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The Glycosylation of AGP and Its Associations with the Binding to Methadone (2013)
Journal Article
Behan, J. L., Cruickshank, Y. E., Matthews-Smith, G., Bruce, M., & Smith, K. D. (2013). The Glycosylation of AGP and Its Associations with the Binding to Methadone. BioMed Research International, 2013, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/108902

Methadone remains the most common form of pharmacological therapy for opioid dependence; however, there is a lack of explanation for the reports of its relatively low success rate in achieving complete abstinence. One hypothesis is that in vivo bind... Read More about The Glycosylation of AGP and Its Associations with the Binding to Methadone.

Concordance: A concept analysis. (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Snowden, A. (2013, October). Concordance: A concept analysis. Paper presented at 39th International Mental Health Nursing Conference Collaboration and Partnership in Mental Health Nursing

Adherence based medicines interventions are known to be of limited success. Concordance offers an ethically superior approach as it is grounded in the principle of collaboration. However, the application of concordance in practice appears inconsisten... Read More about Concordance: A concept analysis..

Cognitive behavioural therapy for psychosis: rationale and protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis (2013)
Journal Article
Hutton, P., Wood, L., Taylor, P. J., Irving, K., & Morrison, A. P. (2014). Cognitive behavioural therapy for psychosis: rationale and protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychosis, 6(3), 220-230. https://doi.org/10.1080/17522439.2013.825005

Background: Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a recommended treatment for people with psychosis, with meta - analyses showing important benefits when compared to treatment as usual (TAU). However, there has been growing debate as to whether CBT... Read More about Cognitive behavioural therapy for psychosis: rationale and protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Symposium: MEDICODE A comprehensive coding method to describe content and dialogue in medication discussions in healthcare provider-patient encounters: Perspectives from Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy. (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Lussier, M., Richard, C., Guirguis, L., Goldman, R., Snowden, A., Latter, S., & Sibley, A. (2013, September). Symposium: MEDICODE A comprehensive coding method to describe content and dialogue in medication discussions in healthcare provider-patient encounters: Perspectives from Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy. Paper presented at International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, Montreal, Canada

Antipsychotic Drugs (2013)
Book Chapter
Hutton, P., Weinmann, S., Bola, J. & Read, J. (2013). Antipsychotic Drugs. . In . Models of Madness: Psychological, Social and Biological Approaches to Psychosis. 105-124. (2nd). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). . .

Antipsychotic drugs.

Cognitive-behavioural therapy for schizophrenia: A critical commentary on the Newton-Howes and Wood meta-analysis (2013)
Journal Article
Hutton, P. (2013). Cognitive-behavioural therapy for schizophrenia: A critical commentary on the Newton-Howes and Wood meta-analysis. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 86(2), 139-145. doi:10.1111/papt.12009

Newton-Howes and Wood (published online, this journal, 8 Dec 2011) report the results of their systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials of cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) for schizophrenia. They ran a random effects analysis of endp... Read More about Cognitive-behavioural therapy for schizophrenia: A critical commentary on the Newton-Howes and Wood meta-analysis.

Cognitive behavioural therapy for psychosis prevention: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2013)
Journal Article
Taylor, P. J., Hutton, P., & Taylor, P. J. (2014). Cognitive behavioural therapy for psychosis prevention: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychological Medicine, 44(3), 449-468. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291713000354

Background. Clinical equipoise regarding preventative treatments for psychosis has encouraged the development and evaluation of psychosocial treatments, such as cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). Method. A systematic review and meta-analysis w... Read More about Cognitive behavioural therapy for psychosis prevention: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

The well-being outcomes of career guidance (2013)
Journal Article
Robertson, P. J. (2013). The well-being outcomes of career guidance. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 41(3), 254-266. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2013.773959

The potential for career guidance to impact on well-being has received insufficient attention in the UK. There are both conceptual and empirical reasons to expect that the impacts may be positive, but a lack of evidence directly testing this proposit... Read More about The well-being outcomes of career guidance.

Metacognitive therapy in treatment-resistant psychosis: A multiple-baseline study (2013)
Journal Article
Hutton, P., Morrison, A. P., Wardle, M., & Wells, A. (2014). Metacognitive therapy in treatment-resistant psychosis: A multiple-baseline study. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 42(2), 166-185. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1352465812001026

Background: More effective psychological treatments for psychosis are required. Case series data and pilot trials suggest metacognitive therapy (MCT) is a promising treatment for anxiety and depression. Other research has found negative metacognitiv... Read More about Metacognitive therapy in treatment-resistant psychosis: A multiple-baseline study.

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.

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, 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.

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.