Browsing Centre for Psychiatry by Subject "Psychotic Disorders"
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Clinicians have several therapeutic relationships and patients only one: The effect on their assessments of relationships.
(2018-12)OBJECTIVES: Little attention has been given to the common assessment problem that clinicians assess outcomes of several patients and may rate them in comparison to one another, whereas patients assess only their own outcomes ... -
The culture of care within psychiatric services: tackling inequalities and improving clinical and organisational capabilities.
(2012-09-28)INTRODUCTION: Cultural Consultation is a clinical process that emerged from anthropological critiques of mental healthcare. It includes attention to therapeutic communication, research observations and research methods ... -
Epidemiology of Untreated Psychoses in 3 Diverse Settings in the Global South: The International Research Program on Psychotic Disorders in Diverse Settings (INTREPID II).
(2023-01-01)IMPORTANCE: Less than 10% of research on psychotic disorders has been conducted in settings in the Global South, which refers broadly to the regions of Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Oceania. There is a lack of basic ... -
Ethnic inequalities and pathways to care in psychosis in England: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
(2018-12-12)BACKGROUND: As part of a national programme to tackle ethnic inequalities, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of research on ethnic inequalities in pathways to care for adults with psychosis living in England ... -
Ethnic inequalities in the incidence of diagnosis of severe mental illness in England: a systematic review and new meta-analyses for non-affective and affective psychoses.
(2019-11)PURPOSE: Although excess risks particularly for a diagnosis of schizophrenia have been identified for ethnic minority people in England and other contexts, we sought to identify and synthesise up-to-date evidence (2018) ... -
How to value patients with psychosis: An inductive study of psychiatrists’ behaviour in routine consultations.
(2015)Valuing patients underlies good communication in psychiatry and mediates positive outcomes. The aim of this study was to (1) identify and reliably assess valuing and devaluing communicative behaviour of psychiatrists in ... -
The impact of routine outcome measurement on treatment processes in community mental health care: approach and methods of the MECCA study.
(2002-07)Three issues characterise the background to the MECCA study: A) Throughout Europe, most patients with severe forms of psychotic disorders are cared for in the community. The challenge now is to make processes in community ... -
Predictors of length of stay in psychiatric inpatient units: Does their effect vary across countries?
(2018-02)BACKGROUND: Previous studies in individual countries have identified inconsistent predictors of length of stay (LoS) in psychiatric inpatient units. This may reflect methodological inconsistencies across studies or true ... -
Social networks of patients with psychosis: a systematic review.
(2015-10-12)BACKGROUND: Social networks are important for mental health outcomes as they can mobilise resources and help individuals to cope with social stressors. Individuals with psychosis may have specific difficulties in establishing ... -
Studying the context of psychoses to improve outcomes in Ethiopia (SCOPE): Protocol paper.
(Public Library of Science, 2024-05-09)BACKGROUND: Global evidence on psychosis is dominated by studies conducted in Western, high-income countries. The objectives of the Study of Context Of Psychoses to improve outcomes in Ethiopia (SCOPE) are (1) to generate ... -
Tobacco smoking and its association with cognition in first episode psychosis patients.
(2018-02)Available evidence suggests that nicotine may enhance cognitive functioning. Moreover, it has been suggested that the high prevalence of smoking in people with schizophrenia is in part due to self-medication behaviour to ... -
Understanding psychosis complexity through a syndemic framework: A systematic review.
(2024-04)Psychotic conditions pose significant challenges due to their complex aetiology and impact on individuals and communities. Syndemic theory offers a promising framework to understand the interconnectedness of various health ...