St Andrew’s Healthcare is a charity leading innovation in mental health, with a wide range of national and regional specialist psychiatric services. Our vision is to be a national specialist teaching hospital. Research is a key objective of the Charity and we have a duty to share this knowledge for the benefit of service users and the wider public.
Our staff share their clinical expertise through a range of academic and professional publications. Recent publications are listed below. Our extensive archive of research is available in the publications archive in the menu on the left or by clicking here.
For more information on our research please contact Geoff Dickens, Research Manager
The research publications by staff this year (2011) so far are detailed below:
Alderman, N, Wood, RLl & Williams, C The development of the St Andrew’s-Swansea Neurobehavioural Outcome Scale: validity and reliability of a new measure of neurobehavioural disability and social handicap. Brain Injury, 25, 83-100
Cachia, A, Carletti, F, Woolley, J, Picchioni, M et al, Scale relationship between brain volume and cortex area: an allometric study in subjects at risk mental state and first-episode psychosis patients. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 37 (suppl 1), 160-160
Costafreda, SG, Fu, CHY, Picchioni, M et al Pattern of neural responses to verbal fluency shows diagnostic specificity for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. BMC Psychiatry, 11, Art No. 18 2011
Dickens, G., Alderman, N. & Bowers, L. (2011) Potential severity of aggressive behaviour after acquired brain injury: implications for recording. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 18, 586-594.
Dickens, G & Alderman, N Potential severity of aggressive behaviour after acquired brain injury: implications for recording. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2011.01707.x
Dickens, G & Picchioni, M A systematic review of the terms used to refer to people who use mental health services: User perspectives. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, DOI: 10.1177/0020764010392066
Dickens, G, Lange, A & Picchioni, M labelling patients who are resident in a secure forensic mental health service: user views. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, 1-10. iFirst article.
Doyle, C., Tetley, H., Roach, J. et al An evaluation of hearing needs in a large psychiatric hospital. Mental Health Practice, 14, 14-17.
Gibbon, S & Doyle, C The development and future of deaf forensic mental health services. British Journal of Forensic Practice, 13, 191-196.
Gibbon, S, Vőllm, BA, Duggan, C et al Pharmacological and psychological interventions for Antisocial Personality Disorder – Results of two Cochrane reviews. European Psychiatric Review, 4, 48-54.
Harris, ST, Oakley, C, Dickens, G et al Theory of Mind, schizophrenia and violence. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 37 (suppl 1), 243-243
Haw, C & Cahill, C A computerized system for reporting medication events in psychiatry: the first two years of operation. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 18, 308-315.
Haw, C & Stubbs J Patient information leaflets for antidepressants: are patients getting the information they need? Journal of Affective Disorders, 128, 163-170
Long, CG, Fulton, B, Dolley, O et al Dealing with feelings: the effectiveness of group cognitive behavioural treatment for women in secure settings. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 39, 243-247
Long, C.G., Anagnostakis, K., Fox, E., Silaule, P., Somers, J. West, R. & Webster A. (2011). Social climate along the pathway of care in a women’s secure mental health service: Variation with level of security, patient motivation, therapeutic alliance and level of disturbance. Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health, 21, 202-214.
Long, C.G., Collins, L., Mason, F., Sugarman, P. & Hollin, C.R. Effective therapeutic Practice in a secure women’s service: From vision to reality. International Journal of Healthcare Leadership,17, 79-84.
Long, C.G., Dolley, O. & Hollin, C.R. Women in medium secure care: tracking treatment progress changes in risk profiles and treatment engagement. Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing,18, 425-431.
Long, C.G., Hall, L., Dolley, O. & Hollin C.R. Substance abusing women in a medium secure psychiatric setting: Characteristics and psychometric test performance. Journal of Substance Use, 16, 230-242.
Mason, F. L. Rape – Myth and reality: a clinician’s perspective Medicine, Science and the Law, 50, 116-118.
Oakley, C, Harris, ST, Fahy, T et al Violence in schizophrenia: imaging studies. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 37 (suppl 1), 172-172
Picchioni, M, Toulopoulou, T, Pauli, A et al Exploring genetic and environmental influences on brain function in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 37 (suppl 1), 150-150.
Prata, DP, Mechelli, A, Picchioni, M et al No association of Disrupted-in-Schizophrenia-1 variation with prefrontal function in patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Genes Brain and Behavior, 10, 276-285
Rebolo-Mesa, I, Picchioni, M, Shaikh, M et al COMT (Val(158/108)Met) genotype moderates the impact of antipsychotic medication on verbal IQ in twins with schizophrenia. Psychiatric Genetics, 21, 98-105.
Roychowdhury, A. Bridging the gap between risk and recovery: a human needs approach. The Psychiatrist, 35, 68-73.
Sen, P & Ramaswamy, D A balanced approach to race in the treatment of personality disorder. Advances in Psychiatric Treatment, 17, 139-141
Shaikh, M, Hall, MH, Schulze, K, Dutt, A, Walshe, M, Williams, I, Constante, M, Picchioni, M et al Do COMT and NRG1 polymorphisms affect P50 sensory gating in psychosis? Psychological Medicine, 41, 263-276.
Smith, A.P., Bird, J., & Long, C.G. Safeguarding women in secure psychiatric settings: An analysis of incidents and practise over a three year period. Journal of Adult Protection.13, 19-26
Sugarman, P Improving food for service users at St Andrew’s Healthcare, Northampton. Forensic CQCI (Quality Network for Forensic Mental Health Services) Newsletter, 15, 1-3.
Sugarman, P. The emergence of social and commercial enterprise in UK healthcare. Government Gazette, May: p.74.
Sugarman, P. & Kakabadse, A. Governance, choice and the global market for mental health [Guest Editorial]. International Psychiatry, 8, 53-54.
Wood, RLl & Alderman, N Applications of operant learning theory to the management of challenging behaviour after traumatic brain injury. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 26, 202-211.