A5079630534- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Neurology and Historical Studies
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Hallucinations in medical conditions
- Memory Processes and Influences
- Face Recognition and Perception
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
- Healthcare Quality and Management
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
2001-2024
Centre for Mental Health
2013-2024
University of Birmingham
2014-2024
Ondo State Primary Health Care Development Board
2024
Cambridge University Press
2018-2023
New York University Press
2018-2023
Kinokuniya
2018-2023
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
2008-2021
Thomas Foundation
2021
Health Research Board
2021
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The World Health Organization has described poverty as the greatest cause of suffering on earth. This article considers direct and indirect effects relative development emotional, behavioural psychiatric problems, in context growing inequality between rich poor. problems children particular are reviewed. Targets to reduce have been set both nationally internationally.
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The recent drive within the UK National Health Service to improve psychosocial care for people with mental illness is both understandable and welcome: evidence-based psychological social interventions are extremely important in managing psychiatric illness. Nevertheless, accompanying downgrading of medical aspects has resulted services that often better suited offering non-specific support, rather than thorough, broad-based diagnostic assessment leading specific treatments optimise...
Stress levels and psychological morbidity are high among undergraduate medical students (UGs), but there is a lack of research into the health UK graduate-entry (GEs). GEs likely to experience different (perhaps more severe) stressors cope with stress differently. We compared levels, coping styles in GE versus UG studying at same school academic year. A cross-sectional self-rated questionnaire study all first- second-year was conducted. Perceived stress, morbidity, recent adverse life...
Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) often lead to distress and functional disability, are frequently associated with psychotic illness. Previously both state trait magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies of AVH have identified activity in brain regions involving auditory processing, language, memory areas default mode network (DMN) salience (SN). Current evidence is clouded by research mainly participants on long-term medication, chronic illness choice seed made 'a priori'. Thus, the aim...
Objectives: Childbirth is a potent precipitant of severe episodes bipolar disorder. We investigate mood longitudinally through pregnancy and the postpartum period, using Highs Scale Edinburgh Postnatal Depression (EPDS), to examine if period time increased risk for hypomanic symptoms in general population. Methods: A total 446 women were recruited at 12 weeks from Birmingham Women’s Hospital four midwife‐led community clinics. Women completed pregnancy, one week postpartum, eight postpartum....
The outcome of assessments is determined by the standard-setting method used. There a wide range standard – setting methods and two used most extensively in undergraduate medical education UK are norm-reference criterion-reference methods. aims study were to compare these for multiple-choice question examination estimate test-retest inter-rater reliability modified Angoff method. norm reference -setting (mean minus 1 SD) was applied 'raw' scores 78 4th-year students on (MCQ). Two panels...
Psychotic symptoms in dementia have been considered as a single category which may masked important associations. An exploratory analysis was undertaken to look separately at delusions, visual hallucinations and delusional misidentification.Psychotic were assessed with the Burns' Symptom Checklist 124 patients DSM-III-R dementia.Eighty-three (66.9%) had psychotic symptoms. Deafness life events associated delusions impairment hallucinations, while senile of Lewy body type older age...
Abstract The current article reviews the state of knowledge pertaining to psychotic symptoms in patients with dementia, drawing on over 70 studies this area. majority utilizing a purpose‐designed structured instrument have found prevalence excess 60%. annual incidence and resolution rates are, however, considerably lower, region 2%. There is little consensus about which factors are aetiological importance, although it does seem that those dementia moderate severity highest prevalence....
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Abstract Aims The perinatal period is a time of high risk relapse for women with history bipolar affective disorder (BPAD). We describe the pregnancy management BPAD and identify factors postpartum relapse. Methods case records 78 referred to mental health services before conception, during or period, between 1998 2009 in Birmingham UK, were screened. In who managed pregnancy, those relapsed compared remained well. Results Forty-seven percent suffered Women unwell at referral, younger,...
In dimensional understanding of psychosis, auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) are unitary phenomena present on a continuum from non-clinical voice hearing to severe mental illness. There is mixed evidence for this approach and relative absence research into subjective experience AVH in early psychosis.
Little attention has been payed to the classification of psychotic symptoms in dementia sufferers. This article compares etiology delusions, visual hallucinations and delusional misidentification examines value factors generated from principal components analysis as a possible classificatory system group 125 patients with DSM‐III‐R contact clinical services who were prospectively evaluated using standardized instruments describe detail individual symptoms. The assessment also included...
A large number of studies concerning depression in dementia sufferers have appeared the literature over last few years and added to our knowledge considerably. The prevalence rate concurrent among clinical samples is approximately 20% with lower rates community. There relatively little information available regarding patients nursing homes, which a priority for research along study milder depression. Although there been interesting developments possible neurochemical associations these...
One hundred and twenty-four patients with DSM-III-R dementia were assessed a standardized battery which included the Geriatric Mental State Schedule, History Aetiology Secondary Dementia Schedule CAMCOG. Patients Alzheimer's disease, vascular senile of Lewy body type (SDLT) all had similar degree cognitive impairment at time baseline interview. disease each experienced mean decline 27 points in SDLT. SDLT significantly greater verbal fluency than both other groups. Women more impaired men...