy [Reviews]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - August 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Oakley, C. Tags: Reviews Source Type: journals

Bulimics on Bulimia [Reviews]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - August 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Thuermer, S. Tags: Reviews Source Type: journals

Problems in NHS psychiatry and recruitment chaos - are they related? [Correspondence]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - August 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kolli, V. B., Lyons, J., Ralevic, D. Tags: Correspondence Source Type: journals

New ways of losing the art of psychiatry [Correspondence]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - August 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Van Velsen, C. Tags: Correspondence Source Type: journals

New ways can work [Correspondence]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - August 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ogden, D. J. Tags: Correspondence Source Type: journals

We need to learn from other doctors [Correspondence]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - August 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: de Silva, P. N. Tags: Correspondence Source Type: journals

New Ways not Working and the consultoid [Correspondence]email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - August 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Hilton, C. Tags: Correspondence Source Type: journals