Issues in Quality of Life Assessment in Schizophrenia (2010)
Book Chapter
Martin, C. R., & Fleming, M. (2010). Issues in Quality of Life Assessment in Schizophrenia. In Handbook of Disease Burdens and Quality of Life Measures (3607-3624). Springer Science + Business Media. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78665-0_209

Quality of Life is an important aspect of everyday functioning to patients with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia. The multifactorial nature of schizophrenia enmeshed within a biopsychosocial phenomena and the impact of pharmacological therapy mak... Read More about Issues in Quality of Life Assessment in Schizophrenia.

Low-grade psychotic symptoms in a non-clinical population: a study (2010)
Journal Article
Fleming, M., & Martin, C. R. (2010). Low-grade psychotic symptoms in a non-clinical population: a study. British Journal of Wellbeing, 1(8), 21-25

Low-grade psychotic symptoms have consistently been found to be experienced by members of the general population. Evidence suggests that they are less frequent, intrusive and severe than those experienced by people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia.... Read More about Low-grade psychotic symptoms in a non-clinical population: a study.

Inhibition of GSK-3 Ameliorates Aβ Pathology in an Adult-Onset Drosophila Model of Alzheimer's Disease (2010)
Journal Article
Sofola, O., Kerr, F., Rogers, I., Killick, R., Augustin, H., Gandy, C., Allen, M. J., Hardy, J., Lovestone, S., & Partridge, L. (2010). Inhibition of GSK-3 Ameliorates Aβ Pathology in an Adult-Onset Drosophila Model of Alzheimer's Disease. PLOS Genetics, 6(9), Article e1001087. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1001087

Aβ peptide accumulation is thought to be the primary event in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), with downstream neurotoxic effects including the hyperphosphorylation of tau protein. Glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) is increasingly impli... Read More about Inhibition of GSK-3 Ameliorates Aβ Pathology in an Adult-Onset Drosophila Model of Alzheimer's Disease.

Dietary restriction delays aging, but not neuronal dysfunction, in Drosophila models of Alzheimer's disease (2009)
Journal Article
Kerr, F., Augustin, H., Piper, M. D. W., Gandy, C., Allen, M. J., Lovestone, S., & Partridge, L. (2011). Dietary restriction delays aging, but not neuronal dysfunction, in Drosophila models of Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiology of Aging, 32(11), 1977-1989. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2009.10.015

Dietary restriction (DR) extends lifespan in diverse organisms and, in animal and cellular models, can delay a range of aging-related diseases including Alzheimer's disease (AD). A better understanding of the mechanisms mediating these interactions,... Read More about Dietary restriction delays aging, but not neuronal dysfunction, in Drosophila models of Alzheimer's disease.

Classification of schizophrenia. Part 2: the nonsense of mental health illness (2009)
Journal Article
Snowden, A. (2009). Classification of schizophrenia. Part 2: the nonsense of mental health illness. British Journal of Nursing, 18(20), 1228-1232. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2009.18.20.45113

The classification of schizophrenia is currently under review in a coordinated worldwide consultation for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM V) and the International Classification of Diseases (ICD 11) – the standard manua... Read More about Classification of schizophrenia. Part 2: the nonsense of mental health illness.

Classification of schizophrenia. Part one: the enduring existence of madness (2009)
Journal Article
Snowden, A. (2009). Classification of schizophrenia. Part one: the enduring existence of madness. British Journal of Nursing, 18(19), 1176-1180. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2009.18.19.44822

The classification of schizophrenia is currently under review in a coordinated worldwide consultation for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM V) and the International Classification of Diseases (ICD 11) – the standard manua... Read More about Classification of schizophrenia. Part one: the enduring existence of madness.

Using the mnemonic ‘brain attack’ in the management of acute stroke. (2009)
Journal Article
Rowat, A. M., Steele, B., & Morrow, B. (2009). Using the mnemonic ‘brain attack’ in the management of acute stroke. Nursing Standard, 24, 50-57

In the acute phase of stroke, the brain is particularly vulnerable to
complications, which may reduce the potential for neuronal recovery
and the success of rehabilitation. Nurses are best placed to provide
early and rapid intervention following s... Read More about Using the mnemonic ‘brain attack’ in the management of acute stroke..

Neuropsychological functioning, illness perception, mood and quality of life in chronic fatigue syndrome, autoimmune thyroid disease and healthy participants (2009)
Journal Article
Dickson, A., Toft, A., & O'Carroll, R. E. (2009). Neuropsychological functioning, illness perception, mood and quality of life in chronic fatigue syndrome, autoimmune thyroid disease and healthy participants. Psychological Medicine, 39(09), 1567. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291708004960

BACKGROUND: This study attempted to longitudinally investigate neuropsychological function, illness representations, self-esteem, mood and quality of life (QoL) in individuals with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and compared them with both healthy pa... Read More about Neuropsychological functioning, illness perception, mood and quality of life in chronic fatigue syndrome, autoimmune thyroid disease and healthy participants.

Mood and smoking in schizophrenia (2008)
Journal Article
Martin, C. R., Allan, R., Fleming, M., & Atkinson, J. (2008). Mood and smoking in schizophrenia. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 15(9), 722-727. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2850.2008.01295.x

There have been few investigations into the relationship of smoking to the presentation of anxiety and depression in clients with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia. Using a survey design, the current study sought to determine if there was a signif... Read More about Mood and smoking in schizophrenia.

STEPS: Going beyond the tip of the iceberg. A multi‐level, multipurpose approach to common mental health problems (2008)
Journal Article
White, J., Joice, A., Petrie, S., Johnston, S., Gilroy, D., Hutton, P., & Hynes, N. (2008). STEPS: Going beyond the tip of the iceberg. A multi‐level, multipurpose approach to common mental health problems. Journal of Public Mental Health, 7(1), 42-50. https://doi.org/10.1108/17465729200800007

STEPS is a primary care mental health team that has attempted to develop a very high volume multi‐level, multi‐purpose service for those with mild to moderate problems. The service attempts to overcome many of the limitations of more traditional serv... Read More about STEPS: Going beyond the tip of the iceberg. A multi‐level, multipurpose approach to common mental health problems.

The utility of the Illness Perception Questionnaire in the evaluation of mental health practitioners' perspectives on patients with schizophrenia (2008)
Journal Article
Fleming, M. P., Martin, C. R., Miles, J., & Atkinson, J. (2009). The utility of the Illness Perception Questionnaire in the evaluation of mental health practitioners' perspectives on patients with schizophrenia. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 15(5), 826-831. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2753.2008.01103.x

Rationale, aims, objectives  The Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ) was designed as a measure of illness perception and has been used extensively for measuring the perceptions of people with physical illness. Latterly modified versions of the IPQ... Read More about The utility of the Illness Perception Questionnaire in the evaluation of mental health practitioners' perspectives on patients with schizophrenia.

People with learning disabilities admitted to an assessment and treatment unit: impact on challenging behaviours and mental health problems (2008)
Journal Article
Slevin, E., McConkey, R., Truesdale-Kennedy, M., & Taggart, L. (2008). People with learning disabilities admitted to an assessment and treatment unit: impact on challenging behaviours and mental health problems. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 15(7), 537-546. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2850.2008.01262.x

This study describes the evaluation of an assessment and treatment unit for people with learning disabilities. Results showed the main reasons for admission for the 48 people admitted to the unit were because of challenging behaviours and mental heal... Read More about People with learning disabilities admitted to an assessment and treatment unit: impact on challenging behaviours and mental health problems.

The role of intrinsic factors in the implementation of psychosocial interventions into routine clinical practice (2008)
Journal Article
Fleming, M., Savage‐Grainge, A., Martin, C., Hill, C., Brown, S., Buckle, J., & Miles, J. (2008). The role of intrinsic factors in the implementation of psychosocial interventions into routine clinical practice. Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, 3(2), 32-41. https://doi.org/10.1108/17556228200800013

Despite the efficacy, political will and numbers of mental health practitioners trained in psychosocial interventions, they remain scarcely available in routine clinical practice. External factors such as the inability of mental health organisations... Read More about The role of intrinsic factors in the implementation of psychosocial interventions into routine clinical practice.

Biographical disruption and the experience of loss following a spinal cord injury: An interpretative phenomenological analysis (2008)
Journal Article
Dickson, A., Allan, D., & O'Carroll, R. (2008). Biographical disruption and the experience of loss following a spinal cord injury: An interpretative phenomenological analysis. Psychology and Health, 23(4), 407-425. https://doi.org/10.1080/14768320701219136

Individual in-depth interviews with eight people who had experienced a total spinal cord injury were conducted, focussing on the experience of living with a spinal cord injury. The interviews were transcribed verbatim and were analysed for recurrent... Read More about Biographical disruption and the experience of loss following a spinal cord injury: An interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Distinguishing between seizure types in adult epilepsy: A key role for nursing observations (2007)
Journal Article
Mantri, P. (2007). Distinguishing between seizure types in adult epilepsy: A key role for nursing observations. British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 3(12), 560-567. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjnn.2007.3.12.27897

Epilepsy is the most common serious neurological condition, with an estimated prevalence of about 0.75% in the developed world. With approximately 40 types of epilepsy seizure now defi ned, in addition to more than 30 epilepsy syndromes and condition... Read More about Distinguishing between seizure types in adult epilepsy: A key role for nursing observations.

Stigma and the delegitimation experience: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of people living with chronic fatigue syndrome (2007)
Journal Article
Dickson, A., Knussen, C., & Flowers, P. (2007). Stigma and the delegitimation experience: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of people living with chronic fatigue syndrome. Psychology and Health, 22(7), 851-867. https://doi.org/10.1080/14768320600976224

Individual in-depth interviews with 14 people with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) were conducted, focusing on the experience of living with CFS. The interviews were transcribed verbatim and were analysed for recurrent themes using interpretative phen... Read More about Stigma and the delegitimation experience: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of people living with chronic fatigue syndrome.

Women with Epilepsy: information needs (2007)
Journal Article
Pamela, M. (2007). Women with Epilepsy: information needs. British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 3(10), 450-450. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjnn.2007.3.10.27270

County Durham primary care trust's Epilepsy Service held its fi rst annual epilepsy conference, ‘Women with Epilepsy,’ on 26 September 2007. The conference was chaired by Dr Tricia Cresswell, Executive Director of Public Health, County Durham and Da... Read More about Women with Epilepsy: information needs.

α4β2-Nicotinic Receptor Binding with 5-IA in Alzheimer’s Disease: Methods of Scan Analysis (2007)
Journal Article
Terrière, E., Sharman, M., Donaghey, C., Herrmann, L., Lonie, J., Strachan, M., Dougall, N., Best, J., Ebmeier, K. P., Pimlott, S., Patterson, J., & Wyper, D. (2008). α4β2-Nicotinic Receptor Binding with 5-IA in Alzheimer’s Disease: Methods of Scan Analysis. Neurochemical research, 33(4), 643-651. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11064-007-9517-4

Five patients with Alzheimer's disease and five healthy volunteers were examined by SPECT with the nicotinic receptor ligand 123I-5-IA-85380. Patients were scanned before and after 6 weeks of treatment with donepezil. Quantification by regions of int... Read More about α4β2-Nicotinic Receptor Binding with 5-IA in Alzheimer’s Disease: Methods of Scan Analysis.

Cerebral metabolism, brain imaging (2007)
Book Chapter
Klaus, E., Claire, D., & Dougall, N. (2007). Cerebral metabolism, brain imaging. In Encyclopedia of Stress (432-38). (2nd). Elsevier

Abnormal breathing patterns in stroke: relationship with location of acute stroke lesion and prior cerebrosvascular disease. (2006)
Journal Article
Rowat, A. M., Wardlaw, J. M., & Dennis, M. S. (2006). Abnormal breathing patterns in stroke: relationship with location of acute stroke lesion and prior cerebrosvascular disease. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 78, 277-279. https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2006.102228

Objective: To determine whether central periodic breathing (CPB) is associated with acute involvement of any particular part of the brain, or the extent of total damage in patients with acute stroke.

Methods: CPB was identified using portable mon... Read More about Abnormal breathing patterns in stroke: relationship with location of acute stroke lesion and prior cerebrosvascular disease..