{"title":"The benefits and hazards of psychodrama in the management of mental illness: qualitative study linked to nidotherapy.","authors":"Zenab Ahmed, Peter Tyrer","doi":"10.1192/bjb.2024.57","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2024.57","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Drama therapy is a popular form of management in mental illness, as it reaches out beyond many other therapies. Few studies have examined both the advantages and disadvantages of this medium. This qualitative study examines both, and finds gains and hazards.</p>","PeriodicalId":8883,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141905798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A local review of section 17 leave forms in conjunction with the Mental Health Act Code of Practice: recommendations for future practice.","authors":"Shayanthan Pathmanathan, Georgina Edgerley Harris, Giles Townsend","doi":"10.1192/bjb.2024.54","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2024.54","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims and method: </strong>The aim of this project was to set out recommendations for the section 17 leave form to reflect guidance provided in the Mental Health Act 1983: Code of Practice, following local Care Quality Commission feedback. We reviewed guidance in the Code and publicly available leave forms to identify items to include in the leave form. Then, we determined which publicly available leave forms included each item and reviewed whether the item should be included in the leave form and whether any reformulation was needed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Using the method described, we identified a list of items that should be included in the leave form. When comparing the leave forms of different trusts, there was considerable variation with respect to which items were included in each form.</p><p><strong>Clinical implications: </strong>We provide some recommendations for future practice regarding section 17 leave forms to facilitate consistency with the Code and between different trusts.</p>","PeriodicalId":8883,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141905797","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fiona Duffy, Karri Gillespie-Smith, Helen Sharpe, Kyle Buchan, Emy Nimbley, Ellen Maloney, Michelle Sader, Sarah Kettley, Jess Kerr-Gaffney, Gordon Waiter, Kate Tchanturia
{"title":"Eating Disorder and Autism Collaborative project outline: promoting eating disorder research embedded in a neurodiversity-affirming culture.","authors":"Fiona Duffy, Karri Gillespie-Smith, Helen Sharpe, Kyle Buchan, Emy Nimbley, Ellen Maloney, Michelle Sader, Sarah Kettley, Jess Kerr-Gaffney, Gordon Waiter, Kate Tchanturia","doi":"10.1192/bjb.2024.61","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2024.61","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>EDAC (Eating Disorders and Autism Collaborative) is an innovative project aiming to increase research capacity by supporting collaboration in the fields of eating disorders and autism. EDAC comprises four integrated workstreams to co-produce interdisciplinary research, directed by Autistic individuals with lived experience of eating disorders. Workstream 1 will outline best collaborative practices, informing the research network. Workstream 2 will use arts-based methodologies to set research priorities, with emphasis on the perspectives of underrepresented groups. Workstream 3 will support interdisciplinary collaborations to develop innovative research. Finally, workstream 4 will maximise knowledge mobilisation with the aim of reducing barriers to rapid incorporation of research into policy and clinical practice. A core aim of EDAC is to embed a neurodiversity-affirming culture within eating disorder research and to support the development of a new generation of researchers conducting innovative and meaningful research with the potential to improve clinical outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":8883,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141900851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rethinking professional boundaries: the climate crisis and brain health.","authors":"Ronán M Conroy, Jeannette Golden, Conor Malone","doi":"10.1192/bjb.2024.30","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2024.30","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Since climate change affects psychiatric, neurological and neuropsychological disorders, as well as brain development, the Irish Doctors for the Environment working group on mental health has changed its title and remit to brain health. Mental health professionals need to respond coherently and effectively to the climate crisis. This need challenges traditional professional, disciplinary and academic boundaries and demands a holistic, person-centred approach. We propose that meeting this challenge is vital if the public, policy-makers and legislators are to grasp the full extent of the significance of climate's impact on brain health.</p>","PeriodicalId":8883,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141900852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Manuela Jarrett, Thomas Mills, Jaimee Mallion, Susie Sykes, Jane Wills, Eddie Chaplin
{"title":"Challenges to the real-world delivery of brief alcohol interventions in the custody suite: qualitative study.","authors":"Manuela Jarrett, Thomas Mills, Jaimee Mallion, Susie Sykes, Jane Wills, Eddie Chaplin","doi":"10.1192/bjb.2024.48","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2024.48","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims and method: </strong>The aim was to evaluate an innovative pathway in police custody suites that aimed to specifically address alcohol-related health needs through screening and brief interventions by police custody staff. This paper presents a qualitative investigation of challenges involved in implementing the pathway. Qualitative interviews were carried out with 22 staff involved with commissioning and delivering the pathway; thematic analysis of interview data was then undertaken.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>An overarching theme highlights the challenges and uncertainties of delivering brief alcohol interventions in the custody suite. These include challenges related to the setting, the confidence and competence of the staff, identifying for whom a brief intervention would be of benefit and the nature of the brief intervention.</p><p><strong>Clinical implications: </strong>Our findings show that there is a lack of clarity over how alcohol-related offending can be identified in police custody, whose role it is to do that and how to intervene.</p>","PeriodicalId":8883,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141900850","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Happy times, careers and happenstance in UK psychiatry: time, timeliness, timelessness, eternity and contemporality.","authors":"George Ikkos, Nick Bouras","doi":"10.1192/bjb.2024.52","DOIUrl":"10.1192/bjb.2024.52","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To address some challenges facing psychiatrists today we discuss issues of happenstance and fulfilment in psychiatric careers through some of the record and reflections of four psychiatrists since the 1950s. We trace the changes in psychiatry attendant to the transition from the welfare to the neoliberal state and=its contemporary postmodern culture. We highlight the crucial importance of political-cultural as well as technological developments in determining psychiatric service management and provision, and clinical practice and career outcomes. In the light of this impact, in a global era that some highly respected authorities consider in apocalyptic terms, we advocate for the incorporation of training in political awareness and activism in the psychiatric curriculum and practice. We suggest that this is necessary for social justice and patient welfare and that it will help safeguard psychiatric professionalism, conscience and self-esteem.</p>","PeriodicalId":8883,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11543306/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141896656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interview with Lord Jonathan Sumption.","authors":"Abdi Sanati","doi":"10.1192/bjb.2024.47","DOIUrl":"10.1192/bjb.2024.47","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8883,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11543309/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141858866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis of clozapine prescribing in the over-65s: 5-year retrospective study.","authors":"James Barclay, Rahul Tomar, Tim Gale","doi":"10.1192/bjb.2024.55","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2024.55","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims and method: </strong>Patients prescribed clozapine are increasingly living into old age. However, there is a lack of studies to guide prescribing in this age group. We sought to identify all clozapine patients in Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust over a 5-year period and review side-effect burden and co-prescribing in all patients aged over 65 years.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We identified 69 patients. The majority (61%) were stable in terms of mental state; 94% of cases had experienced a side-effect within the past year, with constipation occurring most commonly (65% of cases).</p><p><strong>Clinical implications: </strong>Our findings reveal a significant side-effect burden, particularly in relation to constipation. Clozapine-induced gastrointestinal hypomotility (CIGH) can be fatal; however, increasing age has not been a recognised risk factor for constipation in clozapine patients to date. This raises questions about increasing risk to physical health as patients age and adds to concerns about the lack of monitoring for CIGH.</p>","PeriodicalId":8883,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141854626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Coping strategies in young people during the COVID-19 pandemic: rapid review.","authors":"Ranjita Howard, Harshini Manohar, Shekhar Seshadri, Aditya Sharma","doi":"10.1192/bjb.2024.49","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2024.49","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims and method: </strong>To better understand factors supporting young people's (age <18 years) mental health during pandemic-type conditions, we aimed to identify whether coping strategies adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic could be dichotomised according to manifesting positive or negative psychological outcomes. Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Scopus and ASSIA databases were used to identify empirical studies that examined coping strategies used by young people experiencing psychological challenges during COVID-19.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Twenty-five international studies were included, identifying that coping strategies adopted could be significantly dichotomised according to reducing or exacerbating psychological challenges. Positive coping strategies were proactive and solutions-oriented, whereas negative coping strategies were more avoidant and emotion-oriented.</p><p><strong>Clinical implications: </strong>An internal locus of control may account for why adolescents exercised more proactive coping compared with their younger counterparts, although parents of younger children may offset the impact of stressors by drawing on a proposed coping framework emphasising proactivity and engagement. This would be an invaluable addition to future pandemic preparedness planning cycles.</p>","PeriodicalId":8883,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141791803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}