http://www.progressnp.com Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry current issue RSS Feed http://www.progressnp.com/details/journalArticle/738015/Compliance_and_how_to_achieve_it_the_commercial_approach.html No Abstract. 2010-06-09T00:00:00Z http://www.progressnp.com/details/journalArticle/738023/Compliance_and_how_to_achieve_it_the_commercial_approach.html No Abstract. 2010-06-09T00:00:00Z http://www.progressnp.com/details/journalArticle/738017/An_update_on_sleep_disorders_and_their_treatment.html Over the past year, Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry has been running a series of articles on the major psychiatric drug groups, produced in association with the College of Mental Health Pharmacy. In the final article in the series, Michele Sie describes the main types of sleep disorder and their features, and provides an overview of their treatment. Copyright © 2010 Wiley Interface Ltd 2010-06-09T00:00:00Z http://www.progressnp.com/details/journalArticle/738025/An_update_on_sleep_disorders_and_their_treatment.html Over the past year, Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry has been running a series of articles on the major psychiatric drug groups, produced in association with the College of Mental Health Pharmacy. In the final article in the series, Michele Sie describes the main types of sleep disorder and their features, and provides an overview of their treatment. Copyright © 2010 Wiley Interface Ltd 2010-06-09T00:00:00Z http://www.progressnp.com/details/journalArticle/685985/Crisis_resolution_in_older_peoples_mental_healthcare.html The Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment (CRHT) team's role in acute mental healthcare services for working age adults is well established throughout England, but this is less so for older adults despite government policy and initiatives promoting equality of care. The authors highlight the need to extend this care model to older people's mental healthcare and suggest some possible ways of achieving this. Copyright © 2010 Wiley Interface Ltd 2010-04-16T00:00:00Z http://www.progressnp.com/details/journalArticle/685987/Audit_of_GP_practice_records_of_patients_prescribed_clozapine.html Patients prescribed clozapine have associated physical health risks because of both use of the drug itself and their underlying mental illness. It is therefore important that primary and secondary care work closely together to optimise patient care. Here, the authors describe their audit of patients prescribed clozapine in secondary care to identify whether they were registered on their GP practice's severe mental illness register and whether the practice had a record that they were taking... 2010-04-16T00:00:00Z http://www.progressnp.com/details/journalArticle/571273/New_Horizons_why_a_more_collaborative_approach_is_needed.html Most of us welcome the new direction of travel for mental health advocated by the recently published cross-government action programme New Horizons,1 the 2008 Lord Darzi report High Quality Care for All2 plus the 2007 personalisation agenda Putting People First.3. Copyright © 2010 Wiley Interface Ltd 2010-02-16T00:00:00Z http://www.progressnp.com/details/journalArticle/571275/New_Horizons_why_a_more_collaborative_approach_is_needed.html Most of us welcome the new direction of travel for mental health advocated by the recently published cross-government action programme New Horizons,1 the 2008 Lord Darzi report High Quality Care for All2 plus the 2007 personalisation agenda Putting People First.3. Copyright © 2010 Wiley Interface Ltd 2010-02-16T00:00:00Z http://www.progressnp.com/details/journalArticle/571277/Use_of_newer_antiepileptic_drugs_in_children_how_NICE_are_we.html The 2004 NICE technology appraisal defined new standards for the use of newer antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in children.The aim of this audit was to identify the level of compliance with the NICE guidelines in an epilepsy clinic at a district general hospital in East Kent.The reason why a child was started on a particular AED, the efficacy of the drug of choice and whether the child had appropriate specialist reviews were investigated. Copyright © 2010 Wiley Interface Ltd 2010-02-16T00:00:00Z http://www.progressnp.com/details/journalArticle/571281/Use_of_newer_antiepileptic_drugs_in_children_how_NICE_are_we.html The 2004 NICE technology appraisal defined new standards for the use of newer antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in children.The aim of this audit was to identify the level of compliance with the NICE guidelines in an epilepsy clinic at a district general hospital in East Kent.The reason why a child was started on a particular AED, the efficacy of the drug of choice and whether the child had appropriate specialist reviews were investigated. Copyright © 2010 Wiley Interface Ltd 2010-02-16T00:00:00Z http://www.progressnp.com/details/journalArticle/492727/Avoiding_bias_the_key_to_good_leadership_in_psychiatric_practice.html In this article, Dr de Silva argues that understanding bias and the application of appropriate safegards to avoid it mark out true professionalism and leadership within medical practice, and describes how this applies within the field of psychiatry in particular. Copyright © 2009 Wiley Interface Ltd 2009-12-11T00:00:00Z http://www.progressnp.com/details/journalArticle/492791/Avoiding_bias_the_key_to_good_leadership_in_psychiatric_practice.html In this article, Dr de Silva argues that understanding bias and the application of appropriate safegards to avoid it mark out true professionalism and leadership within medical practice, and describes how this applies within the field of psychiatry in particular. Copyright © 2009 Wiley Interface Ltd 2009-12-11T00:00:00Z http://www.progressnp.com/details/journalArticle/492737/Management_of_multiple_sclerosis_during_pregnancy.html In Pregnancy is a series of reviews focusing on the management of women with psychiatric and neurological conditions during pregnancy. In this article, Dr Brookings and Dr Lee describe how pregnancy can affect the course of multiple sclerosis (MS),discuss the safety of MS therapies and highlight other management issues to consider during pregnancy and postpartum. Copyright © 2009 Wiley Interface Ltd 2009-12-11T00:00:00Z http://www.progressnp.com/details/journalArticle/492793/Management_of_multiple_sclerosis_during_pregnancy.html In Pregnancy is a series of reviews focusing on the management of women with psychiatric and neurological conditions during pregnancy. In this article, Dr Brookings and Dr Lee describe how pregnancy can affect the course of multiple sclerosis (MS),discuss the safety of MS therapies and highlight other management issues to consider during pregnancy and postpartum. Copyright © 2009 Wiley Interface Ltd 2009-12-11T00:00:00Z http://www.progressnp.com/details/journalArticle/492747/Parkinsons_Disease_Society_6th_Spring_Conference_for_Researchers.html The Parkinson's Disease Society's 6th Spring Conference for Researchers was held in London in May, entitled ‘Parkinson's Disease:The Pieces of the Puzzle’. Here, Dr Lynn Bedford, Parkinson's Disease Society Senior Research Fellow, reports on some of the highlights of the conference, including the latest genetic research, the importance of pre-motor symptoms and the therapeutic potential of the peptide exendin-4, found in the saliva of a poisonous lizard. Copyright © 2009 Wiley Interface Ltd 2009-12-11T00:00:00Z