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Newest firstBackgroundExperiences of violence are reported frequently by mental health service users, victims of violence are at a greater risk of mental health disorders, and violence may sometimes occur as a consequence of a mental disorder. Electronic health records (EHRs) are an important source of information about healthcare, and its social context. Occurrences of violence are not routinely recorded as structured data i…
Open article record in new tab ↗BACKGROUND: Previous studies have shown mixed evidence on ethnic disparities in antipsychotic prescribing among patients with psychosis in the UK, partly due to small sample sizes. This study aimed to examine the current state of antipsychotic prescription with respect to patient ethnicity among the entire population known to a large UK mental health trust with non-affective psychosis, adjusting for multiple poten…
BackgroundPhase three trials of the monoclonal antibodies lecanemab and donanemab, which target brain amyloid, have reported statistically significant differences in clinical endpoints in early Alzheimers disease. These drugs are already in use in some countries and are going through the regulatory approval process for use in the UK. Concerns have been raised about the ability of healthcare systems, including thos…
Open article record in new tab ↗BackgroundAccurate recognition and recording of intellectual disability in those who are admitted to general hospitals is necessary for making reasonable adjustments, ensuring equitable access, and monitoring quality of care. In this study we determined the rate of recording of intellectual disability in those with the condition who were admitted to hospital, and factors associated with the condition being unrecor…
Open article record in new tab ↗ObjectivesThe recent COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted mental healthcare delivery, with many services shifting from in- person to remote patient contact. We investigated the impact of the pandemic on the use of remote consultation and on the prescribing of psychiatric medications. Design and settingThe Clinical Record Interactive Search tool (CRIS) was used to examine de-identified electronic health records (EHRs) o…
Open article record in new tab ↗BackgroundTraditional health information systems are generally devised to support clinical data collection at the point of care. However, as the significance of the modern information economy expands in scope and permeates the healthcare domain, there is an increasing urgency for healthcare organisations to offer information systems that address the expectations of clinicians, researchers and the business intellig…
Open article record in new tab ↗OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether cannabis use is associated with increased risk of relapse, as indexed by number of hospital admissions, and whether antipsychotic treatment failure, as indexed by number of unique antipsychotics prescribed, may mediate this effect in a large data set of patients with first episode psychosis (FEP). DESIGN: Observational study with exploratory mediation analysis. SETTING: Anonymised…
Open article record in new tab ↗BackgroundReliance on national figures may be underestimating the extent of mental ill health in urban communities. This study demonstrates the necessity for local information on common mental disorder (CMD) and substance use by comparing data from the South East London Community Health (SELCoH) study with those from a national study, the 2007 English Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Study (APMS).Methodology/Principal…
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