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No decision about me without me: concordance operationalised (2012)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., & Marland, G. (2012). No decision about me without me: concordance operationalised. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 22, 1353-1360. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04337.x

Aims and objectives
To demonstrate that concordance can be operationalised to the benefit of patients. Concordance can be understood as a composite of knowledge, health beliefs and collaboration.

Background
In discussing any clinical decision, i... Read More about No decision about me without me: concordance operationalised.

Concurrent analysis: a pragmatic justification (2012)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., & Atkinson, J. (2012). Concurrent analysis: a pragmatic justification. Nursing Philosophy, 13, 126-141. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-769X.2011.00523.x

Concurrent analysis (CA) is a process of synthesizing conceptually equivalent data for the purpose of producing a coherent and predictive model in social science. The process of CA is detailed. In short, CA uses Thagard's concept of coherence as a me... Read More about Concurrent analysis: a pragmatic justification.

Debating mental health nurses’ role in medicines management (2012)
Journal Article
Hemingway, S., & Snowden, A. (2012). Debating mental health nurses’ role in medicines management. British Journal of Nursing, 21, 1219-1223. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2012.21.20.1219

This article delineates concordance and adherence; two fundamental positions pertaining to the role of the nurse in medicine management. Taking the form of a debate, it uses mental health nursing to describe the role and function of concordance and a... Read More about Debating mental health nurses’ role in medicines management.

Measuring Concordance in Clinical Practice (2012)
Journal Article
Barron, D. T., & Snowden, A. (2012). Measuring Concordance in Clinical Practice. British Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 1, 88-94. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjmh.2012.1.2.88

This article describes the construction of a tool to measure concordance in clinical practice. The second of two parts, it details the strategic background underpinning concordance and expands the rationale as this relates to the construction of indi... Read More about Measuring Concordance in Clinical Practice.

Embracing patient choice - Reply (2012)
Journal Article
Morrison, A. P., Hutton, P., Shiers, D., & Turkington, D. (2012). Embracing patient choice - Reply. British Journal of Psychiatry, 201, 494-495

Reply to the article - "Embracing patient choice" - Lobban, F in The British Journal of Psychiatry Dec 2012, 201 (6) 494; DOI: 10.1192/bjp.201.6.494

Zinc oxide nanoparticles and monocytes: Impact of size, charge and solubility on activation status (2012)
Journal Article
Prach, M., Stone, V., & Proudfoot, L. (2012). Zinc oxide nanoparticles and monocytes: Impact of size, charge and solubility on activation status. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 266(1), 19-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.taap.2012.10.020

Zinc oxide (ZnO) particle induced cytotoxicity was dependent on size, charge and solubility, factors which at sublethal concentrations may influence the activation of the human monocytic cell line THP1. ZnO nanoparticles (NP; average diameter 70 nm)... Read More about Zinc oxide nanoparticles and monocytes: Impact of size, charge and solubility on activation status.

Collaborative empiricism in cognitive therapy for psychosis: A practice guide (2012)
Journal Article
Hutton, P., & Morrison, A. P. (2013). Collaborative empiricism in cognitive therapy for psychosis: A practice guide. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 20(4), 429-444. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpra.2012.08.003

We outline our understanding of collaborative empiricism (CE) as used in cognitive therapy (CT) for psychosis. We discuss how CE can be thought of as a technique for facilitating cognitive change in the service of a client's goals, but also as an exp... Read More about Collaborative empiricism in cognitive therapy for psychosis: A practice guide.

Self-attacking and self-reassurance in persecutory delusions: A comparison of healthy, depressed and paranoid individuals (2012)
Journal Article
Hutton, P., Kelly, J., Lowens, I., Taylor, P. J., & Tai, S. (2013). Self-attacking and self-reassurance in persecutory delusions: A comparison of healthy, depressed and paranoid individuals. Psychiatry Research, 205(1), 127-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2012.08.010

Previous research has found that reduced self-reassurance and heightened verbal 'self-attacking' of a sadistic and persecutory nature are both associated with greater subclinical paranoia. Whether these processes are also linked to clinical paranoia... Read More about Self-attacking and self-reassurance in persecutory delusions: A comparison of healthy, depressed and paranoid individuals.

Antipsychotics: is it time to introduce patient choice? (2012)
Journal Article
Morrison, A. P., Hutton, P., Shiers, D., & Turkington, D. (2012). Antipsychotics: is it time to introduce patient choice?. British Journal of Psychiatry, 201(2), 83-84. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.112.112110

Evidence regarding overestimation of the efficacy of antipsychotics and underestimation of their toxicity, as well as emerging data regarding alternative treatment options, suggests it may be time to introduce patient choice and reconsider whether ev... Read More about Antipsychotics: is it time to introduce patient choice?.

Cartilage development and degeneration: a Wnt Wnt situation - cartilage development and degeneration: a WNT WNT situation (2012)
Journal Article
Staines, K. A., MacRae, V. E., & Farquharson, C. (2012). Cartilage development and degeneration: a Wnt Wnt situation - cartilage development and degeneration: a WNT WNT situation. Cell Biochemistry and Function, 30(8), 633-642. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbf.2852

The Wnt signaling pathway plays a crucial role in the development and homeostasis of a variety of adult tissues and, as such, is emerging as an important therapeutic target for numerous diseases. Factors involved in the Wnt pathway are expressed thro... Read More about Cartilage development and degeneration: a Wnt Wnt situation - cartilage development and degeneration: a WNT WNT situation.

The importance of the SIBLING family of proteins on skeletal mineralisation and bone remodelling (2012)
Journal Article
Staines, K. A., MacRae, V. E., & Farquharson, C. (2012). The importance of the SIBLING family of proteins on skeletal mineralisation and bone remodelling. Journal of Endocrinology, 214(3), 241-255. https://doi.org/10.1530/joe-12-0143

The small integrin-binding ligand N-linked glycoprotein (SIBLING) family consists of osteopontin, bone sialoprotein, dentin matrix protein 1, dentin sialophosphoprotein and matrix extracellular phosphoglycoprotein. These proteins share many structura... Read More about The importance of the SIBLING family of proteins on skeletal mineralisation and bone remodelling.

Concordance in action: case study of medication management (2012)
Journal Article
Roy, D., & Snowden, A. (2012). Concordance in action: case study of medication management. Nurse Prescribing, 10(4), 195-200. https://doi.org/10.12968/npre.2012.10.4.195

This article discusses a case study describing discontinuation symptoms relating to the abrupt withdrawal of the antidepressant venlafaxine. The article explores alternative explanations for the symptoms presented, and highlights the importance of sy... Read More about Concordance in action: case study of medication management.

Effects of drop-out on efficacy estimates in five Cochrane reviews of popular antipsychotics for schizophrenia: Drop-out in Cochrane reviews of antipsychotics (2012)
Journal Article
Hutton, P., Morrison, A. P., Yung, A. R., Taylor, P. J., French, P., & Dunn, G. (2012). Effects of drop-out on efficacy estimates in five Cochrane reviews of popular antipsychotics for schizophrenia: Drop-out in Cochrane reviews of antipsychotics. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 126(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.2012.01858.x

Objective:
Our aim was to find out how Cochrane reviews of five popular or frequently prescribed second-generation antipsychotics in the UK (olanzapine, risperidone, quetiapine, amisulpride and aripiprazole) approached the problem of high drop-out i... Read More about Effects of drop-out on efficacy estimates in five Cochrane reviews of popular antipsychotics for schizophrenia: Drop-out in Cochrane reviews of antipsychotics.