http://www.progressnp.com Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry current issue RSS Feed http://www.progressnp.com/details/journalArticle/1312321/Managing_dopamine_agonist_withdrawal_syndrome_in_Parkinsons_disease.html Abstract Dopamine agonist withdrawal syndrome (DAWS) has recently been named in the Archives of Neurology. It describes a cluster of symptoms occurring in Parkinson's disease patients with impulse control disorders on tapering down or withdrawal of their dopamine agonist. Drs Lindahl and MacMahon discuss the risk factors for the development of DAWS and some approaches to its management. Copyright © 2011 Wiley Interface Ltd 2011-08-09T00:00:00Z http://www.progressnp.com/details/journalArticle/1007603/Handbook_of_Epilepsy_Treatment.html Abstract Being invited to write an editorial about a book1 I myself authored, is a rather strange experience. I wondered how best to approach the task, and decided, in the 500 or so allotted words, to address what is perhaps the most intriguing question for any author now as we enter the second decade of the age of the internet, namely: ‘Are medical books still required?’. Copyright © 2011 Wiley Interface Ltd 2011-02-09T00:00:00Z http://www.progressnp.com/details/journalArticle/960339/Latest_Advances_in_Psychiatry_a_reason_to_be_cheerful.html Abstract Increased demands but reduced resources. Illusory targets and unrealistic milestones. Short‐term expedience rather than long‐term vision. Such is the pressured environment for those working within mental health services in the UK in 2010. How good it is, therefore, to find something to celebrate. Clearly, the Latest Advances in Psychiatry symposia cannot reverse these fundamental problems, but they do offer some respite: a chance to... 2010-12-15T00:00:00Z http://www.progressnp.com/details/journalArticle/738015/Compliance_and_how_to_achieve_it_the_commercial_approach.html 2010-06-09T00:00:00Z http://www.progressnp.com/details/journalArticle/738023/Compliance_and_how_to_achieve_it_the_commercial_approach.html 2010-06-09T00:00:00Z http://www.progressnp.com/details/journalArticle/571273/New_Horizons_why_a_more_collaborative_approach_is_needed.html Abstract 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 Abstract 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/492727/Avoiding_bias_the_key_to_good_leadership_in_psychiatric_practice.html Abstract 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 Abstract 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/423839/Mental_health_care__lets_focus_on_the_person_not_the_disease.html Abstract When something does not work, we have a tendency to believe we just need to do more of the same, ie try harder. Mental health treatment is an example of this. When our patients fail to heed what we are saying, we often blame them for not listening, instead of asking why they are not compliant to our best intentions. The reality is that, for our patients and society in general, we lack credibility, as there is a general belief that... 2009-10-28T00:00:00Z http://www.progressnp.com/details/journalArticle/297365/Time_to_reinvent_the_wheel_in_Primary_Care_Mental_Health.html 2009-08-07T00:00:00Z http://www.progressnp.com/details/journalArticle/297369/Time_to_reinvent_the_wheel_in_Primary_Care_Mental_Health.html 2009-08-07T00:00:00Z http://www.progressnp.com/details/journalArticle/252243/A_clinical_approach_to_managing_somatoform_disorders.html Abstract Somatoform disorders, or medically unexplained symptoms, present a significant challenge to the clinician, who needs to establish and reassure the patient that the complaint is not serious, while at the same time try to avoid the symptoms being iatrogenically maintained. Here, Dr Hadler and Dr Poole suggest a practical approach to the management of such disorders. Copyright © 2009 Wiley Interface Ltd 2009-06-24T00:00:00Z http://www.progressnp.com/details/journalArticle/177268/National_dementia_strategy_could_force_rethink_about_resourcing.html Abstract I welcome the Department of Health's National Dementia strategy.1 It rightly encourages early diagnosis in dementia and potetially the identification of a huge number of patients currently not recognised as having dementia. It should, by doing so, bring to attention the severe lack of resources for dementia patients and their carers and start to force the introduction of adequate services for a very needy and under‐resourced group.... 2009-04-03T00:00:00Z http://www.progressnp.com/details/journalArticle/149803/Educational_needs_in_primary_mental_health_care_services.html 2009-02-23T00:00:00Z