Volume 219, issue 5, November 2021 published online
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Category: Psychiatry
Library Bulletin
Forensic Psychiatry
The current bulletin for Forensic Psychiatry, produced by Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust, is now available to view and download here
For support accessing any of the articles within the bulletin please contact: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk
Library Bulletin
Forensic Psychiatry
The current bulletin for Forensic Psychiatry, produced by Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust, is now available to view and download here
For support accessing any of the articles within the bulletin please contact: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk
Resource of the Month
Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry
The essential reference for the prescribing of drugs for patients with mental health disorders.
The e-book (also available to download as a PDF) provides up-to-date information, expert guidance on prescribing practice in mental health, including drug choice, treatment of adverse effects and how to augment or switch medications. The text covers a wide range of topics including pharmacological interventions for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression and anxiety, and many other less common conditions.
Access the guidelines here and log in using your OpenAthens login details. For help with this please email the library team academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk
Please feel free to download our resource of the month poster and share with your team or within your department.
Library Bulletin
Psychiatric Nursing – April 2021
The current Psychiatric Nursing Current Awareness Bulletin, produced by Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust, is now available to view and download.
For any support accessing any of the research or journal articles, please contact academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk
BJPsych
September 2020 Issue
The September edition of BJPsych has been published. Click here to access the journal. You will need to login with your LSCFT OpenAthens account to view the full text articles.
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
To read the full report or find out more information click here.
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
See more here
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.
Click here to view the table of contents. Login with your LSCFT OpenAthens account to view the full text articles.
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
Click here to view the full report.