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Outcomes for long-term patients one year after discharge from a psychiatric hospitalGraham Thornicroft
Health Services Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, England, UK
Psychiatr Serv 56:1416-22. 2005....
Most people with mental illness are not treatedGraham Thornicroft
Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London SE5 8AF, UK
Lancet 370:807-8. 2007
Discrimination in health care against people with mental illnessGraham Thornicroft
Section of Community Psychiatry, Health Services and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF UK
Int Rev Psychiatry 19:113-22. 2007....
Gender differences in living with schizophrenia. A cross-sectional European multi-site studyGraham Thornicroft
Health Services Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, UK
Schizophr Res 57:191-200. 2002..Graphical models were used to generate hypotheses for future research. The implications for planning separate services for male and female schizophrenic patients are discussed...
Components of a modern mental health service: a pragmatic balance of community and hospital care: overview of systematic evidenceGraham Thornicroft
Health Service Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
Br J Psychiatry 185:283-90. 2004..There is controversy about whether mental health services should be provided in community or hospital settings. There is no worldwide consensus on which mental health service models are appropriate in low-, medium- and high-resource areas...
The personal impact of schizophrenia in EuropeGraham Thornicroft
Section of Community Psychiatry, Health Services Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
Schizophr Res 69:125-32. 2004..Research, clinical practice and disability policy developments need to address a wider range of consequences of the disorder than symptoms alone...
Growing recognition of the importance of service user involvement in mental health service planning and evaluationGraham Thornicroft
Section of Community Psychiatry PRiSM, Health Service Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London, UK
Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 14:1-3. 2005....
CRIMSON [CRisis plan IMpact: Subjective and Objective coercion and eNgagement] protocol: a randomised controlled trial of joint crisis plans to reduce compulsory treatment of people with psychosisGraham Thornicroft
Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, UK
Trials 11:102. 2010..The CRIMSON trial aims to determine if JCPs, compared with treatment as usual, are effective in reducing the use of the MHA in a range of treatment settings across the UK...
Self-stigma, empowerment and perceived discrimination among people with bipolar disorder or depression in 13 European countries: the GAMIAN-Europe studyElaine Brohan
Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, England
J Affect Disord 129:56-63. 2011..This study describes the levels of self-stigma, stigma resistance, empowerment and perceived discrimination reported in these groups...
Integrated care for co-occurring disorders: psychiatric symptoms, social functioning, and service costs at 18 monthsTom K J Craig
Health Service and Population Research Department, Kings College London, London, United Kingdom
Psychiatr Serv 59:276-82. 2008..The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a program for case managers that trained them to manage substance use disorders among persons with severe mental illness...
England's time to change antistigma campaign: one-year outcomes of service user-rated experiences of discriminationClaire Henderson
Department of Health Service and Population Research, Kings College London, London, United Kingdom SE5
Psychiatr Serv 63:451-7. 2012..This study evaluated the progress at one year of England's Time to Change (TTC) program, launched in 2009, toward meeting its target to reduce mental health-related stigma and discrimination by 5%...
A comparison of SF-6D and EQ-5D utility scores in a study of patients with schizophreniaPaul McCrone
Health Services and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
J Ment Health Policy Econ 12:27-31. 2009..There are also limited data on the sensitivity of these measures to changes in existing clinical indicators in long-term mental health conditions like schizophrenia...
Mass social contact interventions and their effect on mental health related stigma and intended discriminationSara Evans-Lacko
Health Service and Population Research Department, King s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, 29, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, UK
BMC Public Health 12:489. 2012..For this study, we assess the impact of a population level social contact intervention among people with and without mental health problems...
The effectiveness of joint crisis plans for people with borderline personality disorder: protocol for an exploratory randomised controlled trialPaul Moran
Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, Sir David Goldberg Building, De Crespigny Park, SE5 8AF London, UK
Trials 11:18. 2010..However, to date they have not been used with individuals with BPD. This exploratory trial will examine whether use of a JCP is an effective and cost-effective intervention for people with BPD for reducing self-harm...
The stigma of mental health problems and other barriers to care in the UK Armed ForcesAmy C Iversen
King s Centre for Military Health Research, King s College London, Weston Education Centre, Cutcombe Road, London SE5 9RJ, UK
BMC Health Serv Res 11:31. 2011..As the military is a profession at high risk of occupational psychiatric injury, understanding barriers to help-seeking is a priority...
Filmed v. live social contact interventions to reduce stigma: randomised controlled trialSarah Clement
Section of Community Mental Health, Box PO29, Health Service and Population Research Department, King s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London, UK
Br J Psychiatry 201:57-64. 2012..Direct social contact interventions are known to reduce mental health stigma. Filmed social contact may be equally effective and have practical and cost advantages...
250 labels used to stigmatise people with mental illnessDiana Rose
Service User Research Enterprise, Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London, UK
BMC Health Serv Res 7:97. 2007..The objective of this study was to investigate the extent of stigma in relation to treatment avoidance in 14 year-old school students in England in relation to how they refer to people with mental illness...
Pre-morbid IQ and response to routine outcome assessmentMike Slade
Health Services Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London, UK
Psychol Med 36:1183-91. 2006..Pre-morbid intellectual functioning has predicted response to other interventions. This paper tests the hypothesis that pre-morbid IQ impacts on the effectiveness of routine assessment and feedback of outcome measures...
Patient-rated mental health needs and quality of life improvementMike Slade
Health Services Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Denmark Hill, London
Br J Psychiatry 187:256-61. 2005..Patient-rated unmet need is cross-sectionally associated with quality of life. Its longitudinal relationship has not been established...
An investigation of factors associated with psychiatric hospital admission despite the presence of crisis resolution teamsMary Anne Cotton
Department of Mental Health Sciences, Royal Free and University College Medical Schools, UCL, London, UK
BMC Psychiatry 7:52. 2007..Crisis resolution teams (CRTs) provide a community alternative to psychiatric hospital admission for patients presenting in crisis. Little is known about the characteristics of patients admitted despite the availability of such teams...
Supported employment: randomised controlled trialLouise 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...
Clinical outcomes of Joint Crisis Plans to reduce compulsory treatment for people with psychosis: a randomised controlled trialGraham Thornicroft
Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, UK
Lancet 381:1634-41. 2013..We assessed whether the additional use of JCPs improved patient outcomes compared with treatment as usual...
The development of a Local Index of Need (LIN) and its use to explain variations in social services expenditure on mental health care in EnglandPaul McCrone
Health Services Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
Health Soc Care Community 14:254-63. 2006..However, a disaggregated model containing individual factors may be preferable...
Perceived coercion at admission to psychiatric hospital and engagement with follow-up--a cohort studyJonathan Bindman
P029, Section of Community Psychiatry PRiSM, Health Services Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 40:160-6. 2005..We aimed to investigate predictors of perceived coercion in subjects admitted to psychiatric hospital in the UK, and to test the hypothesis that high perceived coercion at admission predicts poor engagement with community follow-up...
Use of standardised outcome measures in adult mental health services: randomised controlled trialMike Slade
Health Services Research Department Box P029, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London SE5 8AF, UK
Br J Psychiatry 189:330-6. 2006..Routine use of standardised outcome measures is not universal...
Adherence therapy for people with schizophrenia. European multicentre randomised controlled trialRichard Gray
Health Services Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
Br J Psychiatry 189:508-14. 2006..There is equivocal evidence of the effectiveness of adherence therapy in improving treatment adherence and clinical outcomes for people with schizophrenia...
Knowledge and attitudes as predictors of intentions to seek help for and disclose a mental illnessNICOLAS RUSCH
Health Service and Population Research, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, UK
Psychiatr Serv 62:675-8. 2011..This study examined whether having more positive attitudes and more knowledge about mental illness could predict intentions to seek help from a general practitioner and to disclose a mental illness to friends and family members...
Views of service users and providers on joint crisis plans: single blind randomized controlled trialClaire Henderson
P029, Health Service and Population Research Dept, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF UK
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 44:369-76. 2009..We report participants' and case managers' use of and views on the value of Joint Crisis Plans (JCPs), shown to reduce compulsory hospitalisation and violence...
Self-stigma, empowerment and perceived discrimination among people with schizophrenia in 14 European countries: the GAMIAN-Europe studyElaine Brohan
Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, England, United Kingdom
Schizophr Res 122:232-8. 2010..These results suggest that self-stigma appears to be common and sometimes severe among people with schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders in Europe...
Cancer diagnosis in people with severe mental illness: practical and ethical issuesLouise M Howard
Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London, UK
Lancet Oncol 11:797-804. 2010....
Newspaper coverage of mental illness in the UK, 1992-2008Robert Goulden
Section of Community Mental Health, Health Service and Population Research Department, King s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
BMC Public Health 11:796. 2011..This paper analyses trends in newspaper coverage of mental illness in the UK between 1992-2008 across a range of psychiatric diagnoses...
Joint crisis plans for people with borderline personality disorder: feasibility and outcomes in a randomised controlled trialRohan Borschmann
PO28, David Goldberg Building, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
Br J Psychiatry 202:357-64. 2013..People with borderline personality disorder frequently experience crises. To date, no randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of crisis interventions for this population have been published...
What is a mental illness? Public views and their effects on attitudes and disclosureNICOLAS RUSCH
Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, UK
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 46:641-50. 2012..It is unclear how such public views affect attitudes towards people with mental illness and reactions to one's own potential mental illness, e.g. in terms of help-seeking or disclosure...
Systematic review of beliefs, behaviours and influencing factors associated with disclosure of a mental health problem in the workplaceElaine Brohan
Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, UK
BMC Psychiatry 12:11. 2012....
The psychosocial outcome of pregnancy in women with psychotic disordersLouise Michele Howard
PO29, Section of Community Psychiatry, Health Services Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, London SE5 8AF, UK
Schizophr Res 71:49-60. 2004....
The Cares of Life Project (CoLP): an exploratory randomised controlled trial of a community-based intervention for black people with common mental disorderSarah A Afuwape
Centre for Nephrology, Royal Free Hampstead, NHS Trust, London, UK
J Affect Disord 127:370-4. 2010..To investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of a needs-led, community-based intervention for treating individuals from black minority ethnic (BME) groups with common mental disorders...
Comparing patterns and costs of schizophrenia care in five European countries: the EPSILON study. European Psychiatric Services: Inputs Linked to Outcome Domains and NeedsMartin Knapp
Department of Health Services Research, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College Medical School, London, UK
Acta Psychiatr Scand 105:42-54. 2002..Methodological consistency is required if meaningful conclusions are to be drawn from such comparative data...
Global pattern of experienced and anticipated discrimination against people with schizophrenia: a cross-sectional surveyGraham Thornicroft
Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, UK
Lancet 373:408-15. 2009..We aimed to describe the nature, direction, and severity of anticipated and experienced discrimination reported by people with schizophrenia...
The needs of older people with mental health problems according to the user, the carer, and the staffGeraldine A Hancock
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, University College London, London, UK
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 18:803-11. 2003..Reliance solely on assessment by staff or carers may not lead to the most equitable or appropriate use of services...
The South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Biomedical Research Centre (SLAM BRC) case register: development and descriptive dataRobert Stewart
King s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
BMC Psychiatry 9:51. 2009..Recent developments in electronic medical records, and in computer software to search and analyse these in anonymised format, have the potential to revolutionise this research tool...
Influence of Time to Change's social marketing interventions on stigma in England 2009-2011Sara Evans-Lacko
Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London SE5 8AF, UK
Br J Psychiatry Suppl 55:s77-88. 2013..England's Time To Change (TTC) social marketing campaign emphasised social contact between people with and without mental health problems to reduce stigma and discrimination...
Development and psychometric properties the Barriers to Access to Care Evaluation scale (BACE) related to people with mental ill healthSarah Clement
Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, UK
BMC Psychiatry 12:36. 2012....
Training in dual diagnosis interventions (the COMO Study): randomised controlled trialElizabeth Hughes
Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF UK
BMC Psychiatry 8:12. 2008....
The effect of disclosure of mental illness by interviewers on reports of discrimination experienced by service users: a randomized studySarah Hamilton
Rethink, London, UK
Int Rev Psychiatry 23:47-54. 2011..Disclosure of peer status prior to consent may have affected recruitment...
Does meeting needs improve quality of life?Mike Slade
Health Services Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
Psychother Psychosom 73:183-9. 2004..This study investigated the relationship between patient-rated unmet needs and subjective quality of life using routine outcome data...
Ethnic differences in mental health service use among patients with psychotic disordersRajesh Mohan
Section of Social and Cultural Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 41:771-6. 2006....
Evaluation of a brief anti-stigma campaign in Cambridge: do short-term campaigns work?Sara Evans-Lacko
King s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Health Services and Population Research Department, Box P029, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
BMC Public Health 10:339. 2010..This paper explores this question specifically in reference to stigma and discrimination against people with mental health problems using the Time to Change Cambridge anti-stigma campaign as an example...
Capacity building in global mental health researchGraham Thornicroft
Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, UK
Harv Rev Psychiatry 20:13-24. 2012..A case example from the Mental Health and Poverty Project in sub-Saharan Africa illustrates how this approach can be put into practice-in particular, by focusing upon training in core transferrable research skills...
Experiences of mental illness stigma, prejudice and discrimination: a review of measuresElaine Brohan
Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
BMC Health Serv Res 10:80. 2010..We will identify measures used, their characteristics and psychometric properties...
Public attitudes towards people with mental illness in England and Scotland, 1994-2003Nisha Mehta
Section of Comunity Mental Health, Health Service and Population Health Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF, UK
Br J Psychiatry 194:278-84. 2009..Understanding trends in public attitudes towards people with mental illness informs the assessment of ongoing severity of stigma and evaluation of anti-stigma campaigns...
Implications of long-term conditions for both mental and physical health: comparison of rheumatoid arthritis and schizophreniaHeidi Lempp
Academic Department of Rheumatology NIHR Guy s and St Thomas Foundation Trust Biomedical Research Centre, King s College London, London, UK
Qual Life Res 18:699-707. 2009....
Reducing psychiatric stigma and discrimination: evaluation of educational interventions in UK secondary schoolsVanessa Pinfold
Health Service Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Denmark Hill, London, UK
Br J Psychiatry 182:342-6. 2003....
Ethnic differences among patients in high-security psychiatric hospitals in EnglandMorven Leese
Section of Community Psychiatry (PRiSM, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
Br J Psychiatry 188:380-5. 2006..40,95% CI 0.06-0.73). CONCLUSIONS: Compared with the proportion of Black patients in the general population in their region of origin, a much higher proportion of Black patients were admitted to HSPHs, and fewer of their needs were met...
Effect of joint crisis plans on use of compulsory treatment in psychiatry: single blind randomised controlled trialClaire Henderson
Health Services Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London SE5 8AF
BMJ 329:136. 2004..To investigate whether a form of advance agreement for people with severe mental illness can reduce the use of inpatient services and compulsory admission or treatment...
Help-seeking and receipt of treatment among UK service personnelAmy C Iversen
King s Centre for Military Health Research, King s College London, Weston Education Centre, Cutcombe Road, London SE5 9RJ, UK
Br J Psychiatry 197:149-55. 2010..For armed forces personnel, data on help-seeking behaviour and receipt of treatment for mental disorders are important for both research and policy...
Mental disorders among Somali refugees: developing culturally appropriate measures and assessing socio-cultural risk factorsKamaldeep Bhui
Centre for Psychiatry Barts and The London Medical School, Charterhouse Sq, London, EC1M, UK
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 41:400-8. 2006..We aimed to develop a culturally appropriate instrument, and address the methodological challenges and assess some risk factors for mental disorder among Somalis in London...
Newspaper coverage of mental illness in England 2008-2011Amalia Thornicroft
Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
Br J Psychiatry Suppl 55:s64-9. 2013....
The development and psychometric properties of the Humanitarian Emergency Settings Perceived Needs (HESPER) ScaleMaya Semrau
Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, UK
Am J Public Health 102:e55-63. 2012..We developed the Humanitarian Emergency Settings Perceived Needs (HESPER) Scale, a valid and reliable scale to rapidly assess perceived needs of populations in humanitarian settings in low- and middle-income countries...
A decision aid to assist decisions on disclosure of mental health status to an employer: protocol for the CORAL exploratory randomised controlled trialClaire Henderson
Health Service and Population Research Department P029, David Goldberg Centre, King s College London Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
BMC Psychiatry 12:133. 2012..The present proof of concept trial aims to determine whether a full scale randomised controlled trial (RCT) is justifiable and feasible, and to optimise its design...
Redeveloping secure psychiatric services for womenStuart D M Thomas
Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, UK
Med Sci Law 45:331-9. 2005..The special needs of these women should be considered a priority when developing treatment and care packages...
Characteristics of subgroups of individuals with psychotic illness and a comorbid substance use disorderHelen Miles
Clinical Psychology Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF, UK
Psychiatr Serv 54:554-61. 2003..The primary hypothesis was that users of stimulants, such as cocaine or amphetamines, would be characterized by especially high rates of inpatient admission, violence, and self-harm...
The economic impact of mental health stigma and discrimination: a systematic reviewJessica Sharac
Centre for the Economics of Mental Health, Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, United Kingdom
Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 19:223-32. 2010..People with mental illness face stigma and discrimination in a variety of settings which can have an economic impact...
Comparative quality of life in patients with depression and rheumatoid arthritisHeidi Lempp
Academic Department of Rheumatology, King s College London, Weston Education Centre, London, UK
Int Rev Psychiatry 23:118-24. 2011....
Facilitators and barriers to implementing clinical care pathwaysSara Evans-Lacko
Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, De Crespigny Park, London SE58AF, UK
BMC Health Serv Res 10:182. 2010....
A controlled trial of mental illness related stigma training for medical studentsAliya Kassam
Section of Community Mental Health, Health Service and Population Research Department, King s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF UK
BMC Med Educ 11:51. 2011..This study aimed to examine the impact of mental illness related stigma training on third year medical students' knowledge, attitudes and behaviour related to people with mental illness...
Development and psychometric properties of the Mental Health Knowledge ScheduleSara Evans-Lacko
Postdoctoral Researcher, King s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Health Services and Population Research Department, London, England
Can J Psychiatry 55:440-8. 2010..Our paper presents the results of the development stage and the psychometric properties of the Mental Health Knowledge Schedule (MAKS), an instrument to assess stigma-related mental health knowledge among the general public...
The simulation of hallucinations to reduce the stigma of schizophrenia: a systematic reviewShuntaro Ando
Section of Community Mental Health, PO29, Health Service and Population Research Department, King s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, England
Schizophr Res 133:8-16. 2011..However, there has been no review of such methods. This systematic review aims to determine whether and how simulated hallucinations are effective in reducing stigma, and if simulated hallucinations are safe and acceptable...
Service user perspectives on the impact of a mental illness diagnosisDiana Rose
Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London, United Kingdom
Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 19:140-7. 2010..To provide a conceptual and practical analysis of the impacts of mental health diagnoses on consumers and to consider how service users might contribute to the new psychiatric classifications currently being drawn up...
Comparing needs assessed by staff and by service users: paternalism or partnership in mental health?Graham Thornicroft
Health Services Research Department Box P029, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF, United Kingdom
Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 11:186-91. 2002
Employees with mental health problems: Survey of U.K. employers' knowledge, attitudes and workplace practicesElaine Brohan
Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London, United Kingdom
Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 19:326-32. 2010..We also examine whether non-workplace social contact is associated with the above variables...
Why is recruitment to trials difficult? An investigation into recruitment difficulties in an RCT of supported employment in patients with severe mental illnessLouise 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...
The general fertility rate in women with psychotic disordersLouise 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...
Standardised Assessment of Personality - Abbreviated Scale (SAPAS): preliminary validation of a brief screen for personality disorderPaul Moran
Health Services Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
Br J Psychiatry 183:228-32. 2003..There is a need for a brief and simple screen for personality disorders that can be used in routine psychiatric assessments...
Responses to mental health stigma questions: the importance of social desirability and data collection methodClaire Henderson
Health Service and Population Research Department P029, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London, England
Can J Psychiatry 57:152-60. 2012....
Medical outcome of pregnancy in women with psychotic disorders and their infants in the first year after birthLouise 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...
Messages to use in population-level campaigns to reduce mental health-related stigma: consensus development studySarah Clement
Section of Community Mental Health Box P029, Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, United Kingdom
Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 19:72-9. 2010..To develop and measure consensus about which type of message should be included in population-level campaigns to reduce mental health-related stigma...
Poverty, poor services, and compulsory psychiatric admission in EnglandJonathan Bindman
Section of Community Psychiatry PRiSM, Health Services Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 37:341-5. 2002..We examined the hypothesis that variation in rates of detention is related to social deprivation and also to the functioning of local mental health services...
Fair assessment of the merits of psychiatric researchGrant Lewison
Evaluametrics Ltd, Kew, Richmond, Surrey and School of Library, Archive and Information Studies, University College London, London SE5 8AF, UK
Br J Psychiatry 190:314-8. 2007..So far, a narrow range of metrics have been applied across the whole of biomedical research. Without specific sets of metrics, appropriate to each sub-field of research, biased assessments of research excellence are possible...
Lessons learned in developing community mental health care in EuropeMaya Semrau
Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, UK
World Psychiatry 10:217-25. 2011....
Stigma: ignorance, prejudice or discrimination?Graham Thornicroft
Br J Psychiatry 190:192-3. 2007..The main challenge in future is to identify which interventions will produce behaviour change to reduce discrimination against people with mental illness...
Persistence with polypharmacy and excessive dosing in patients with schizophrenia treated in four European countriesCorrado Barbui
Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Int Clin Psychopharmacol 21:355-62. 2006..Clinicians should consider that dose reduction strategies have been shown to be a feasible intervention in patients with schizophrenia...
Joint crisis plans for people with psychosis: economic evaluation of a randomised controlled trialChris Flood
Department of Mental Health and Learning Disability, City University, London E1 2EA
BMJ 333:729. 2006....
A UK perspective of case managementKevin Gournay
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 36:701-2; author reply 702. 2002
Mental health in EuropeGraham Thornicroft
BMJ 330:613-4. 2005
Medication adherence in schizophrenia: exploring patients', carers' and professionals' viewsMartijn J Kikkert
Department of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 22700, 1100 DE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Schizophr Bull 32:786-94. 2006..Adherence may be positively influenced if professionals focus on the positive aspects of medication, on enhancing insight, and on fostering a positive therapeutic relationship with patients and carers...
Factor solution of the BPRS-expanded version in schizophrenic outpatients living in five European countriesMirella Ruggeri
Dipartimento di Medicina e Sanita Pubblica, Sezione di Psichiatria, e Psicologie Clinice, Universita di Verona, Ospedale Policlinico, Piazzale Scuro, 10, 37134 Verona, Italy
Schizophr Res 75:107-17. 2005..The expanded version of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS-E) has improved the instrument's coverage and interrater reliability, but there is little knowledge on its subsyndromes...
The iceberg tip and the rest. Mental health care for people with schizophrenia in five European centresThomas Becker
Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 11:6-11. 2002
Main determinants of Global Assessment of Functioning score in schizophrenia: a European multicenter studyLuis Gaite
Clinical and Social Psychiatry Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, , Santander, Spain
Compr Psychiatry 46:440-6. 2005..Clinical factors are the main determinants of its score, although social functioning variables also have a lesser effect...
Prison mental health inreach servicesJulie Steel
Br J Psychiatry 190:373-4. 2007..This paper summarises the policy content and what has been achieved thus far, and poses challenges that these teams face if they are to become a clear and effective component in the overall system of forensic mental healthcare...
Needs for care of patients with schizophrenia and the consequences for their informal caregivers- results from the EPSILON multi centre study on schizophreniaKarin Meijer
Department of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Centre Rm. A3.254, 22700, 1100, DE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 39:251-8. 2004..CONCLUSION: Subjective needs for care as measured by the CAN are not a good indicator for consequences experienced by the informal care system of patients with schizophrenia...
Resources for mental health: scarcity, inequity, and inefficiencyShekhar Saxena
World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Lancet 370:878-89. 2007..Scarcity of available resources, inequities in their distribution, and inefficiencies in their use pose the three main obstacles to better mental health, especially in low-income and middle-income countries...
The Lancet's series on global mental health: 1 year onVikram Patel
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK; Sangath Centre, Porvorim, Goa, India
Lancet 372:1354-7. 2008
Satisfaction with mental health services among people with schizophrenia in five European sites: results from the EPSILON StudyMirella Ruggeri
Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Italy
Schizophr Bull 29:229-45. 2003....
Is the Defined Daily Dose system a reliable tool for standardizing antipsychotic dosages?Michela Nose
Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Italy
Int Clin Psychopharmacol 23:287-90. 2008..In conclusion, this study found that the DDD system is a reliable tool for standardizing antipsychotic doses in drug utilization research...
Stigma and discrimination limit access to mental health careGraham Thornicroft
Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 17:14-9. 2008....
The reliability and validity of the forensic Camberwell Assessment of Need (CANFOR): a needs assessment for forensic mental health service usersStuart D M Thomas
Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Monash University, Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health, Victoria 3078, Australia
Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 17:111-20. 2008..813 and 0.699, respectively). The average interview time was 23 minutes. CANFOR has good validity and reliability, and is suitable for further testing with other service user groups...
Dropping out of care: inappropriate terminations of contact with community-based psychiatric servicesAlberto Rossi
Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Ospedale Policlinico, Piazzale L.A. Scuro 10, 37134 Verona, Italy
Br J Psychiatry 181:331-8. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: In a CPS targeted to patients with severe mental illnesses, those who drop out of care are younger patients without psychoses who are generally satisfied with their treatment...
People with schizophrenia in five countries: conceptual similarities and intercultural differences in family caregivingBob van Wijngaarden
Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Schizophr Bull 29:573-86. 2003..As long as cultural bias cannot be ruled out, researchers are advised to compose their own national norm groups and use these as a local standard...
The global response to mental illnessGraham Thornicroft
BMJ 325:608-9. 2002
Heterogeneity of outcomes in schizophrenia. 3-year follow-up of treated prevalent casesMirella Ruggeri
Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Italy
Br J Psychiatry 184:48-57. 2004..Care for people with schizophrenia should address a wide range of outcomes, including professional and consumer perspectives...
A typology of advance statements in mental health careClaire Henderson
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Centers, Bronx, NY 10468, USA
Psychiatr Serv 59:63-71. 2008..However, the relationship of advance statements to involuntary treatment is more problematic, as is their effective implementation in many mental health service settings...
