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Volume 211 - October 2017

Contents

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  • Relationships between anti-stigma programme awareness, disclosure comfort and intended help-seeking regarding a mental health problem

  • Claire Henderson, Emily Robinson, Sara Evans-Lacko, Graham Thornicroft
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    02 January 2018, pp. 316-322
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  • Background

    Anti-stigma programmes should aim to increase disclosure to those who can support someone with a mental health problem and appropriate professional help-seeking.

    Aims

    We investigated associations among public awareness of England's Time to Change anti-stigma campaign and: (a) comfort envisaged in disclosing a mental health problem to family and friends; (b) comfort in disclosing to an employer; and (c) intended professional help-seeking from a general practitioner, i.e. a physician working in primary care.

    Method

    Using data from a survey of a nationally representative sample of adults, we created separate logistic regression models to test for campaign awareness and other variables as predictors of comfort in disclosure and intended help-seeking.

    Results

    We found positive relationships between campaign awareness and comfort in disclosing to family and friends (odds ratio (OR) = 1.27, 95% CI 1.14–1.43) and to a current or prospective employer (OR = 1.20, 95% CI 1.06–1.35); and likelihood of help-seeking (OR=1.18 95% CI 1.03–1.36).

    Conclusions

    Awareness of an anti-stigma campaign was associated with greater comfort in disclosing a mental health problem and intended help-seeking.

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  • The evidence base and readability of Freeman et al on virtual reality for treating delusions

  • John L. Fresen
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    02 January 2018, p. 118
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  • Authors' reply

  • Nav Kapur, Leah Quinlivan, Sarah Steeg, Rory O'Connor, Keith Hawton, David Gunnell
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    02 January 2018, pp. 183-184
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  • Author's reply

  • Ian Kelleher
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    02 January 2018, p. 251
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Psychiatry in pictures

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  • The Lunatic House, Guy's Hospital, London, of 1797

  • Richard H. S. Mindham
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    02 January 2018, p. 54
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  • Community treatment orders and capacity to consent

  • Martin Zinkler, Kevin De Sabbata
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    02 January 2018, pp. 118-119
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  • Where is the argument for the conceptual slippery slope?

  • John M. Clifford
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    02 January 2018, p. 397
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  • Observing our psychiatric practice

  • Adisha Kapila
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    02 January 2018, p. 252
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  • Correction

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    02 January 2018, p. 184
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  • Authors' reply

  • Christopher James Ryan, Giles Newton-Howes
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    02 January 2018, pp. 119-120
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  • Author's reply

  • Brendan D. Kelly
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    02 January 2018, p. 397
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  • M. Verhofstadt, L. Thienpont, G.-J. Y. Peters, K. Chambaere
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    02 January 2018, pp. 397-398
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  • Kaleidoscope

  • Derek K. Tracy, Dan W. Joyce, Sukhwinder S. Shergill
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    02 January 2018, pp. 186-187
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  • How much do different countries invest in mental health research compared with other branches of healthcare? As part of the ROAMER project, Hazo et al compared four European nations: the UK, France, Spain and Finland. Using 2011 data, public and private (not-for-profit) annual spends were calculated, respectively, at ₠127.6, ₠84.8, ₠16.8 and ₠10.2 million. To look on it another way, that equates to a national spend per disability-adjusted life year (DALY) of ₠48.7, ₠31.2, ₠39.5 and ₠12.5. How does this relate to wider research spending? In the UK, just 4% of health research funding goes on mental health – given that it accounts for 12% of total DALYs, that's an enormous underspend (the Finns do better at almost 10%). A recent paper in the BJPsych confirmed that greater national investment in mental health services produces better clinical outcomes, but the burden remains enormous and we need more research into prevention, intervention and treatment. We can all play a positive role: only 1.7% of charity research spend went to mental health – time to put your hands into your pockets.

  • Correction

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  • Correction

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    02 January 2018, p. 252
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