Newspaper depictions of mental and physical health [Original papers]
Aims and method Media portrayals of mental illness have long been recognised as being misleading and stigmatising. Following the campaigns of several advocacy groups to address this issue, we aimed to evaluate the impact on mental health reporting over time. We repeated a survey we did 15 years ago using the same methods. Nine UK daily newspapers were surveyed over a 4-week period and coded with a schema to analyse the reporting of mental health compared with physical health.
Results In total, 963 articles – 200 on mental health and 763 on physical health – were identified. Over half of the articles on mental h...
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - December 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Chen, M., Lawrie, S. Tags: Original papers Source Type: research
Mental health law across the UK [Editorials]
The criteria governing medical treatment without consent in the three legal jurisdictions of the UK – England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland – is discussed. (Source: Psychiatric Bulletin)
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - December 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Zigmond, T. Tags: Editorials Source Type: research
Women in Academic Psychiatry: A Mind to Succeed [Reviews]
(Source: Psychiatric Bulletin)
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - October 2, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Gask, L. Tags: Reviews Source Type: research
Kurt Schapira MD FRCP FRCPsych DPM: Formerly Consultant Psychiatrist, Newcastle Health Authority, Honorary Lecturer in Psychiatry, University of Newcastle [Obituaries]
(Source: Psychiatric Bulletin)
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - October 2, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Davison, K., McClelland, H., Kerr, A., Schapira, M. Tags: Obituaries Source Type: research
Costas Stefanis MD: Formerly Professor of Psychiatry and Head, Department of Psychiatry, University of Athens Medical School; Director, Eginition University Psychiatric Hospital, Athens [Obituaries]
(Source: Psychiatric Bulletin)
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - October 2, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Bouras, N. Tags: Obituaries Source Type: research
Paul Haydon Rogers FRCP FRCPsych: Formerly Consultant Psychiatrist and Medical Director, St Crispin Hospital, Northampton [Obituaries]
(Source: Psychiatric Bulletin)
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - October 2, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Williams, D. Tags: Obituaries Source Type: research
Corrections [Corrections]
(Source: Psychiatric Bulletin)
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - October 2, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Corrections Source Type: research
Author's reply - the cognitive therapy of depression [Correspondence]
(Source: Psychiatric Bulletin)
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - October 2, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Gipps, R. G. T. Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
Management of common mental disorders for psychogeriatric patients in Hong Kong - a comparison of two clinics [Correspondence]
(Source: Psychiatric Bulletin)
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - October 2, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Wong, M. M. C., Pang, P.-f., Yiu, M. G. C. Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
Investigating a serious incident - a personal perspective [Correspondence]
(Source: Psychiatric Bulletin)
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - October 2, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Talari, S. Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
Profile: Derek Summerfield - politics and psychiatry [Perspectives]
(Source: Psychiatric Bulletin)
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - October 2, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Bland, J. Tags: Perspectives Source Type: research
Teaching provision for old age psychiatry in medical schools in the UK and Ireland: a survey [Education & training]
Aims and method This work builds on a survey first done in 1999 to understand how old age psychiatry teaching is embedded in undergraduate medical schools in the UK and Ireland and the influence of academic old age psychiatrists on teaching processes. We invited deans of 31 medical schools in the UK and Ireland in 2015 to complete an online survey to reassess the situation 16 years later.
Results Response rate was 74%. As found in the original survey, there was variation across medical schools in how old age psychiatry is taught. Half of schools stated there was not enough space in the curriculum dedicated to old age psych...
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - October 2, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Bennett, S., Ilderton, P., O'Brien, J. T., Taylor, J.-P., Teodorczuk, A. Tags: Education & amp; training Source Type: research
Psychiatric neurosurgery in the 21st century: overview and the growth of deep brain stimulation [Current Practice]
Ambulatory deep brain stimulation (DBS) became possible in the late 1980s and was initially used to treat people with movement disorders. Trials of DBS in people with treatment-resistant psychiatric disorder began in the late 1990s, initially focusing on obsessive–compulsive disorder, major depressive disorder and Tourette syndrome. Despite methodological issues, including small participant numbers and lack of consensus over brain targets, DBS is now being trialled in a wide range of psychiatric conditions. There has also been more modest increase in ablative procedures. This paper reviews these developments in the l...
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - October 2, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Barrett, K. Tags: Current Practice Source Type: research
Suicide patterns on the London Underground railway system, 2000-2010 [Special articles]
Aims and Method Suicidal acts on underground railway networks are an area of public health concern. Our aim was to review recent epidemiological patterns of suicidal acts on the London Underground to inform future preventive interventions. Data from 2000 to 2010 were obtained from the British Transport Police via a Freedom of Information request.
Results The mean annual rate of suicidal acts from 2000 to 2010 was 5.8 per 100 million passenger journey stages. Of those who died by suicide, 77.3% were of White Northern European ethnicity. A fifth had a history of mental illness.
Clinical implications The widening gap between ...
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - October 2, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Martin, S., Rawala, M. Tags: Special articles Source Type: research
The cognitive therapy of depression rests on substantial theoretical, empirical and clinical foundations: a reply to Dr Gipps [Special articles]
Dr Gipps claims that the cognitive therapy for depression rests on a mistake. But his anachronistic analysis of Beck's early research from the perspective of current psychoanalytic theory misses the point. The value of the research was not that it disproved psychoanalytic theory, but that it generated a model of depression that has revolutionised psychotherapy research. Psychoanalysts are belatedly adopting research methods that Beck pioneered half a century ago. The cognitive model of depression has explanatory power for both maintenance and vulnerability and has substantial research underpinning it. Cognitive therapy for...
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - October 2, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Moorey, S. Tags: Special articles Source Type: research
