Is Psychiatry Working?

If you missed the BBC radio 4 series Is Psychiatry Working? it is available on BBC Sounds and an intriguing listen. Writer Horatio Clare (who himself had a breakdown a few years ago) and psychiatrist Professor Femi Oyebode discuss the issues and concerns around crisis, detention, diagnosis, medication, therapy and healing and recovery.

Is Psychiatry Working? – Crisis – BBC Sounds

Forensic Psychiatry and Rehabilitation and Recovery bulletins

Please find the latest Forensic Psychiatry and Rehabilitation and Recovery bulletins produced by Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust. If you have difficulties accessing any of the articles please contact the library on academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk.

Do you use grey literature? Health Education England need your help!

Health Education England is carrying out a survey into NHS library and knowledge service users’ use of grey literature. Do you routinely use source materials that are not published in journals (example unpublished research, conference papers, service evaluation reports, government documents, posters and QI projects) or do you actively avoid them? Fil in the survey to help Health Education England know what you use and need from such resources.

US research suggests slowing, not stopping, Alzheimer’s should be the goal for clinical drug trials

Slowing progression of, rather than stopping, Alzheimer’s disease has measurable benefits for patients and families and may be a more realistic goal for clinical drug trials, a new report by the American Alzheimer’s Association has suggested.

The report‘s authors call for a “reframing” of how researchers define “clinically meaningful” in randomized controlled trials, adding that they consider it is time to adjust expectations of outcomes from relatively short clinical trials.

The report was published by an expert work group convened by the Alzheimer’s Association. It was prompted, in part, by the US Food and Drug Administration’s controversial decision to grant aducanumab (Aduhelm) accelerated approval, which came over the objection of an advisory panel that found the drug was ineffective.

Slowing, Not Stopping, Alzheimer’s a Better Goal for Drug Trials? (medscape.com)

Is CBD the future of antipsychotic drugs? A new global study investigates

The Wellcome Trust is funding a new study and clinical trial that will further investigate the effectiveness of cannabidiol (CBD) in treating people with psychosis. Work carried out by Oxford University and King’s College London will look at whether CBD can be used not only to treat established psychosis, but also to prevent the onset of psychosis in people at high risk of developing it.

Is CBD the future of antipsychotic drugs? | News | Wellcome

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Lancs and South Cumbria doctor publishes research

Lancashire and South Cumbria FT older adults psychiatrist Dr Qutub Jamali has recently published an article on biomarkers for vascular dementia. For more work published by Dr Jamali and other LSCFT staff, look out for the forthcoming LSCFT Research Bulletin, compiled by LSCFT Library staff.

Identification of biomarkers for vascular dementia: a literature review | BJPsych Advances | Cambridge Core