Mental Health – Psychosis

Introduction

The Library and Knowledge Service for Sussex Partnership has a number of ways to keep health care staff up-to-date with the latest evidence. Here is a selected list of resources and services available for your use. See all resources on our website.

To access the online resources listed you will need an OpenAthens account. Register for your account.

Remember to select Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as your organisation.

Journals

Explore the full range of journals at BrowZine.

Books

Strakowski S et al. Primer on bipolar disorder. OUP, 2020. Available in print.
Garrett M. Psychotherapy for psychosis: integrating cognitive-behavioral and psychodynamic treatment. Guilford Press, 2019. Available in print.
Taylor D et al. The Maudsley prescribing guidelines in psychiatry. Wiley-Blackwell, 2018. Available in print and online.
Cupitt C. CBT for psychosis: process-oriented therapies and the third wave. Routledge, 2019. Available in print.
Roberts D et al. Social cognition and interaction training (SCIT): group psychotherapy for schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders. OUP, 2016. Available in print.

See the full collection of books at the library’s catalogue.

Evidence Searching

We provide evidence to answer questions about patient care, service improvement, research and clinical teaching. To request a search, contact us at spnt.library-services@nhs.net.

Recent searches for Mental Health – Psychosis include:

ECT in schizoaffective disorders
Schizoaffective disorder and multiple sclerosis
Cariprazine for schizophrenia
How grief may impact on mental health and diagnosis of schizophrenia

Evidence Based Clinical Summaries

Cochrane Clinical Answers – clinically focussed research from Cochrane Reviews. Each CCA contains a clinical Q&A with data on outcomes relevant to healthcare professionals and links to graphics.
Clinical Key – a decision-making resource that draws relevant answers from a wide range of current, comprehensive content across 30+ medical specialties.
Best Practice – regularly updated, this resource draws on the latest
evidence-based research to offer step-by-step guidance on diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention. App available.

Exam Preparation

We provide access to online exam resources from The Birmingham Course. Full details are on the Study for Exams page on our website.

Prescribing Guidelines and Clinical Procedures

The Maudsley prescribing guidelines in psychiatry – the fully updated 13th edition of an essential reference for anyone responsible for prescribing drugs for patients with mental health disorders.
The Royal Marsden manual of clinical nursing procedures – provides up-to-date, detailed, evidence-based guidelines for over 200 procedures related to every aspect of a person′s care.

Information Skills Teaching

We offer a wide range of skills sessions to support evidence-based healthcare.

For more information, see Improve your Searching and Evaluating Skills.

Evidence Updates/Current Awareness

Save yourself time and ensure you are up-to-date on the latest developments with our regular evidence updates. Our notifications are personalised and targeted to you.

Focusing on the evidence that will change practice, and the latest publications on quality, innovation, productivity and prevention, our aim is to bring you what you need to know and no more.

Email us at spnt.library-services@nhs.net, listing the topics or journal titles you are interested in.

See information on all our resources online.

Publication date: December 2021.