Category: Psychiatry

Psychological Therapies

Annual report on the use of IAPT services 2019-2020

The publication contains analyses on activity, waiting times and outcomes such as recovery in 2019-20. In addition, the report covers a range of demographic analyses including outcomes for patients of different ages, ethnic group and separately for ex-British Armed Forces personnel.

Key facts include;

  • 1.69 million referrals to talking therapies
  • 87.4% started treatment within 6 weeks
  • 1.17 million referrals started treatment
  • 6.9 sessions of treatment on average
  • 606,192 referrals completed course of treatment
  • 51.1% referrals moved to recovery

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The British Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 216, Issue 3, March 2020 Published Online

Natural disasters, war and racial or religious persecution bring major challenges to the mental health of those who have to flee their homelands and to those who suffer brutal violations of fundamental human rights. The British Journal of Psychiatry (BJPsych) has collaborated with the World Psychiatric Association to examine the mental health aspects of disasters and trauma, aiming to strengthen the contribution of psychiatrists to reduce distress, illness and suicidal behavior among vulnerable populations.

Guest Editors: Prof. Jonathan Bisson, Prof. Michel Botbol, Prof Edgar Jones, Prof. Jan Kizilhan and Prof. Thomas Schulze

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The British Journal of Psychiatry – November 2019

The November issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry is now available.  This issue includes articles on cognitive deficits in problematic internet use, autism spectrum disorder in adults, and the clinical and biological effects of long-term lithium use in older adults.

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Delivering the NHS long-term plan’s ambition of ageing well: Old age psychiatry as a vital resource

Royal College of Psychiatrists, October 2019

Guidance from the Royal College of Psychiatrists to help local areas plan and deliver specialist services, led by old age psychiatrists, to meet the needs of older people. The report brings together views from older people, service users, carers and a wide range of health and social care professionals and provides insight into:

• the essential role played by old age psychiatrists, and the Older People’s Mental Health (OPMH) services to whom they provide leadership, in delivering high quality outcomes for the health and wellbeing of the UK’s ageing population;

• the centrality of this to the Ageing Well agenda; and

• how best to support decision-makers responsible for implementing the NHS LTP as it affects older people

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British Journal of Psychiatry – October 2019

The October edition of British Journal of Psychiatry is now available.  This issue includes articles on occupation-specific suicide risk in England, self-harm in mid-life, and suicidal risk factors in major affective disorders.

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Journal of Psychiatric Research, November 2019

The November issue of Journal of Psychiatric Research has been published.  This issue includes a meta-analysis of comparative efficacy and acceptability of first-line drugs for the acute treatment of generalized anxiety disorder in adults and the association between polygenic score for body mass index and depressive symptoms via early life stress.

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BJPsych Bulletin – October 2019

The October edition of BJPsych Bulletin has been published.  This issue includes articles on personal resilience in psychiatrists, patient-reported outcome measures in community mental health teams, and factors influencing use of community treatment orders and quality of care that people receive.

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BJPsych Advances – September 2019

The September edition of BJPsych Advances has been published.  This issue includes a guide to e-cigarettes and vaping for mental health clinicians, articles on dissociative identity disorder, and a series of articles on the psychosis risk timeline.

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British Journal of Psychiatry – August 2019

The August edition of British Journal of Psychiatry is now available.  This issue includes a systematic review of the association between particulate matter air pollution and risk of depression and suicide, articles on the connection between neighbourhood characteristics and depression, and the effect of antidepressant switching between nortriptyline and escitalopram after a failed first antidepressant treatment among patients with major depressive disorder.

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British Journal of Psychiatry – June 2019

The June edition of British Journal of Psychiatry is now available.  This issue includes articles on the neuroscience of attachment, surface-based shared and distinct resting functional connectivity in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder, and a systematic review of experiences of inpatient mental health services.
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