{"title":"D. THE ANCIENT EAST","authors":"","doi":"10.1515/9783110580020-007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110580020-007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":90710,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatric bulletin (2014)","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81937656","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":"The ongoing need for local services for people with complex mental health problems.","authors":"Helen Killaspy","doi":"10.1192/pb.bp.114.048470","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/pb.bp.114.048470","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite developments in mental healthcare over recent decades, there remains a group of people with very complex needs who require lengthy admissions and high levels of support in the community on discharge. This is the group that mental health rehabilitation services focus on. In the context of contemporary mental health services that minimise in-patient lengths of stay, the needs of this group must not be overlooked. Providing a local, 'whole system, integrated rehabilitation care pathway' requires intelligent commissioning in order to avoid the social exclusion of this group to the 'virtual asylum' of out-of-area placements. </p>","PeriodicalId":90710,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatric bulletin (2014)","volume":"38 6","pages":"257-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1192/pb.bp.114.048470","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32905583","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}
Gaurav Jain, Kristina Dzara, Mir Nadeem Mazhar, Manisha Punwani
{"title":"Do regulated resident working hours affect medical graduate education? Trends in the American psychiatry board pass rates pre- and post-2003 duty hours regulations.","authors":"Gaurav Jain, Kristina Dzara, Mir Nadeem Mazhar, Manisha Punwani","doi":"10.1192/pb.bp.113.046292","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/pb.bp.113.046292","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Aims and method To assess trends of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology examination pass rates before and after the 2003 duty hours regulations (DHR). We obtained the pass rates for part I and II for years 2000-2010. Data were divided pre-DHR (2000-2003) and post-DHR (2007-2010). Results During the pre-DHR period, first- and multiple-attempt group pass rates were 80.7% and 39.0% which changed in the post-DHR period to 89.7% and 39.1% respectively. Similarly for the part II exam, the pre-DHR first- and multiple-attempt group pass rates were 60.2% and 43.5% respectively, which increased to 78.7% and 53.8%, among the post-DHR group. Overall, there was a significant increase in the first-attempt candidates pass rates for parts I and II, whereas multiple-attempt candidates did not benefit as strongly. Clinical implications The results suggest that the 2003 DHR may have had a positive impact on examination-based medical knowledge in psychiatry. </p>","PeriodicalId":90710,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatric bulletin (2014)","volume":"38 6","pages":"299-302"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1192/pb.bp.113.046292","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32908261","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":"Mainstream media today: the contemporary challenge in rebranding modern psychiatry.","authors":"Phoebe Collins","doi":"10.1192/pb.38.6.306b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/pb.38.6.306b","url":null,"abstract":"While the issue of stigmatisation of psychiatry and psychiatrists is one that requires attention today, the demonisation of psychiatrists in fiction is an unashamedly historical piece.1 Novels and comics discussed by Hopson were published in 1868, 1923, 1946, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1971, 1976, 1988, 1995, 1996, 2001 and 2008. Many describe a bygone era for society and for psychiatry. In addition, while they may make powerful reading, many have gained comparatively few readers; while the name Hannibal Lecter has reached the mainstream, only an elite group of literature aficionados might be influenced by Jacqueline Roy’s The Fat Lady Sings. I would like to point the reader towards mainstream Hollywood thriller Side Effects, released in 2013. There the hero is a psychiatrist played by Jude Law, who struggles against unjust persecution and eventually triumphs; one could scarcely wish for a more handsome, famous or successful actor to represent their profession. Total box office gross takings topped 63 million USD – so we can assume that millions of cinema-goers paid to enjoy (and be influenced by) this film – and the movie was equally popular with critics. What about the Channel 4 Goes Mad season in 2012 – supported by Mind and the Time to Change campaign? Or the recent blanket coverage, virtually all sympathetic, of the mental illness suffered by Robin Williams before his suicide? While media-driven stigmatisation of psychiatry continues to challenge patients and psychiatrists, engagement with the populist, mainstream, contemporary media is essential. It may not be the same media enjoyed by highly educated, erudite psychiatrists, but mainstream media is a powerful force which influences vast numbers of people from all walks of life. To harness its power, we first need to tune in. Then we need to participate because if we do not, the cultural conversation will continue without our voices being heard.","PeriodicalId":90710,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatric bulletin (2014)","volume":"38 6","pages":"306-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1192/pb.38.6.306b","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32906889","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":"Demographic and clinical characteristics of UK military veterans attending a psychological therapies service.","authors":"Clarissa M Giebel, Paul Clarkson, David Challis","doi":"10.1192/pb.bp.113.046474","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/pb.bp.113.046474","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Aims and method To investigate the demographic and clinical characteristics of subgroups of UK veterans attending a dedicated psychological therapies service following the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) treatment model. Veterans accessing a newly established service in the north-west were categorised into three groups: early service leavers, those with a physical disability, and substance and/or alcohol misusers. Anxiety, depression and social functioning were measured pre- and post-treatment. Results Veterans vary in their demographic and clinical characteristics as well as in treatment efficacy, as measured by the post-treatment scores on probable depression and anxiety. Therapy appears to be most effective in early service leavers, whereas veterans with a physical disability or a substance or alcohol misuse problem tend not to do as well in terms of symptoms of depression or anxiety. Clinical implications This study highlights the importance of targeting different veteran subgroups for dedicated psychological therapy. </p>","PeriodicalId":90710,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatric bulletin (2014)","volume":"38 6","pages":"270-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1192/pb.bp.113.046474","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32908255","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}