Mental Health Review Journal: Volume 19 Issue 2

Supporting recovery: challenges for in-home psychiatric support workers

Nicole Shepherd, Tom Meehan, Seiji Humphries

The concept of recovery is well accepted internationally as a guiding vision for mental health services. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the challenges faced by in-home…

Mental health literacy in non-western countries: a review of the recent literature

Adrian Furnham, Aseel Hamid

The purpose of this paper is to produce a comprehensive and tabulated review of the many and scattered papers on public mental health literacy, with particular focus on people's…

GPs’ and patients’ views on recovery from psychosis

Seamus Ryan, Anne Rogers, Helen Lester

Recovery is a key organising principle underlying mental health services, but remains under-researched in primary care. The purpose of this paper is to explore what recovery from…

Biological correlates of psychopathy: a brief review

Agata Debowska, Daniel Boduszek, Philip Hyland, Simon Goodson

– The purpose of this paper is to present and provide a critical review of most recent studies inquiring into brain abnormalities in psychopathy.

The impact of case formulation focussed consultation on criminal justice staff and their attitudes to work with personality disorder

Jo Ramsden, Mark Lowton, Emma Joyes

The purpose of this paper was to examine the impact of a highly structured, formulation focused consultation process on knowledge and attitudes towards personality disorder and on…

Effectiveness of adult day treatment for eating disorders

Zoë Hepburn, Kim Wilson

The purpose of this paper is to assess the effectiveness of day treatment programmes for adults with eating disorders by comparing, evaluating and synthesizing published pre- and…