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Managing acutely aggressive or agitated people in a psychiatric setting: a survey in Lebanon (2018)
Journal Article
Dib, J. E., Adams, C. E., Kazour, F., Tahan, F., Haddad, G., Haddad, C., & Hallit, S. (2018). Managing acutely aggressive or agitated people in a psychiatric setting: a survey in Lebanon. Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 32(1), 352-360. https://doi.org/10.14196/mjiri.32.60

Background: Violent patients constitute 10% of all psychiatric admissions. Treatment options and clinical practice interventions vary across the globe and no survey of practice in a Middle Eastern setting exists. Surveying treatments in Lebanon will... Read More about Managing acutely aggressive or agitated people in a psychiatric setting: a survey in Lebanon.

An Electronic Clinical Decision Support System for the Assessment and Management of Suicidality in Primary Care: Protocol for a Mixed-Methods Study (2018)
Journal Article
Horrocks, M., Michail, M., Aubeeluck, A., Wright, N., & Morriss, R. (2018). An Electronic Clinical Decision Support System for the Assessment and Management of Suicidality in Primary Care: Protocol for a Mixed-Methods Study. JMIR Research Protocols, 17(12), Article e11135. https://doi.org/10.2196/11135

Background: Suicide is a global public health concern, but it is preventable. Increased contact with primary care before the suicide or attempted suicide raises opportunities for intervention and prevention. However, suicide assessment and managemen... Read More about An Electronic Clinical Decision Support System for the Assessment and Management of Suicidality in Primary Care: Protocol for a Mixed-Methods Study.

Principles and features to define and describe arts interventions for people with dementia: a qualitative realist study (2018)
Journal Article
Cousins, E., Tischler, V., Garabedian, C., & Dening, T. (2019). Principles and features to define and describe arts interventions for people with dementia: a qualitative realist study. Arts and Health: An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice, 11(3), 202-218. https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2018.1490787

Background: There is currently no consensus regarding the definition and description of arts interventions for people with dementia. Developing a common language of classification will encourage reflection on artistic practice, support the evaluation... Read More about Principles and features to define and describe arts interventions for people with dementia: a qualitative realist study.

Are acceptance and commitment therapy-based interventions effective for reducing burnout in direct-care staff? A systematic review and meta-analysis (2018)
Journal Article
Reeve, A., Tickle, A., & Moghaddam, N. G. (in press). Are acceptance and commitment therapy-based interventions effective for reducing burnout in direct-care staff? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Mental Health Review Journal, https://doi.org/10.1108/MHRJ-11-2017-0052

Purpose: Work-related stress amongst staff working in direct care roles in mental health and intellectual disability settings is associated with a range of problematic outcomes. There has been a proliferation of research into the use of acceptance an... Read More about Are acceptance and commitment therapy-based interventions effective for reducing burnout in direct-care staff? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Implicit sequence learning in young people with Tourette syndrome with and without co-occurring attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (2018)
Journal Article
Shephard, E., Groom, M. J., & Jackson, G. M. (2019). Implicit sequence learning in young people with Tourette syndrome with and without co-occurring attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Journal of Neuropsychology, 13(3), 529-549. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnp.12167

Impaired habit-learning has been proposed to underlie the tic symptoms of Tourette syndrome (TS). However, accounts differ in terms of how habit-learning is altered in TS, with some authors proposing habit-formation is impaired due to a deficient “ch... Read More about Implicit sequence learning in young people with Tourette syndrome with and without co-occurring attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Learning disability services: user views on transition planning (2018)
Journal Article
Hughes, J., Davies, S., Chester, H., Clarkson, P., Stewart, K., & Challis, D. (2018). Learning disability services: user views on transition planning. Tizard Learning Disability Review, 23(3), 150-158. https://doi.org/10.1108/tldr-07-2017-0032

© 2018, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the views of people with learning disabilities on issues associated with continuity of care in the transition from full-time education to adult care and support. Des... Read More about Learning disability services: user views on transition planning.

Mortality rate and predicting factors of traumatic thoracolumbar spinal cord injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2018)
Journal Article
Azarhomayun, A., Aghasi, M., Mousavi, N., Shokraneh, F., Vaccaro, A. R., Mirzaian, A. H., …Rahimi-Movaghar, V. (2018). Mortality rate and predicting factors of traumatic thoracolumbar spinal cord injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Bulletin of emergency & trauma, 6(3),

Objective: To estimate the summation of mortality rate and the contributing factors in patients with traumatic thoracolumbar spinal cord injuries (TLSCI). Methods: A systematic search of observational studies that evaluated the mortality associated... Read More about Mortality rate and predicting factors of traumatic thoracolumbar spinal cord injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

The fate of neurons after traumatic spinal cord injury in rats: a systematic review (2018)
Journal Article
Hassannejad, Z., Zadegan, S. A., Shakouri-Motlagh, A., Mokhatab, M., Rezvan, M., Sharif-Alhoseini, M., …Rahimi-Movaghar, V. (2018). The fate of neurons after traumatic spinal cord injury in rats: a systematic review. Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences, 21(6), https://doi.org/10.22038/ijbms.2018.24239.6052

Objective(s): To reach an evidence-based knowledge in the context of the temporal-spatial pattern of neuronal death and find appropriate time of intervention in order to preserve spared neurons and promote regeneration after traumatic spinal cord inj... Read More about The fate of neurons after traumatic spinal cord injury in rats: a systematic review.

Cholinesterase inhibitors for the treatment of delirium in non-ICU settings (2018)
Journal Article
Yu, A., Wu, S., Zhang, Z., Dening, T., Zhao, S., Pinner, G., …Yang, D. (2018). Cholinesterase inhibitors for the treatment of delirium in non-ICU settings. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2018(6), Article CD012494. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD012494.pub2

Background Delirium is a common clinical syndrome defined as alterations in attention with an additional disturbance in cognition or perception, which develop over a short period of time and tend to fluctuate during the course of the episode. Deli... Read More about Cholinesterase inhibitors for the treatment of delirium in non-ICU settings.

Individual and organizational psychosocial predictors of hospital doctors' work-related well-being: A multilevel and moderation perspective (2018)
Journal Article
Teoh, K. R., Hassard, J., & Cox, T. (2020). Individual and organizational psychosocial predictors of hospital doctors' work-related well-being: A multilevel and moderation perspective. Health Care Management Review, 45(2), 162-172. https://doi.org/10.1097/HMR.0000000000000207

Background: The high prevalence of burnout and depression among doctors highlights the need to understand the psychosocial antecedents to their work-related wellbeing. However, much of the existing research has been a-theoretical, operationalized a n... Read More about Individual and organizational psychosocial predictors of hospital doctors' work-related well-being: A multilevel and moderation perspective.