All Mental health articles – Page 3
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Implementing guidelines
NICE brings together guidance on identifying mental health disorders
Professor Tony Kendrick outlines how access and use of services for common mental health disorders could be improved through commissioning and support for patients
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Implementing guidelines
GPs have a role throughout the GAD stepped-care model
Professor John Cape and Dr Marta Buszewicz (left) outline the updated NICE recommendations on the identification, assessment, and treatment of generalised anxiety disorder
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NICE quality standard article
Early diagnosis will help GPs to attain the quality standard for dementia
Dr David Anderson (left) and Dr Nadarajah Jehaanandan outline the NICE quality statements for dementia and the measures that are needed to achieve them
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Implementing guidelines
The recognition and diagnosis of delirium needs improving
Professor John Young explains how implementation of the NICE guideline on delirium could help prevent one-third of episodes, resulting in significant cost savings for the NHS
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Implementing guidelines
Recognising symptom patterns will aid early diagnosis of dementia
Professor Steve Iliffe discusses how both general practitioners and commissioners can ensure the national dementia strategy is implemented in primary care
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Implementing guidelines
SIGN guideline on ADHD/HKD updates treatment options
Dr Fiona Forbes discusses the role of the GP in the identification of suspected attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and hyperkinetic disorder in children
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Implementing guidelines
Depression and chronic physical health problems: advice updated by NICE
Professor Christopher Dowrick highlights the main recommendations from NICE Clinical Guideline 91 and discusses the stepped-care model on interventions
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Implementing guidelines
NICE has modified its stepped-care model for treating depression
Professor Carolyn Chew-Graham discusses NICE Clinical Guideline 90 on depression in adults and emphasises the importance of the GP’s role in its implementation
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Implementing guidelines
Borderline personality disorder requires a team-based approach
Professor Peter Tyrer explains why borderline personality disorder can be challenging to manage, and highlights the importance of a multidisciplinary team in providing care
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Implementing guidelines
GPs have an important role in the recognition and prevention of ASPD
Professor Conor Duggan summarises the duties of primary care in relation to the NICE guideline on the prevention and management of antisocial personality disorder
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Implementing guidelines
NICE guideline on ADHD emphasises importance of patient-centred care
Good communication between primary and secondary care will be key in implementing the NICE guideline on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, explains Dr Niki Salt
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Personal view
A stepped-care approach can be effective for ADHD
NICE recommends that GPs should be able to recognise and refer cases of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, says Dr Dave Coghill
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Implementing guidelines
What is the impact of the NICE bipolar disorder guideline 1 year on?
Dr Peter Young (left), Dr Ewa Wisniewska Young, and Dr Roger Paxton say further implementation needs better communication and cooperation between organisations
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Implementing guidelines
SIGN guideline highlights warning signs for autism spectrum disorders
New guidance will bring benefits of evidence-based management to children and young people with ASD, explain Dr Iain McClure (left) and Professor Anne O Hare
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Implementing guidelines
Dementia guideline will assist GPs with diagnosis and care
Dr Stephen Iliffe and Professor Jill Manthorpe discuss how the NICE dementia guidance will help with early recognition and assessment and thereby benefit patients and carers
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Good practice initiative
Psychological therapy provides significant benefits for patients
Dr Peter Young's team, joint runner up in the Guidelines in Practice Award 2006, shows how implementing the NICE guideline for depression can reduce antidepressant prescribing
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Personal view
Guideline revises appraisal advice on dementia care
NICE recommendations on assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and management of dementia are discussed by Dr David Wilkinson
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GMS contract
Best practice guidance for the dementia indicators in QOF2
Dr Alan Cohen and his colleagues at the Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP) discuss the implications of the dementia clinical indicators in primary care
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GMS contract
Best practice guidance for the depression indicators in QOF2
Dr Alan Cohen and his colleagues at the Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP) discuss the implications of the depression clinical indicators in primary care
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Implementing guidelines
Communication is key when treating patients with bipolar disorder
Dr Ewa Wisniewska Young (left), Professor Nicol Ferrier and Dr Peter Young explain how the new NICE guideline encourages better communication between primary and secondary care