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December 2011; Vol. 199, No. 6

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Editorials

The future of psychiatry
F. Oyebode and M. Humphreys
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011 199 (6)

Physical health disparities and mental illness: the scandal of premature mortality

G. Thornicroft
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011 199 (6)

The population impact of improvements in mental health services: the case of Australia

A. F. Jorm
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011 199 (6)


Review article


Conceptual framework for personal recovery in mental health: systematic review and narrative synthesis

M. Leamy, V. Bird, C. Le Boutillier, J. Williams and M. Slade
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011 199 (6)


Papers


Outcomes of Nordic mental health systems: life expectancy of patients with mental disorders

K. Wahlbeck, J. Westman, M. Nordentoft, M. Gissler and T. Munk Larsen
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011 199 (6)

Lay health worker led intervention for depressive and anxiety disorders in India: impact on clinical and disability outcomes over 12 months

V. Patel, H. A. Weiss, N. Chowdhary, S. Naik, S. Pednekar, S. Chatterjee, B. Bhat, R. Araya, M. King, G. Simon, H. V. Berdeli, B. R. Kirkwood
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011 199 (6)

Schizophrenia medication adherence in a resource-poor setting: ransomised controlled trial of supervised treatment in out-patients for schizophrenia (STOPS)

S. Farooq, Z. Nazar, M. Irfan, J. Akhter, E. Gul, U. Irfan and F. Naeem
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011 199 (6)

Aggression and seclusion on acute psychiatric wards: effect of short-term risk assessment

R. van de Sande, H. L. I. Nijman, E. O. Noorthoorn, A. I. Wierdsma, E. Hellendoorn, C. Van der Staak and C. L. Mulder
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011 199 (6)

Changes in met perceived need for mental healthcare in Australia from 1997 to 2007

G. N. Meadows and I. Bobevski
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011 199 (6)

Preavlence of anxiety and its correlates among older adults in Latin America, India and China: cross-cultural study

A. M. Prina, C. P. Ferri, M. Guerra, C. Brayne and M. Prince
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011 199 (6)

Visual hallucinations in dementia with Lewy bodies: transcranial magnetic stimulation study

J.-P. Taylor, M. Firbank, N. Barnett, S. Pearce, A. Livingstone, U. Mosimann, J. Eyre, I. G. McKeith and J. T. O'Brien
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011 199 (6)

Assessing the 'true' effect of active antidepressant therapy v. placebo in major depressive disorder: use of a mixture model

M. E. Thase, K. G. Larsen and S. H. Kennedy
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011 199 (6)


Short reports


Anti-NDMA receptor encephalitis: an important differential diagnosis in psychosis

H. Barry, O. Hardiman, D. G. Healy, M. Keogan, J. Moroney, P. P. Molnar, D. R. Cotter and K. C. Murphy
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011 199 (6)

Cost utility of behavioural activation delivered by the non-specialist

D. Ekers, C. Godfrey, S. Gilbody, S. Parrott, D. A. Richards, D. Hammond and A. Hayes
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011 199 (6)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BJP Online -- Highlights of the Current Issue

October 2011; Vol. 199, No. 4
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Highlights of this issue

Kimberlie Dean

Psychopharmacology under the microscope

A focus on psychopharmacological agents, antipsychotics in particular, is featured in the Journal this month. Kendall (pp. 266–268) argues that there is no clinical or scientific evidence to justify the notion that atypical antipsychotics represent a distinct antipsychotic class but rather that the drug industry has essentially fabricated new classes for marketing purposes. Supporting this argument, a study based in China provides further evidence of the lack of difference in outcome for those treated with first- v. second-generation antipsychotics (Girgis et al, pp. 281–288). In a randomised clinical trial, individuals presenting with first-episode psychosis were treated with either clozapine or chlorpromazine for up to 2 years and then followed up after a further 7 years of naturalistic treatment. No differences in measures of illness severity or secondary ef ficacy outcomes were found between the two groups. Leucht & Davis (pp. 269–271) also comment on the implications of this study and agree that the classification of atypical and typical antipsychotics has created confusion but they warn against regarding all antipsychotic drugs as equivalent. They argue that the differences between available drugs should be exploited in the shared decision-making process of prescribing for individual patients.

Frighi et al (pp. 289–295) note that antipsychotics are frequently prescribed for individuals with intellectual disability despite limited evidence of efficacy and little knowledge about safety. In an observational study, metabolic indices were found to be similar between those with intellectual disability treated with antipsychotics and those characterised as antipsychotic-naive. Those treated with amisulpride/sulpiride and risperidone were found to have high rates of hyperprolactinaemia, however. Suzuki et al (pp. 275–280) identify individuals with treatment-resistant psychosis as another patient subgroup for whom little is known with regard to psychopharmacological treatment. Following a review of randomised double-blind trials of antipsychotic medication use in adults with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, the authors found that response peaked early in the cours e of treatment, in line with other recent studies of antipsychotic response timing.

Finally, Harrison et al (pp. 263–265) contend that psychopharmacological expertise needs to be given greater prominence by psychiatrists, both for the benefit of patients, who should expect safe and effective treatment, and for supporting the future of the specialty, by helping to define psychiatrists among other mental health professionals.

The relationship between unipolar depression and bipolar disorder

Relatives of those with bipolar disorder are known to be at elevated risk of unipolar depression and it has long been assumed that the nature of depressive episodes experienced by these two groups is similar. Mitchell et al (pp. 303–309) examined the clinical characteristics of depressive episodes among those with bipolar disorder compared with those with major depression from bipolar pedigrees. In the former group, rates of psychomotor retardation, difficulty thinking, early morning wakening, morning worsening and psychotic features were all higher. The authors also found evidence of two symptom clusters for the major depressive disorder group, possibly representing genetic and sporadic factors. In a related editorial, Smith & Craddock (pp. 272–274) argue that the distinction between unipolar depression and bipolar disorder may not be as easily d elineated as previously thought.

Randomised trials – for self-harm and residual depression

Hatcher et al (pp. 310–316) report on findings from a randomised controlled trial of problem-solving therapy for individuals who present to hospital with self-harm. Compared with usual care, the authors found that therapy did not reduce rates of repeat self-harm presentation at 12 months except among those where the index episode was a repeat self-harm event. For those with medication-refractory residual depression, Watkins et al (pp. ) found that rumination-focused cognitive–behavioural therapy was associated with improvements in residual symptoms and remission rates, with treatment effects being found to be mediated by change in rumination.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BJP Online Table of Contents Alert

A new issue of The British Journal of Psychiatry is available online:
October 2011; Vol. 199, No. 4

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Highlights of this issue

Highlights of this issue
Kimberlie Dean
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011;199 A15
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/199/4/A15


EDITORIALS

No psychiatry without psychopharmacology
Paul J. Harrison, David S. Baldwin, Thomas R. E. Barnes, Tom Burns, Klaus P. Ebmeier, I. Nicol Ferrier, and David J. Nutt
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011;199 263-265
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/abstract/199/4/263

The rise and fall of the atypical antipsychotics
Tim Kendall
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011;199 266-268
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/abstract/199/4/266

Are all antipsychotic drugs the same?
Stefan Leucht and John M. Davis
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011;199 269-271
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/abstract/199/4/269

Unipolar and bipolar depression: different or the same?
Daniel J. Smith and Nick Craddock
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011;199 272-274
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/abstract/199/4/272


REVIEW ARTICLES

Time course of improvement with antipsychotic medication in treatment-resistant schizophrenia
Takefumi Suzuki, Gary Remington, Tamara Arenovich, Hiroyuki Uchida, Ofer Agid, Ariel Graff-Guerrero, and David C. Mamo
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011;199 275-280
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/abstract/199/4/275


PAPERS

Clozapine v. chlorpromazine in treatment-naive, first-episode schizophrenia: 9-year outcomes of a randomised clinical trial
Ragy R. Girgis, Michael R. Phillips, Xiaodong Li, Kejin Li, Huiping Jiang, Chengjing Wu, Naihua Duan, Yajuan Niu, and Jeffrey A. Lieberman
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011;199 281-288
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/abstract/199/4/281

Safety of antipsychotics in people with intellectual disability
Valeria Frighi, Matthew T. Stephenson, Alireza Morovat, Iain E. Jolley, Marialena Trivella, Christina A. Dudley, Ezhil Anand, Sarah J. White, Christina V. Hammond, Rena A. Hockney, Beryl Barrow, Rehana Shakir, and Guy M. Goodwin
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011;199 289-295
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/abstract/199/4/289

Course of auditory vocal hallucinations in childhood: 5-year follow-up study
Agna A. Bartels-Velthuis, Gerard van de Willige, Jack A. Jenner, Jim van Os, and Durk Wiersma
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011;199 296-302
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/abstract/199/4/296

Comparison of depressive episodes in bipolar disorder and in major depressive disorder within bipolar disorder pedigrees
Philip B. Mitchell, Andrew Frankland, Dusan Hadzi-Pavlovic, Gloria Roberts, Justine Corry, Adam Wright, Colleen K. Loo, and Michael Breakspear
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011;199 303-309
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/abstract/199/4/303

Problem-solving therapy for people who present to hospital with self-harm: Zelen randomised controlled trial
Simon Hatcher, Cynthia Sharon, Varsha Parag, and Nicola Collins
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011;199 310-316
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/abstract/199/4/310

Rumination-focused cognitive-behavioural therapy for residual depression: phase II randomised controlled trial
Edward R. Watkins, Eugene Mullan, Janet Wingrove, Katharine Rimes, Herbert Steiner, Neil Bathurst, Rachel Eastman, and Jan Scott
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011;199 317-322
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/abstract/199/4/317

Premorbid risk markers for chronic fatigue syndrome in the 1958 British birth cohort
Charlotte Clark, Laura Goodwin, Stephen A. Stansfeld, Matthew Hotopf, and Peter D. White
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011;199 323-329
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/abstract/199/4/323

Premarital mental disorders and physical violence in marriage: cross-national study of married couples
Elizabeth Miller, Joshua Breslau, Maria Petukhova, John Fayyad, Jennifer Greif Green, Lola Kola, Soraya Seedat, Dan J. Stein, Adley Tsang, Maria Carmen Viana, Laura Helena Andrade, Koen Demyttenaere, Giovanni de Girolamo, Josep Maria Haro, Chiyi Hu, Elie G. Karam, Viviane Kovess-Masfety, Toma Tomov, and Ronald C. Kessler
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011;199 330-337
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/abstract/199/4/330


SHORT REPORTS

Pre-conception inter-pregnancy interval and risk of schizophrenia
Lihini Gunawardana, George Davey Smith, Stanley Zammit, Elise Whitley, David Gunnell, Sarah Lewis, and Finn Rasmussen
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011;199 338-339
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/abstract/199/4/338


Correspondence

Preventive psychiatry within public health
Woody Caan
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011;199 340
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/199/4/340

Authors reply:
Kamaldeep Bhui and Sokratis Dinos
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011;199 340-341
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/199/4/340-a

Homicide rates and income inequality
Michael Moutoussis
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011;199 341
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/199/4/341

Authors reply:
Nicola Swinson, Sandra M. Flynn, David While, Alison Roscoe, Navneet Kapur, Louis Appleby, and Jenny Shaw
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011;199 341
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/199/4/341-a

Observational BALANCE
Joseph F. Hayes and David Osborn
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011;199 341-342
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/199/4/341-b

Authors reply:
Lars Vedel Kessing and Per Kragh Andersen
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011;199 342
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/199/4/342

Role of postcards in reducing suicidal behaviour
Anurag Jhanjee and Manjeet Singh Bhatia
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011;199 342
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/199/4/342-a

Authors reply:
Hossein Hassanian-Moghaddam and Gregory Carter
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011;199 342-343
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/199/4/342-b


Correction

Corrections
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011;199 343
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/199/4/343


Book reviews

Bipolar Disorder (Oxford Psychiatry Library)
Thomas James Reilly
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011;199 344
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/199/4/344

Professionalism in Mental Healthcare: Experts, Expertise and Expectations: Psychiatry s Contract with Society: Concepts, Controversies, and Consequences
Frank Holloway
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011;199 344-345
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/199/4/344-a

Madness in Post-1945 British and American Fiction
Allan Beveridge
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011;199 345
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/199/4/345

Nurturing Natures: Attachment and Children s Emotional, Sociocultural and Brain Development
Carole Kaplan
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011;199 345-346
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/199/4/345-a

Freud on Coke
Neil Nixon
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011;199 346
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/199/4/346

Containment in the Community: Supportive Frameworks for Thinking about Antisocial Behaviour and Mental Health
Tom Clark
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011;199 346-347
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/199/4/346-a

Clinician s Guide to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Derek Summerfield
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011;199 347
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/199/4/347

Attachment, Trauma and Multiplicity: Working with Dissociative Identity Disorder (2nd edn)
Harold Merskey
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011;199 347-348
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/199/4/347-a


Extras

Rosiglitazone and Other Bitter Pills — poems by doctors
Bob Adams
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011;199 271
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/199/4/271

Yukio Mishima — extra
Martin Humphreys and Henry Scott Stokes
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011;199 274
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/199/4/274

Reading for Well-Being Project — 100 words
David Fearnley
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011;199 288
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/199/4/288


From the Editor's desk

From the Editor's desk
Peter Tyrer
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011;199 350
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/199/4/350

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