Highlights of this issue [Highlights of this issue]
(Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry)
Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry - February 28, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tracy, D. K. Tags: Highlights of this issue Source Type: research
Disruptive transformations to extend the reach and refine health systems [From the Editor's desk]
(Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry)
Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry - January 31, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Bhui, K. Tags: From the Editor ' s desk Source Type: research
Kaleidoscope [Kaleidoscope]
(Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry)
Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry - January 31, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tracy, D. K., Joyce, D. W., Shergill, S. S. Tags: Kaleidoscope Source Type: research
A Concise Guide to Understanding Suicide: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Prevention [Book reviews]
(Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry)
Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry - January 31, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Book reviews Source Type: research
The Voices Within: The History and Science of How We Talk to Ourselves [Book reviews]
(Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry)
Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry - January 31, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Book reviews Source Type: research
Clinical Psychology in Britain: Historical Perspectives [Book reviews]
(Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry)
Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry - January 31, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Book reviews Source Type: research
Trials of Passion: Crimes in the Name of Love and Madness [Book reviews]
(Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry)
Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry - January 31, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Book reviews Source Type: research
Beyond Melancholy: Sadness and Selfhood in Renaissance England [Book reviews]
(Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry)
Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry - January 31, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Book reviews Source Type: research
Authors' reply [Correspondence]
(Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry)
Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry - January 31, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
Personality disorders and suicide in China [Correspondence]
(Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry)
Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry - January 31, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
Clinically useful screen for borderline personality disorder in psychiatric out-patients [SHORT REPORTS]
A total of 3674 psychiatric out-patients were evaluated with a semi-structured diagnostic interview for DSM-IV borderline personality disorder (BPD). The affective instability criterion had a sensitivity of 92.8%, higher than the sensitivities of the other eight BPD criteria. The negative predictive value of the affective instability criterion was 99%. We recommend that clinicians screen for BPD in the same way that they screen for other psychiatric disorders: by enquiring about a single feature of the disorder (i.e. affective instability), the presence of which identifies most patients with the disorder and the absence of...
Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry - January 31, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Zimmerman, M., Multach, M. D., Dalrymple, K., Chelminski, I. Tags: SHORT REPORTS Source Type: research
Costs of the police service and mental healthcare pathways experienced by individuals with enduring mental health needs [PAPERS]
Conclusions
Recommended enhancements to care pathways only marginally increase individual-level costs. (Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry)
Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry - January 31, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Heslin, M., Callaghan, L., Barrett, B., Lea, S., Eick, S., Morgan, J., Bolt, M., Thornicroft, G., Rose, D., Healey, A., Patel, A. Tags: PAPERS Source Type: research
Article 3 - poems by doctors [Extras]
(Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry)
Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry - January 31, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Hopkinson, F. Tags: Extras Source Type: research
Democratic therapeutic community treatment for personality disorder: randomised controlled trial [PAPERS]
Conclusions
DTC is more effective than TAU in improving outcomes in personality disorder. Further studies are required to confirm this conclusion. (Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry)
Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry - January 31, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pearce, S., Scott, L., Attwood, G., Saunders, K., Dean, M., De Ridder, R., Galea, D., Konstantinidou, H., Crawford, M. Tags: PAPERS Source Type: research
Acceptance and commitment therapy for psychosis: randomised controlled trial [PAPERS]
Conclusions
Improvements reflected the treatment focus on positive symptoms; however, absence of process-measure changes suggests that the ACT intervention used did not manipulate targeted processes beyond befriending. Symptom-specific therapy refinements, improved investigation of process and attention to cognitive functioning and dose are warranted in future research. (Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry)
Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry - January 31, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Shawyer, F., Farhall, J., Thomas, N., Hayes, S. C., Gallop, R., Copolov, D., Castle, D. J. Tags: PAPERS Source Type: research
