Clinical handover in acute psychiatric and community mental health settingsG E Hunt
Discipline of Psychiatry, University of Sydney and Sydney Local Health Network, Concord Centre for Mental Health, Concord, NSW 2139, Australia
J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs 19:310-8. 2012
..Additionally, the issue of identifiers for deterioration of a psychiatric patient emerged as an area worthy of further investigation and incorporation into clinical handover education and training for psychiatric services...
- Psychiatry and the Hirsch h-index: The relationship between journal impact factors and accrued citations
Glenn E Hunt
University of Sydney, Concord Hospital, Australia
Harv Rev Psychiatry 18:207-19. 2010
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- MDMA-induced c-Fos expression in oxytocin-containing neurons is blocked by pretreatment with the 5-HT-1A receptor antagonist WAY 100635
Glenn E Hunt
Discipline of Psychiatry, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Concord Hospital, NSW, Australia
Brain Res Bull 86:65-73. 2011
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- Identifying and addressing bullying in nursing
Michelle Cleary
School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 1797, Australia
Issues Ment Health Nurs 31:331-5. 2010
..This review provides an overview of bullying, how this impacts on nursing staff, and ways to reduce bullying incidents to cultivate a more positive work environment...
MDMA ('Ecstasy') and methamphetamine combined: order of administration influences hyperthermic and long-term adverse effects in female ratsKelly J Clemens
School of Psychology, University of Sydney, A19, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Neuropharmacology 49:195-207. 2005
..These results extend our recent findings of additive toxic effects when METH is combined with MDMA. This has potentially important implications for party drug users who appear to frequently use this combination...
- The association between substance use and the needs of patients with psychiatric disorder, levels of anxiety, and caregiving burden
Michelle Cleary
Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sydney, Australia
Arch Psychiatr Nurs 22:375-85. 2008
..Carers of patients who used substances also reported higher anxiety and more caregiving consequences. Very few patients were actively involved in treatment programs to reduce their substance use...
- Chronic fluoxetine treatment partly attenuates the long-term anxiety and depressive symptoms induced by MDMA ('Ecstasy') in rats
Murray R Thompson
School of Psychology, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Neuropsychopharmacology 29:694-704. 2004
..These results indicate that fluoxetine may provide a treatment option for some of the deleterious long-term effects resulting from MDMA exposure...
- MDMA ("ecstasy"), methamphetamine and their combination: long-term changes in social interaction and neurochemistry in the rat
Kelly J Clemens
School of Psychology, University of Sydney, 2006 Sydney, NSW, Australia
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 173:318-25. 2004
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- Reduced sensitivity to MDMA-induced facilitation of social behaviour in MDMA pre-exposed rats
Murray R Thompson
School of Psychology, University of Sydney, A18, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 32:1013-21. 2008
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- Oxytocin decreases methamphetamine self-administration, methamphetamine hyperactivity, and relapse to methamphetamine-seeking behaviour in rats
Dean S Carson
Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney, Australia
Neuropharmacology 58:38-43. 2010
..These results point to the potential utility of human trials of oxytocin as a therapeutic treatment for methamphetamine addiction...
- Repeated weekly exposure to MDMA, methamphetamine or their combination: long-term behavioural and neurochemical effects in rats
Kelly J Clemens
School of Psychology, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Drug Alcohol Depend 86:183-90. 2007
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- 'When an old rat smells a cat': A decline in defense-related, but not accessory olfactory, Fos expression in aged rats
Glenn E Hunt
Discipline of Psychological Medicine, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, University of Sydney, NSW 2139, Australia
Neurobiol Aging 32:737-49. 2011
..These results indicate that aged rats are less reactive than younger rats to predator odors due to decreased responsiveness in defense-related but not necessarily olfactory circuits...
- Systemically administered oxytocin decreases methamphetamine activation of the subthalamic nucleus and accumbens core and stimulates oxytocinergic neurons in the hypothalamus
Dean S Carson
Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Addict Biol 15:448-63. 2010
..Overall, these results give further insight into the way in which oxytocin might moderate compulsive behaviors and demonstrate the capacity of peripherally administered oxytocin to induce widespread central effects...
- Receiving difficult news. Views of patients in an inpatient setting
Michelle Cleary
Mental Health Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Western Sydney, and Sydney South West Area Mental Health Service, Concord Hospital, New South Wales, Australia
J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv 48:40-8. 2010
..These results indicate the importance of communicating accurate and timely information to patients in an empathic and understanding manner...
- Views of Australian mental health stakeholders on clients' problematic drug and alcohol use
Michelle Cleary
Research Unit, Sydney South West Area Health Service at Concord Centre for Mental Health, Concord Hospital, Hospital Road, Concord, NSW 2139, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 28:122-8. 2009
..The aim of the study was to ascertain the views of a wide range of Australian mental health service providers on staff education and training, client contact and management, assessment, and treatment effectiveness and service delivery...
- Dealing with bullying in the workplace: toward zero tolerance
Michelle Cleary
Research Unit, Concord Centre for Mental Health, Concord Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia
J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv 47:34-41. 2009
..The role of the leader/manager is crucial in developing a positive workplace culture that supports a high level of professionalism and a culture of zero tolerance toward bullying...
- Increased anxiety and "depressive" symptoms months after MDMA ("ecstasy") in rats: drug-induced hyperthermia does not predict long-term outcomes
Iain S McGregor
School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, 2006 NSW, Australia
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 168:465-74. 2003
..There is some uncertainty whether the acute hyperthermia caused by MDMA (ecstasy) plays a significant role in determining the long-term neurotoxic effects on brain 5-HT systems and associated changes in mood and behaviour...
- Drug and alcohol education for consumer workers and caregivers: a pilot project assessing attitudes toward persons with mental illness and problematic substance use
Michelle Cleary
Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Arch Psychiatr Nurs 23:104-10. 2009
..This study highlights the effectiveness of targeted workshops for caregivers and consumer workers and advocates that nurses take a more active role in educational projects involving stakeholders...
- Residual social, memory and oxytocin-related changes in rats following repeated exposure to γ-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) or their combination
Petra S van Nieuwenhuijzen
School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 212:663-74. 2010
..There has been little investigation of the possible lasting adverse effects of γ-hydroxybutyrate (GHB)...
- Demystifying research and evidence-based practice for consumers and carers: development and evaluation of an educational package
Michelle Cleary
Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sydney, Australia
Issues Ment Health Nurs 29:131-43. 2008
..The findings provide evidence that workshop attendance increases knowledge and encourages participation in future research projects, particularly when participants have confidence in the researcher...
- Staff and patient perceptions of research in an integrated mental health service
Michelle Cleary
University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Issues Ment Health Nurs 28:341-58. 2007
..The findings support the notion that staff and patients hold similar views about research methods and influences...
- Stigma in mental health: clients and professionals
Jan Horsfall
Sydney South West Area Mental Health Service, Concord Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Issues Ment Health Nurs 31:450-5. 2010
..The way that mental health professionals work with patients can have an important effect on their recovery...
- Disruptive effects of the prototypical cannabinoid Δ⁹-tetrahydrocannabinol and the fatty acid amide inhibitor URB-597 on go/no-go auditory discrimination performance and olfactory reversal learning in rats
Ljiljana Sokolic
School of Psychology, Concord Centre for Mental Health, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Behav Pharmacol 22:191-202. 2011
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- The schizophrenia susceptibility gene neuregulin 1 modulates tolerance to the effects of cannabinoids
Aurelie A Boucher
Department of Pharmacology, Bosch Institute, University of Sydney, Australia
Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 14:631-43. 2011
..Furthermore, these data reinforce the notion that the VLS is an important brain region involved in Nrg1-cannabinoid interactions...
- MDMA, methamphetamine and their combination: possible lessons for party drug users from recent preclinical research
Kelly J Clemens
School of Psychology, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 26:9-15. 2007
..This is of some concern given recent evidence that party drug users may be frequently exposed to this combination of drugs...
- Neural activation during cat odor-induced conditioned fear and 'trial 2' fear in rats
Lauren G Staples
School of Psychology, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Neurosci Biobehav Rev 29:1265-77. 2005
..Little activation was seen in the amygdala or hippocampus. These results show that stimuli associated with predatory threat come to activate similar brain regions to the threat stimulus itself...
- Psychosocial treatments for people with co-occurring severe mental illness and substance misuse: systematic review
Michelle Cleary
Mental Health Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
J Adv Nurs 65:238-58. 2009
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- Cannabinoids prevent the acute hyperthermia and partially protect against the 5-HT depleting effects of MDMA ("Ecstasy") in rats
Kirsten C Morley
School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Neuropharmacology 46:954-65. 2004
..These results suggest a partial protective effect of co-administered cannabinoid receptor agonists on MDMA-induced 5-HT depletion and long-term anxiety. This action appears to operate independently of cannabinoid CB1 receptors...
- Seclusion and its context in acute inpatient psychiatric care
Michelle Cleary
Family and Community Health Research Group, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
J Med Ethics 36:459-62. 2010
..It is hoped that this brief report will encourage further evidence-based discussion and research initiatives on this important ethical topic...
- Heat increases 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine self-administration and social effects in rats
Jennifer L Cornish
School of Psychology, University of Sydney, A19 NSW 2006, Australia
Eur J Pharmacol 482:339-41. 2003
..1, 0.3 or 1.0 mg/kg/infusion) self-administered by rats. Hot temperatures thus appear to affect both the social and reinforcing effects of MDMA...
- Intravenous methamphetamine self-administration in rats: effects of intravenous or intraperitoneal MDMA co-administration
Kelly J Clemens
School of Psychology A16, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Pharmacol Biochem Behav 85:454-63. 2006
..We hypothesise that the reduction in METH self-administration caused by MDMA may reflect inhibitory effects of MDMA-induced 5-HT release on dopaminergic mechanisms...
- Ethical conduct in nurse education: creating safe staff-student boundaries
Michelle Cleary
Family and Community Health Research Group, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Nurse Educ Today 32:320-4. 2012
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- Nurse-patient interaction in acute adult inpatient mental health units: a review and synthesis of qualitative studies
Michelle Cleary
University of Western Sydney, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Issues Ment Health Nurs 33:66-79. 2012
..Further quality research should focus on the conditions that enable the development of therapeutic interactional skills and the relationship of these skills to the nuanced context in which they are practiced...
- Psychosocial treatments for people with co-occurring severe mental illnesses and substance use disorders (dual diagnosis): a review of empirical evidence
Jan Horsfall
Research Unit, Sydney South West Area Health Service, Concord Centre for Mental Health, Concord Hospital, New South Wales 2139, Australia
Harv Rev Psychiatry 17:24-34. 2009
..Interventions for substance reduction may need to be further developed and adapted for people with serious mental illnesses. Further quality trials in this area will contribute to the growing body of data of effective interventions...
- Rats discriminate individual cats by their odor: possible involvement of the accessory olfactory system
Lauren G Staples
School of Psychology, University of Sydney, A18, NSW 2006, Australia
Neurosci Biobehav Rev 32:1209-17. 2008
..Results indicate that rats may process and store details of the chemosensory signatures of individual predators using the accessory olfactory system...
- Mephedrone (4-methylmethcathinone, 'meow'): acute behavioural effects and distribution of Fos expression in adolescent rats
Craig P Motbey
School of Psychology, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Addict Biol 17:409-22. 2012
..These results also provide some empirical basis to user reports that mephedrone subjectively resembles a MDMA/methamphetamine hybrid...
- The views of mental health nurses on continuing professional development
Michelle Cleary
Family and Community Health Research Group, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
J Clin Nurs 20:3561-6. 2011
..To determine clinical mental health nurses' views and preferences about continuing professional development...
- Developing partnerships in mental health to bridge the research-practitioner gap
Jan Horsfall
Research Unit, Concord Centre for Mental Health, Sydney South West Area Mental Health Service, Concord Hospital, and Discipline of Psychiatry, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Perspect Psychiatr Care 47:6-12. 2011
..Collaboration, as a key concept and practice, is investigated particularly in relation to community and consumer participation in mental health research...
- Why is better mental health care so elusive?
Jan Horsfall
Research Unit, Concord Centre for Mental Health, Sydney South West Area Mental Health Service, Concord Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Perspect Psychiatr Care 46:279-85. 2010
..There are numerous barriers to improving healthcare delivery. This article summarizes contemporary theories and research evidence to focus on ways to motivate change within the hospital system to provide better health care...
- A guide for mental health clinicians to develop and undertake benchmarking activities
Michelle Cleary
Research Unit, Sydney South West Area Mental Health Service, Concord Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Int J Ment Health Nurs 19:137-41. 2010
..There is a need to build the capacity of clinicians in relation to benchmarking...
- Acute inpatient units in a comprehensive (integrated) mental health system: a review of the literature
Jan Horsfall
Sydney South West Area Mental Health Service, Concord Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Issues Ment Health Nurs 31:273-8. 2010
..Further research is required to define nursing clinical priorities and philosophies to ensure a recovery focus in which care is aligned with that of consumer expectations and is consistent with other service providers...
- A long hangover from party drugs: residual proteomic changes in the hippocampus of rats 8 weeks after γ-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) or their combination
Petra S van Nieuwenhuijzen
School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Camperdown, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Neurochem Int 56:871-7. 2010
..These results provide some insight into the molecular pathways possibly underlying the lasting cognitive deficits arising from GHB and/or MDMA use...
- Neural correlates of cat odor-induced anxiety in rats: region-specific effects of the benzodiazepine midazolam
Iain S McGregor
School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
J Neurosci 24:4134-44. 2004
..These findings also suggest the intriguing hypothesis that cat odor is processed by rats as a "pheromone-like" stimulus...
- Delivering difficult news. Views of mental health staff in inpatient settings
Michelle Cleary
Mental Health Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Western Sydney, and Sydney West Area Mental Health Service, Concord Hospital, New South Wales, Australia
J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv 48:32-9. 2010
..In DDN, staff usually or always considered patients' level of insight/awareness, likely distress, diagnosis, and whether they would understand the consequences of the diagnosis...
- Breast cancer survivors' supportive care needs 2-10 years after diagnosis
Katharine Hodgkinson
Department of Gynecological Cancer, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia
Support Care Cancer 15:515-23. 2007
..The aim of this study was to identify longer-term outcomes and supportive care needs in disease-free breast cancer survivors...
- Developing a pedagogy for nursing teaching-learning
Jan Horsfall
Sydney Local Health Network, Concord Hospital, Hospital Road, Concord, New South Wales, 2139, Australia
Nurse Educ Today 32:930-3. 2012
..Education approaches underpinned by a sound teaching philosophy and framework can facilitate an educationally sound and positive experience for learners...
- Patients' views and experiences of pro re nata medication in acute mental health settings
Michelle Cleary
Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore Concord Centre for Mental Health, Sydney Local Health District, Concord Hospital Nursing, Midwifery and Health, University of Technology, Sydney UTS School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Western Sydney Department of Psychiatry, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Int J Ment Health Nurs 21:533-9. 2012
..These findings could contribute to improved nursing assessment for PRN medication need, administration, and monitoring...
- Mental health nurses' perceptions of good work in an acute setting
Michelle Cleary
Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore
Int J Ment Health Nurs 21:471-9. 2012
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- Increased anxiety 3 months after brief exposure to MDMA ("Ecstasy") in rats: association with altered 5-HT transporter and receptor density
Iain S McGregor
School of Psychology, University of Sydney, A19, NSW 2006, Australia
Neuropsychopharmacology 28:1472-84. 2003
..Interestingly, long-term 5-HT depletion may not be necessary to produce lasting effects on anxiety-like behavior after low-dose MDMA...
- Views and experiences of mental health nurses working with undergraduate assistants in nursing in an acute mental health setting
Michelle Cleary
School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Int J Ment Health Nurs 21:184-90. 2012
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- Mental health nurses' views on therapeutic optimism
Michelle Cleary
Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore Concord Centre for Mental Health, Sydney Local Health District, Concord Hospital School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Western Sydney Discipline of Psychiatry, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Int J Ment Health Nurs 21:497-503. 2012
..Furthermore, effective clinical management is essential to therapeutic optimism and, in this research, is considered to be the aspect of acute mental health nursing most relevant to improving the ward culture...
- Leadership, support and acknowledgement of registered nurses work in acute mental health units
Michelle Cleary
Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore
Int J Ment Health Nurs 21:445-52. 2012
..Overall, the responses portray a culture that underpins and enables both subtle interpersonal interactions that might arise out of necessity given the perceived lack of support from non-hands-on RN and administrators...
- Patient and carer perceptions of need and associations with care-giving burden in an integrated adult mental health service
Michelle Cleary
Research Unit, Sydney South West Area Mental Health Service Eastern Zone, Rozelle, NSW, Australia
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 41:208-14. 2006
..To identify patients' and carers' perceptions of need in inpatient and community settings and investigate the relationship between need and caregiver burden...
- Why are some patients admitted to psychiatric hospital while others are not? A study assessing risk during the admission interview and relationship to outcome
Glenn E Hunt
Department of Psychiatry, University of Sydney, Australia
Int J Ment Health Nurs 21:145-53. 2012
..This study found high rates of seclusion and readmissions within 1 year, which requires further study to find strategies to reduce these rates...
- Demystifying PhDs: a review of doctorate programs designed to fulfil the needs of the next generation of nursing professionals
Michelle Cleary
School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Western Sydney, NSW, Australia
Contemp Nurse 39:273-80. 2011
..Future studies are needed to assess the impact of the different doctorates offered to see if, in fact, they are advancing nursing practice and research endeavours...
- Continuing challenges for the mental health consumer workforce: a role for mental health nurses?
Michelle Cleary
Family and Community Health Research Group, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Int J Ment Health Nurs 20:438-44. 2011
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- Fostering real-world clinical mental health research
Michelle Cleary
Family and Community Health Research Group, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Western Sydney, Sydney South West Area Mental Health Service, Concord Hospital, NSW, Australia
J Clin Nurs 19:3453-8. 2010
..In this article, we identify key aspects for enhancing real-world research in mental health care clinical settings and broadly discuss some practicalities and issues that must be considered beforehand...
- Long-term survival from gynecologic cancer: psychosocial outcomes, supportive care needs and positive outcomes
Katharine Hodgkinson
Department of Gynecologic Cancer, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, and Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Gynecol Oncol 104:381-9. 2007
..To assess the long-term psychosocial outcomes and supportive care needs of gynecologic cancer survivors...
- Citation analysis of mental health nursing journals: How should we rank thee?
Glenn E Hunt
Department of Psychiatry, University of Sydney, and Research Unit, Concord Centre for Mental Health, Concord Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales Institute for Health and Social Science Research, Engaged Research Chair, Mental Health Nursing, CQUniversity Australia, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Clinical Research Centre, Singapore
Int J Ment Health Nurs 21:576-80. 2012
..Overall, very few articles received 50 or more citations. This study shows that researchers need to consider more than one ranking method when deciding where to send or publish their research...
- Increased anxiety in rats after 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine: association with serotonin depletion
Clint G Gurtman
Department of Psychology, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Sydney, Australia
Eur J Pharmacol 446:89-96. 2002
..These results are consistent with human studies suggesting that exposure to high doses of MDMA may predispose to long-term psychological problems such as anxiety and depression...
