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Research paper thumbnail of What Should We Tell Patients Attending a Memory Disorders Clinic About Their Diagnosis?

Alzheimer's Disease, 2001

Research paper thumbnail of A national survey of the hospital services for the management of adult deliberate self-harm

Psychiatric Bulletin, 2001

Aims and Method Services were compared for the management of deliberate self-harm with existing n... more Aims and Method Services were compared for the management of deliberate self-harm with existing national guidance. A postal survey was sent to all clinical directors of adult psychiatry at all NHS trusts assessing adult patients admitted to general hospital following deliberate self-harm in England. Results Responses were received from 129 (65%) trusts.Thirty per cent of trusts do not use secondary psychiatric services for psycho-social assessment following deliberate self-harm; 52% have designated self-harm liaison staff and 69% of general hospitals have a ward to which most cases of deliberate selfharm are admitted. However, only 18% have staff with psychiatric experience. In 82% of trusts training is provided for junior psychiatrists at induction but in only 56% are observed-assessments undertaken. Forty-two per cent of the trusts have a deliberate self-harm services planning group. Clinical Implications Standards for deliberate self-harm services fall substantially below existin...

Research paper thumbnail of Sharing the diagnosis in dementia: With whom and with what consequences?

Neurobiology of Aging, 2000

Research paper thumbnail of What Should We Tell Patients Attending a Memory Disorders Clinic About Their Diagnosis?

Alzheimer's Disease, 2001

Research paper thumbnail of A national survey of the hospital services for the management of adult deliberate self-harm

Psychiatric Bulletin, 2001

Aims and Method Services were compared for the management of deliberate self-harm with existing n... more Aims and Method Services were compared for the management of deliberate self-harm with existing national guidance. A postal survey was sent to all clinical directors of adult psychiatry at all NHS trusts assessing adult patients admitted to general hospital following deliberate self-harm in England. Results Responses were received from 129 (65%) trusts.Thirty per cent of trusts do not use secondary psychiatric services for psycho-social assessment following deliberate self-harm; 52% have designated self-harm liaison staff and 69% of general hospitals have a ward to which most cases of deliberate selfharm are admitted. However, only 18% have staff with psychiatric experience. In 82% of trusts training is provided for junior psychiatrists at induction but in only 56% are observed-assessments undertaken. Forty-two per cent of the trusts have a deliberate self-harm services planning group. Clinical Implications Standards for deliberate self-harm services fall substantially below existin...

Research paper thumbnail of Sharing the diagnosis in dementia: With whom and with what consequences?

Neurobiology of Aging, 2000

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