The British Journal of Psychiatry Highlights


BJP -- Future Table of Contents Alert
A new future TOC for The British Journal of Psychiatry is available online for the issue:
March 2013; Vol. 202, No. 3
This Future Table of Contents is available online at: 
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/202/3.toc


-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
BJP Online -- Highlights of the Current Issue
February 2013; Vol. 202, No. 2
The complete Table of Contents for the current issue is available online at:http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/vol202/issue2/

Kimberlie Dean  Psychotherapy: two trials and an evaluation of access to treatment
Two papers in the Journal this month present the results of randomised controlled trials of psychotherapeutic interventions – cognitive analytic therapy (CAT) for personality disorder and internet-delivered cognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT) for bulimia nervosa. Clarke et al (pp. 129–134) found that CAT was effective for individuals with a range of personality disorders when compared with treatment as usual. In this service-based trial, benefits were seen in diagnostic threshold status, measures of interpersonal functioning, and levels of symptomatic distress. Many of those receiving treatment as usual were noted by the authors to have demonstrated signs of deterioration during the trial period, while deterioration was not seen in any of the individuals randomised to receive CAT. In a linked editorial, Mulder & Chanen (pp. 89–90) comment that in additi on to emerging evidence of effectiveness, the practical nature and relatively short intervention period of CAT may make it particularly suitable for clinical services, although they note the lengthy time commitment required for training clinicians.

Cititi intregul articol la: http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/202/2/A7
EDITORIALS
A call for a new positive psychiatry of ageing
Dilip V. Jeste and Barton W. Palmer
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2013;202 81-83
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/abstract/202/2/81

Parental depression and the challenge of preventing mental illness in children
Paul G. Ramchandani and Susannah E. Murphy
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2013;202 84-85
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/abstract/202/2/84

Socioeconomic disadvantage and psychotherapy
Graham N. Meadows and Andre T. Tylee
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2013;202 86-88
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/abstract/202/2/86

Effectiveness of cognitive analytic therapy for personality disorders
Roger Mulder and Andrew M. Chanen
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2013;202 89-90
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/abstract/202/2/89

-----------------------------------------------------------------
BJP Online -- Highlights of the Current Issue
January 2013; Vol. 202, No. 1
The complete Table of Contents for the current issue is available online at:http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/vol202/issue1/ 

Sukhwinder S. Shergill  Psychosis: quality of services, cost and neuroanatomy
In the current economic climate of increased austerity, there is an awareness of demonstrating that increased quality of service provision correlates with clinical outcomes. Many policy decisions are made on this basis but there is little direct evidence addressing this complex question. Killaspy and colleagues (pp. 28–34) found a positive association between quality of NHS mental health rehabilitation services and the clinical outcomes of these services. Interestingly, they report that rehabilitation delivered in hospital-based units was largely of equivalent quality to that of community-based units, and the psychiatric morbidity of the local area had a greater impact on quality than the characteristics of the patients placed there. They conclude that ongoing investment is necessary to deliver high-quality care and achieve a positive impact on patient s autonomy.

Cititi intregul articol la:  http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/202/1/A3

No comments:

HOME (*Revenire-Pagina la Zi)

MENU

EDITORIAL