L M Howard

Summary

Affiliation: King's College London
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi Assessing the needs of pregnant women and mothers with severe mental illness: the psychometric properties of the Camberwell Assessment of Need - Mothers (CAN-M)
    L Howard
    Section of Community Mental Health, Health Service and Population Research Department, PO29 Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, De Crespigny Park, London, UK
    Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 16:177-85. 2007
  2. ncbi Methodological challenges in evaluating the effectiveness of women's crisis houses compared with psychiatric wards: findings from a pilot patient preference RCT
    Louise M Howard
    Department of Health Service and Population Research, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, United Kingdom
    J Nerv Ment Dis 197:722-7. 2009
  3. ncbi Admission to women's crisis houses or to psychiatric wards: women's pathways to admission
    Louise M Howard
    Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, P O 29, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, United Kingdom
    Psychiatr Serv 59:1443-9. 2008
  4. ncbi Why is recruitment to trials difficult? An investigation into recruitment difficulties in an RCT of supported employment in patients with severe mental illness
    Louise Howard
    Health Service and Population Research Department, PO29 Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, De Crespigny Park, London, UK
    Contemp Clin Trials 30:40-6. 2009
  5. ncbi The needs of mothers with severe mental illness: a comparison of assessments of needs by staff and patients
    Louise M Howard
    Section of Community Mental Health, Health Services and Population Research Department, PO29 Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, De Crespigny Park, London, UK
    Arch Womens Ment Health 11:131-6. 2008
  6. ncbi Sudden infant death syndrome and maternal depression
    Louise M Howard
    Health Services and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, United Kingdom
    J Clin Psychiatry 68:1279-83. 2007
  7. ncbi Risk of hip fracture in patients with a history of schizophrenia
    Louise Howard
    Health Services Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London SE5 8AF, UK
    Br J Psychiatry 190:129-34. 2007
  8. ncbi Antidepressant prevention of postnatal depression
    Louise M Howard
    Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, London, United Kingdom
    PLoS Med 3:e389. 2006
  9. ncbi Are investigations anxiolytic or anxiogenic? A randomised controlled trial of neuroimaging to provide reassurance in chronic daily headache
    L Howard
    Health Services Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, London SE5 8AF, UK
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 76:1558-64. 2005
  10. ncbi Fertility and pregnancy in women with psychotic disorders
    Louise M Howard
    Health Services Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, London SE5 8AF, UK
    Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 119:3-10. 2005

Detail Information

Publications26

  1. ncbi Assessing the needs of pregnant women and mothers with severe mental illness: the psychometric properties of the Camberwell Assessment of Need - Mothers (CAN-M)
    L Howard
    Section of Community Mental Health, Health Service and Population Research Department, PO29 Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, De Crespigny Park, London, UK
    Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 16:177-85. 2007
    ..52, confidence interval = -0.73 to -0.23, p < 0.01). We conclude that the CAN-M is a reliable and valid instrument for assessing the needs of pregnant women and mothers with severe mental illness...
  2. ncbi Methodological challenges in evaluating the effectiveness of women's crisis houses compared with psychiatric wards: findings from a pilot patient preference RCT
    Louise M Howard
    Department of Health Service and Population Research, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, United Kingdom
    J Nerv Ment Dis 197:722-7. 2009
    ..Recruitment of patients with acute psychiatric crises is therefore challenging; researchers evaluating acute services should establish a consensus on how ethically and practically to recruit patients in this setting...
  3. ncbi Admission to women's crisis houses or to psychiatric wards: women's pathways to admission
    Louise M Howard
    Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, P O 29, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, United Kingdom
    Psychiatr Serv 59:1443-9. 2008
    ..A women's crisis house is a residential mental health crisis facility for women who would otherwise be considered for voluntary hospital admission...
  4. ncbi Why is recruitment to trials difficult? An investigation into recruitment difficulties in an RCT of supported employment in patients with severe mental illness
    Louise Howard
    Health Service and Population Research Department, PO29 Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, De Crespigny Park, London, UK
    Contemp Clin Trials 30:40-6. 2009
    ..Under-recruitment to randomised controlled trials (RCTs) is often problematic and there may be particular difficulties in recruiting patients with severe mental illness...
  5. ncbi The needs of mothers with severe mental illness: a comparison of assessments of needs by staff and patients
    Louise M Howard
    Section of Community Mental Health, Health Services and Population Research Department, PO29 Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, De Crespigny Park, London, UK
    Arch Womens Ment Health 11:131-6. 2008
    ..This highlights the importance of the views of the mothers themselves, as well as assessments by staff...
  6. ncbi Sudden infant death syndrome and maternal depression
    Louise M Howard
    Health Services and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, United Kingdom
    J Clin Psychiatry 68:1279-83. 2007
    ..To investigate whether there is an association between sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and perinatal depression...
  7. ncbi Risk of hip fracture in patients with a history of schizophrenia
    Louise Howard
    Health Services Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London SE5 8AF, UK
    Br J Psychiatry 190:129-34. 2007
    ..There is evidence of an association between decreased bone mineral density, schizophrenia, and prolactin-raising antipsychotic medication. However, it is not known whether this is clinically significant...
  8. ncbi Antidepressant prevention of postnatal depression
    Louise M Howard
    Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, London, United Kingdom
    PLoS Med 3:e389. 2006
  9. ncbi Are investigations anxiolytic or anxiogenic? A randomised controlled trial of neuroimaging to provide reassurance in chronic daily headache
    L Howard
    Health Services Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, London SE5 8AF, UK
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 76:1558-64. 2005
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  10. ncbi Fertility and pregnancy in women with psychotic disorders
    Louise M Howard
    Health Services Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, London SE5 8AF, UK
    Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 119:3-10. 2005
    ..Close liaison between all health professionals during pregnancy and postpartum is essential for optimal management of these high risk pregnancies...
  11. ncbi Predictors of parenting outcome in women with psychotic disorders discharged from mother and baby units
    L M Howard
    Health Services Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
    Acta Psychiatr Scand 110:347-55. 2004
    ..To compare the social and clinical characteristics of mothers with psychotic disorders with parenting difficulties, with mothers with no significant parenting problems...
  12. ncbi The general fertility rate in women with psychotic disorders
    Louise Michele Howard
    Health Services Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College, London, UK
    Am J Psychiatry 159:991-7. 2002
    ..This study determined the general fertility rate and age-specific fertility rates for women with psychotic disorders...
  13. ncbi Medical outcome of pregnancy in women with psychotic disorders and their infants in the first year after birth
    Louise M Howard
    Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
    Br J Psychiatry 182:63-7. 2003
    ..There has been little research into the health of infants of women with psychotic disorders...
  14. ncbi Psychosocial characteristics and needs of mothers with psychotic disorders
    L M Howard
    Sections of Community Psychiatry (PRiSM) and Perinatal Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London
    Br J Psychiatry 178:427-32. 2001
    ..CONCLUSION: Many women with psychoses are mothers. Mothers with psychoses are as disabled and have as many needs as women with psychoses without children...
  15. ncbi Psychiatric morbidity and cognitive representations of illness in chronic daily headache
    L A Page
    Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, P O Box 50, London SE5 8AF, UK
    J Psychosom Res 57:549-55. 2004
    ..Our hypothesis was that patients with anxiety or depression would have poorer functional status and differing cognitive representations of illness than would those without psychiatric morbidity...
  16. ncbi Antenatal domestic violence, maternal mental health and subsequent child behaviour: a cohort study
    C Flach
    Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London, UK
    BJOG 118:1383-91. 2011
    ..To investigate the long-term impact of antenatal domestic violence on maternal psychiatric morbidity and child behaviour...
  17. ncbi Domestic violence and mental health
    Louise M Howard
    Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, De Crespigny Park, London, UK
    Int Rev Psychiatry 22:525-34. 2010
    ..The authors argue that any strategy to reduce the burden of women's mental health problems should include efforts to identify, prevent or reduce violence against women...
  18. ncbi [The needs of mentally ill parents--a review of the literature]
    Louise M Howard
    Section of Women s Mental Health, Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London, United Kingdom
    Psychiatr Prax 38:8-15. 2011
    ..Approximately 10 % of women and 6 % of men who become parents will experience mental health problems and a significant proportion of these have a severe psychiatric illness...
  19. ncbi Cancer diagnosis in people with severe mental illness: practical and ethical issues
    Louise M Howard
    Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London, UK
    Lancet Oncol 11:797-804. 2010
    ....
  20. ncbi Prevalence of experiences of domestic violence among psychiatric patients: systematic review
    S Oram
    Section of Women s Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, PO31, David Goldberg Centre, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF, UK
    Br J Psychiatry 202:94-9. 2013
    ..Domestic violence has been linked with many mental disorders, including anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, eating disorders and psychosis...
  21. ncbi Domestic violence and severe psychiatric disorders: prevalence and interventions
    L M Howard
    Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London SE5 8AF, UK
    Psychol Med 40:881-93. 2010
    ..We therefore aimed to review studies on the prevalence of, and the evidence for the effectiveness of interventions in, psychiatric patients experiencing domestic violence...
  22. ncbi Quality of life after liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease
    S P Pereira
    Institute of Liver Studies, King s College School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK
    Liver Transpl 6:762-8. 2000
    ..Overall, the quality of life after liver transplantation for ALD is high and broadly similar to the levels expected in the normal population...
  23. ncbi Supported employment: randomised controlled trial
    Louise M Howard
    Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
    Br J Psychiatry 196:404-11. 2010
    ..There have been few trials in other parts of the world...
  24. ncbi Barriers and facilitators of disclosures of domestic violence by mental health service users: qualitative study
    Diana Rose
    Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, UK
    Br J Psychiatry 198:189-94. 2011
    ..Mental health service users are at high risk of domestic violence but this is often not detected by mental health services...
  25. ncbi The psychosocial outcome of pregnancy in women with psychotic disorders
    Louise Michele Howard
    PO29, Section of Community Psychiatry, Health Services Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, London SE5 8AF, UK
    Schizophr Res 71:49-60. 2004
    ....
  26. ncbi Sudden infant death syndrome and psychiatric disorders
    Louise Michele Howard
    Br J Psychiatry 182:379-80. 2003