Safeguarding vulnerable adults: the psychiatrist's roles and responsibilities [Articles]
This article offers a practical overview of these developments. In addition, it highlights some of the dilemmas that face practitioners in this evolving arena, as legislation and policy do not anticipate the diverse scenarios in which mental healthcare professionals may be involved. Decisions made can be subject to legal challenge, so it is important that psychiatrists understand their role as well as the role of their organisation in this complex area. (Source: Advances in Psychiatric Treatment)
Source: Advances in Psychiatric Treatment - November 1, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Hodgson, R., Rheade, J. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
A guide to intellectual disability psychiatry assessments in the community [Articles]
This article examines how such assessments can be carried out safely and explores the clinical skills required to perform them effectively. Use of the psychiatric interview and mental state examination to elicit information is discussed. Communication difficulties experienced by people with intellectual disabilities and strategies that may be employed to address these in the assessment process are also explored. The article is directed at psychiatrists, in particular specialty trainees, and other healthcare professionals who work with intellectually disabled people. (Source: Advances in Psychiatric Treatment)
Source: Advances in Psychiatric Treatment - November 1, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Eng, B., Addison, P., Ring, H. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Use of seclusion for managing behavioural disturbance in patients [Articles]
Seclusion is a tool used by psychiatrists primarily to manage aggressive and disturbed behaviour that is presumed to be due to the patient’s mental disorder. In most parts of the world there are guidelines to using seclusion that are designed to maximise a patient’s freedoms and protect their liberty while providing a safe environment. Arguments against the use of seclusion revolve around the deprivation of liberty, the potential for misuse and the concept of seclusion as a form of social control, and patients generally report seclusion as a negative, coercive experience. There is little evidence that seclusion...
Source: Advances in Psychiatric Treatment - November 1, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Newton-Howes, G. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Excessive reassurance-seeking [Refreshment]
Different forms of excessive reassurance-seeking safety behaviours are explored, along with reasons why these unhelpful responses occur across a range of mental health disorders. This short update covers the rationale for reducing and stopping these behaviours and offers interventions to help people understand and overcome the unhelpful impact that excessive reassurance-seeking can have on them and others. (Source: Advances in Psychiatric Treatment)
Source: Advances in Psychiatric Treatment - November 1, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Osborne, D. W. S., Williams, C. J. Tags: Refreshment Source Type: research
Development of foundation year 1 psychiatry posts: implications for practice [Articles]
Most literature discussing the introduction of foundation year 1 (F1) psychiatry posts has focused on recruitment. However, for F1 posts to offer a valuable learning experience and a potential recruitment boost, psychiatrists and employing organisations should be aware of general issues arising in the first postgraduate year. These include the inherently stressful student-to-doctor transition, the need for bespoke induction programmes for new graduates, F1 doctors’ specific needs for support, supervision and peer support, and the centrality of the relationship with the consultant supervisor to the new doctor. Underst...
Source: Advances in Psychiatric Treatment - November 1, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Steele, R., Beattie, S. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
