Predicting clinical and social outcome of patients attending ‘real world’ mental health services: a 6-year multi-wave follow-up study

Over the past decades, the therapeutic goal for schizophrenia has become more and more ambitious, shifting from that of controlling violent episodes to aim of ameliorating patients' symptoms, to the extent that individuals with schizophrenia can achieve a relative degree of social and relational remission. Indeed, thanks to more recent pharmacological and psychosocial forms of intervention, once pessimistic attitudes toward long-term schizophrenia outcomes are transforming gradually into guarded optimism. Evidence of the efficacy of various forms of treatment now make it possible for researchers and clinicians to consider both the remission of severe symptoms for long periods of time and good social functioning potential goals.

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A follow up-study of probation service-approved premises residents in contact with mental health services

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology ◽

10.1080/14789940500294504 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 16 (4) ◽

pp. 699-713 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Tony Ryan ◽

Barbara Hatfield ◽

Laura Pickering ◽

Brigid Downing ◽

Roger Crofts

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Health Services ◽

Health Services ◽

Follow Up Study ◽

Probation Service

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Evaluating Mental Health Services; How Do Programs for Children “Work” in the Real World? Edited by Carol T. Nixon & Denine A. Northrup. Sage, Thousand Oaks CA, 1997. pp. 306. £16.60 (pb).

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry ◽

10.1017/s0021963098222918 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 39 (6) ◽

pp. 935-936

Author(s):

Anne Worrall-Davies

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Health Services ◽

Health Services ◽

Real World ◽

The Real

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Transdiagnostic versus Diagnosis-Specific Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders and Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics ◽

10.1159/000516380 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-14

Author(s):

Nina Reinholt ◽

Morten Hvenegaard ◽

Anne Bryde Christensen ◽

Anita Eskildsen ◽

Carsten Hjorthøj ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Health Services ◽

Health Services ◽

Behavioral Therapy ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

Well Being ◽

Major Depressive ◽

Outpatient Mental Health ◽

End Of Treatment

Introduction: The Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders (UP) delivered in a group format could facilitate the implementation of evidence-based psychological treatments. Objective: This study compared the efficacy of group UP and diagnosis-specific cognitive behavioral therapy (dCBT) for anxiety and depression in outpatient mental health services. Methods: In this pragmatic, multi-center, single-blinded, non-inferiority, randomized controlled trial (RCT), we assigned 291 patients with major depressive disorder, social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, or agoraphobia to 14 weekly sessions in mixed-diagnosis UP or single-diagnosis dCBT groups. The primary test was non-inferiority, using a priori criteria, on the World Health Organisation 5 Well-Being Index (WHO-5) at the end of the treatment. Secondary outcomes were functioning and symptoms. We assessed outcomes at baseline, end-of-treatment, and at a 6-month follow-up. A modified per-protocol analysis was performed. Results: At end-of-treatment, WHO-5 mean scores for patients in UP (n = 148) were non-inferior to those of patients in dCBT (n = 143; mean difference –2.94; 95% CI –8.10 to 2.21). Results were inconclusive for the WHO-5 at the 6-month follow-up. Results for secondary outcomes were non-inferior at end-of-treatment and the 6-month follow-up. Client satisfaction and rates of attrition, response, remission, and deterioration were similar across conditions. Conclusions: This RCT demonstrated non-inferior acute-phase outcomes of group-delivered UP compared with dCBT for major depressive disorder, social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and agoraphobia in outpatient mental health services. The long-term effects of UP on well-being need further investigation. If study findings are replicated, UP should be considered a viable alternative to dCBT for common anxiety disorders and depression in outpatient mental health services.

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A Twelve Month Follow-Up Study of Psychogeriatric Admissions to Mental Health Services and Geriatric Service Hospitals

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.3109/00048677009159323 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 131-136 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

P. W. Burvill

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Health Services ◽

Health Services ◽

Western Australia ◽

Hospital Admissions ◽

Public Health Department ◽

Home Setting ◽

Geriatric Service ◽

Psychogeriatric Patients

Eighty-five (100 per cent) consecutive psychogeriatric patients admitted to the Public Health Department Geriatric Service of Western Australia and eighty (94 per cent) of the original 85 psychogeriatric patients admitted to the Mental Health Services of Western Australia were re-examined by the author 12 months after admission. Twenty-five Geriatric Service patients had died, 19 were alive in the community, and 41 alive in hospital; the corresponding Mental Health Services figures were 15, 33 and 32. Differences in movement pattern and outcome between the two services, and between mental hospital admissions in the United Kingdom and Western Australia, were documented. There was a considerable number of repeated transfers from one hospital or nursing home setting to another during the 12 months among those patients living in hospital at follow-up, and to a less extent among those who died. Outcome of the patients was related to a number of factors for each service.

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The first 30 months of the MindSpot Clinic: Evaluation of a national e-mental health service against project objectives

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1177/0004867416671598 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 51 (12) ◽

pp. 1227-1239 ◽

Cited By ~ 52

Author(s):

Nickolai Titov ◽

Blake F Dear ◽

Lauren G Staples ◽

James Bennett-Levy ◽

Britt Klein ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Health Services ◽

Health Services ◽

Public Awareness ◽

Treatment Options ◽

Service Utilisation ◽

Clinical Effects ◽

Post Traumatic Stress ◽

Project Objectives

Objective: The MindSpot Clinic provides online mental health services to Australian adults with anxiety and depression. This paper describes users of MindSpot between January 2013 and June 2015. Outcomes are considered against three key objectives: improving access to mental health services, improving public awareness of how to access services and providing evidence-based treatments. Method: Website traffic data were examined to determine patterns of use. Demographic characteristics, past service utilisation and reasons for contacting MindSpot were analysed. Outcomes for patients enrolled in a MindSpot treatment course were also analysed. Primary outcomes were scores on the 9-Item Patient Health Questionnaire, Generalised Anxiety Disorder 7-Item, Yale–Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist–Civilian Version, administered at assessment, post-treatment and 3-month follow-up. Results: The website was visited by almost 500,000 Australians, of which 33,990 adults started assessments, and 25,469 people completed assessment and were eligible for analysis. Mean age was 36.4 years (standard deviation = 13.3 years; range = 18–94 years), and 72% were female. The proportion living in rural or remote regions and who identified as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander closely matched national statistics. The majority (82%) reported that they were not currently in contact with mental health services. Most patients sought an assessment, information about treatment options, or referral to another service, and only 24% of those completing an assessment commenced a MindSpot treatment course. Of these, large clinical effects ( d: 0.7–2.4; average symptom reductions: 25.5% to 61.6%) were found from assessment to follow-up on all outcome measures. Deterioration ranged from 1.0% to 4.3%. Conclusion: Based on the number of website visits, completed assessments and treatment outcomes, MindSpot achieved its three programme objectives. This model of service provision has considerable value as a complement to existing services, and is proving particularly important for improving access for people not using existing services.

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