{"title":"Franz Nissl: psychiatrist and 'Prinzenarzt' to King Otto of Bavaria and his landmark discovery in 1899 - Psychiatry in history.","authors":"Madhusudan Dalvi","doi":"10.1192/bjp.2024.117","DOIUrl":"10.1192/bjp.2024.117","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9259,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"298"},"PeriodicalIF":8.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141896834","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Harrison Howarth, Dominic Kennedy, Mark Berelowitz
{"title":"Meritocracy in psychiatry training: abandoning the common good.","authors":"Harrison Howarth, Dominic Kennedy, Mark Berelowitz","doi":"10.1192/bjp.2024.37","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2024.37","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9259,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Psychiatry","volume":"225 1","pages":"290-291"},"PeriodicalIF":8.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142104550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assisted dying for mental illness: a contemporary concern that requires careful and compassionate consideration.","authors":"Gin S Malhi","doi":"10.1192/bjp.2024.116","DOIUrl":"10.1192/bjp.2024.116","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>With assisted dying becoming increasingly available to people suffering from somatic diseases, the question arises whether those suffering from mental illnesses should also have access. At the heart of this difficult and complex matter are values such as equality and parity of esteem. These issues require humane deliberation.</p>","PeriodicalId":9259,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"259-261"},"PeriodicalIF":8.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142016434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Medical assistance in dying for mental illness: a complex intervention requiring a correspondingly complex evaluation approach: commentary, Breen.","authors":"Eugene G Breen","doi":"10.1192/bjp.2024.115","DOIUrl":"10.1192/bjp.2024.115","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9259,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"292"},"PeriodicalIF":8.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141905997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hamer Bastidas-Bilbao, David Castle, Mona Gupta, Vicky Stergiopoulos, Lisa D Hawke
{"title":"Medical assistance in dying for mental illness: a complex intervention requiring a correspondingly complex evaluation approach.","authors":"Hamer Bastidas-Bilbao, David Castle, Mona Gupta, Vicky Stergiopoulos, Lisa D Hawke","doi":"10.1192/bjp.2024.21","DOIUrl":"10.1192/bjp.2024.21","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Medical assistance in dying for mental illness as a sole underlying medical condition (MAiD MI-SUMC) is a controversial and complex policy in terms of psychosocial and ethical medical practice implications. We discuss the status of MAiD MI-SUMC in Canada and argue for the use of the UK Medical Research Council's framework on complex interventions in programme evaluations of MAiD MI-SUMC. It is imperative to carefully and rigorously evaluate the implementation of MAiD MI-SUMC to ensure an understanding of the multiple facets of implementation in contexts permeated by unique social, economic, cultural and historical influences, with a correspondingly diverse array of outcomes. This requires a complexity-informed programme evaluation focused on context-dependent mechanisms and stakeholder experiences, including patients, service providers and other people affected by the policy. It is also important to consider the economic impact on health and social welfare systems. Such evaluations can provide the data needed to guide evidence-informed decision-making that can contribute to safer implementation and refinement of MAiD MI-SUMC.</p>","PeriodicalId":9259,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"264-267"},"PeriodicalIF":8.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140020966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shokouh Arjmand, Matti Bock Guldager, Gregers Wegener
{"title":"All psychiatric disorders are equal, but some are more equal than others! An unconscious bias that calls for precision terminology.","authors":"Shokouh Arjmand, Matti Bock Guldager, Gregers Wegener","doi":"10.1192/bjp.2024.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2024.8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We address the unconsciously biased perception of psychiatric disorders, highlighting a hierarchical perspective that favours certain diagnoses over others. We aim to uncover reasons for these inequities, emphasising the need for a shift toward pathophysiology-based nomenclature that can promote equal support for each disorder, enhance treatment adherence and encourage open discussions.</p>","PeriodicalId":9259,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Psychiatry","volume":"225 1","pages":"262-263"},"PeriodicalIF":8.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142104547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"General psychiatry, still in no-man's land after all these years: commentary, Pelosi.","authors":"Anthony Pelosi","doi":"10.1192/bjp.2024.38","DOIUrl":"10.1192/bjp.2024.38","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9259,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Psychiatry","volume":"225 1","pages":"293"},"PeriodicalIF":8.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142104549","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"<i>Queen Charlotte</i> (and 'the mad king'): where lived experience is more important than diagnosis - Psychiatry in television.","authors":"Harry Barker, Paul O Wilkinson","doi":"10.1192/bjp.2024.29","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2024.29","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9259,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Psychiatry","volume":"225 1","pages":"289"},"PeriodicalIF":8.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142104546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"General psychiatry, still in no-man's land after all these years: commentary, Deahl.","authors":"Martin Deahl","doi":"10.1192/bjp.2024.55","DOIUrl":"10.1192/bjp.2024.55","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9259,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Psychiatry","volume":"225 1","pages":"294"},"PeriodicalIF":8.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142104548","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Georgia Bell, Celine El Baou, Rob Saunders, Joshua E J Buckman, Georgina Charlesworth, Marcus Richards, Caroline Fearn, Barbara Brown, Shirley Nurock, Stuart Michael, Paul Ware, Natalie L Marchant, Elisa Aguirre, Miguel Rio, Claudia Cooper, Stephen Pilling, Amber John, Joshua Stott
{"title":"Predictors of primary care psychological therapy outcomes for depression and anxiety in people living with dementia: evidence from national healthcare records in England.","authors":"Georgia Bell, Celine El Baou, Rob Saunders, Joshua E J Buckman, Georgina Charlesworth, Marcus Richards, Caroline Fearn, Barbara Brown, Shirley Nurock, Stuart Michael, Paul Ware, Natalie L Marchant, Elisa Aguirre, Miguel Rio, Claudia Cooper, Stephen Pilling, Amber John, Joshua Stott","doi":"10.1192/bjp.2024.12","DOIUrl":"10.1192/bjp.2024.12","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Psychological therapies can be effective in reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety in people living with dementia (PLWD). However, factors associated with better therapy outcomes in PLWD are currently unknown.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>To investigate whether dementia-specific and non-dementia-specific factors are associated with therapy outcomes in PLWD.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>National linked healthcare records were used to identify 1522 PLWD who attended psychological therapy services across England. Associations between various factors and therapy outcomes were explored.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>People with frontotemporal dementia were more likely to experience reliable deterioration in depression/anxiety symptoms compared with people with vascular dementia (odds ratio 2.98, 95% CI 1.08-8.22; <i>P</i> = 0.03) or Alzheimer's disease (odds ratio 2.95, 95% CI 1.15-7.55; <i>P</i> = 0.03). Greater depression severity (reliable recovery: odds ratio 0.95, 95% CI 0.92-0.98, <i>P</i> < 0.001; reliable deterioration: odds ratio 1.73, 95% CI 1.04-2.90, <i>P</i> = 0.04), lower work and social functioning (recovery: odds ratio 0.98, 95% CI 0.96-0.99, <i>P</i> = 0.002), psychotropic medication use (recovery: odds ratio 0.67, 95% CI 0.51-0.90, <i>P</i> = 0.01), being of working age (recovery: odds ratio 2.03, 95% CI 1.10-3.73, <i>P</i> = 0.02) and fewer therapy sessions (recovery: odds ratio 1.12, 95% CI 1.09-1.16, <i>P</i> < 0.001) were associated with worse therapy outcomes in PLWD.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Dementia type was generally not associated with outcomes, whereas clinical factors were consistent with those identified for the general population. Additional support and adaptations may be required to improve therapy outcomes in PLWD, particularly in those who are younger and have more severe depression.</p>","PeriodicalId":9259,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"205-212"},"PeriodicalIF":8.7,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139701845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}