Mental Health: MHU Issue 3 of 2024

• Carer and family peer work in mental health (Topic guide updated 10 April 2024)
• Consumer peer work in mental health (Topic guide updated 11 April 2024)

Communication

• An audit and analysis of electro convulsive therapy patient information sheets used in local health districts in New South Wales Australia. Wand T, Isobel S, Kemp H. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 2024, 13:13

Dual diagnosis

• Perceived advantages and disadvantages of substance use in a dual diagnosis population with severe mental disorders and severe substance use disorder. Considering the self-medication hypothesis. During SW, Austin SF, Martensson S et al. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, 2024:1-9
• Mental health nurses' empathy experiences towards consumers with dual diagnosis: A thematic analysis. Anandan R, Cross WM, Olasoji M. Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing, 2024, 13:13

Mood disorders

• A revisionist model for treatment-resistant and difficult-to-treat depression. Parker G. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2024, 0(0):00048674241240600
• A naturalistic effectiveness study of maintenance therapies for the bipolar disorders. Spoelma MJ, Leidreiter J, Bayes A et al. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2024, 149(2):98-109
• Comparative responses to 17 different antidepressants in major depressive disorder: Results from a 2-year long-term nation-wide population-based study emulating a randomized trial. Kessing LV, Ziersen SC, Andersen FM et al. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2024, 149(5):378-388

NDIS

• 'Everything would have gone a lot better if someone had listened to me': A nationwide study of emergency department contact by people with a psychosocial disability and a National Disability Insurance Scheme plan. McIntyre H, Loughhead M, Hayes L et al. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 2024, 20:20

Peer work

• Lived experience allyship in mental health services: Recommendations for improved uptake of allyship roles in support of peer workforces. Reeves V, Loughhead M, Teague C et al. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 2024, 15:15

Read more:

• Carer and family peer work in mental health (Topic guide updated 10 April 2024)
• Consumer peer work in mental health (Topic guide updated 11 April 2024)

Physical health

• Physical health of people with mental illness: A snapshot of consumer engagement in the provision of care in primary care. Ngune I, Wynaden D, Heslop K. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 2024:1-7
• Using digital technology to promote physical health in mental healthcare: A sequential mixed-methods study of clinicians' views. Sawyer C, Hassan L, Sainsbury J et al. Early intervention in psychiatry, 2024, 18(2):140-152
• Treatment and mortality following cancer diagnosis among people with non-affective psychotic disorders in Ontario, Canada: A retrospective cohort study. Wootten JC, Richard L, Lam M et al. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 2024, 03:03

Recovery

• Recovery-oriented practice in a hospital mental health service. Lorien LM, Arthur M, Keiler K et al. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 2024, 08:08
• A mixed-method evaluation of peer-led education about attitudes towards consumers' recovery among mental health nurses working in acute inpatient psychiatric units. Sreeram A, Cross WM, Townsin L. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 2024, 01:01

Safety

• Exploring safety culture within inpatient mental health units: The results from participant observation across three mental health services. Molloy L, Wilson V, O'Connor M et al. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 2024, 28:28
• Approaches and challenges to assessing risk of violence in first episode psychosis: A qualitative interview study of clinicians, patients and carers. Whiting D, Glogowska M, Fazel S et al. Early intervention in psychiatry, 2024, 15:15
• Implementing and evaluating patient-focused safety technology on adult acute mental health wards. Kendal S, Louch G, Walker L et al. Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing, 2024, 27:27

Self harm and suicidality

• When the time is right: Men's experiences of recovery in self-harm. Gabrielsson S, Wolpher N, Zammata E et al. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 2024, 08:08
• The experiences of living with a suicidal family member, and the impact on daily life: A systematic review and meta-aggregation. Hennipman-Herweijer C, Amerongen-Meeuse JVN, Schaap-Jonker H et al. Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing, 2024, 12:12
• Reduced self-harm on acute mental health wards following the implementation of a vision-based patient monitoring system: Evidence from five NHS trusts. Kekic M, Rose A, Baker C et al. Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing, 2024, 05:05

Workforce

• Defining the passage of wisdom: A taxonomy of supervision for RANZCP trainees and fellows. Miller E, James Weightman M, Amos A et al. Australasian Psychiatry, 2024, 0(0):10398562241231877
• Exploring work-related stressors experienced by mental health nurses: A qualitative descriptive study. Cooper AL, Best MC, Read RA et al. Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing, 2024, 10:10

Yes we have REAL print books! We even use a rubber stamp to add the due date to a return slip. Talk about retro!

Congratulations to our very own staff members for their published research! 

1. Cognitive remediation for schizophrenia: Clinician perspectives on implementation barriers and facilitators. Altman RAE, Reser M, Tan EJ, Rossell SL. Rehabilitation Psychology, 2024 (abstract only)
2. Deep brain stimulation for obsessive-compulsive disorder: Optimal stimulation sites. Meyer GM, Hollunder B, ... Acevedo N,... Rossell SL, Bosanac P, ... Neudorfer C, Horn A. Biological Psychiatry, 2024 (abstract only)
3. Editorial: Linking treatment target identification to biological mechanisms underlying mood disorders - volume II. Hu S, Ng CH, Mann JJ. Frontiers in psychiatry Frontiers Research Foundation, 2024, 15:1385955
4. A hierarchy of visual processing deficits in body dysmorphic disorder: A conceptual review and empirical investigation. Pikoos TD, Malcolm A, Castle DJ, Rossell SL. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 2024:1-25
5. Relative associations of behavioral and physiological risks for cardiometabolic disease with cognition in bipolar disorder during mid and later-life: Findings from the UK biobank. Ringin E, Dunstan DW, ... Rossell SL, Van Rheenen TE. Psychological Medicine, 2024:1-11
6. Is it time to discard the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM) in psycho-oncology? Haywood D, Kotov R, Krueger RF, Wright AGC, Forbes MK, Dauer E, Baughman FD, Rossell SL, Hart NH. Cancer Letters, 2024:216818 (abstract only)

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• Meeting rooms and comfortable study space
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• Literature search tutorials (individual sessions, your topic, 1 hour, online or face to face)
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• Search alerts (automated search updates via email)
• EndNote software for home computers (staff only) 
• EndNote tutorials (individual sessions, 1 hour, online or face to face)
• Systematic review supports
• Covidence systematic review software
• and much, much more!

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