Treatments
This section contains information and practice on the range of treatments avialable for implementation on an acute admission ward.
| Title: Good Practice Manual-Meds Published: 2008 Summary: Good practice in the routine, ward-based administration of medication on acute mental health units - Support Manual written by Joy A Duxbury, John Baker and Neil Harris. This manual describes the good practice principles for the administration of medications in acute mental health wards. It is hoped that this guide will act as a further prompt for all clinicians to improve on what they already do well, maintain areas of good practice and for some staff provide additional knowledge and skills for how they administer and monitor medication. |
| Title: DH Medicine management Published: January 2008 Summary: This leaflet aims to empower service users and carers to ask relevant questions about medication and have their views taken into account, and to help health and social care practitioners improve their person-centred approach in the area of medicines management. |
| Title: CSIP medicines management Exec Summary Summary: Evaluation of Medicines Management Schemes in Acute Adult and Acute Older Age Mental Health Wards: Final Report - Dr Eleanor Bradley, Cathy Riley and Diane Thompson. This study has been designed to outline the components of medicines management schemes that could prove to be successful as well as any barriers preventing the implementation of medicines management schemes. |
| Title: Self Injury Tool Kit Published: January 2008 Summary: A Recovery and Evidence Based Tool Kit. One of the momentums for this tool kit is the 2007 Trust-wide Self-Injury Audit, where 100% of services in the Trust identified the need for a Trust-wide tool kit in the assessment, care and treatment of people who self-injure. |
| Title: Talking about medicines - Mental health trust report Published: 2007 Summary: The management of medicines in trusts providing mental health services. |
| Title: Interim report Published: January 2007 Summary: The SUCH Project - Service Users Complementary Holistic. INSUCH Project - An Interim Evaluation. Aims were to manage and evaluate the INSUCH Project at Rydon Clinic, an acute 32 bed in-patient psychiatric unit. |
| Title: PSI Measured Success Published: March 2005 Summary: Measured success - a scoping review of evaluated psychosocial interventions training for work with people with serious mental health problems, Charlie Brooker and Alison Brabban. NIMHE provides an ideal opportunity to develop a coherent, strategic approach to facilitate implementation of PSI in local services. |
| Title: CMG paper - Schizophrenia audit Published: January 2005 Summary: Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Trust audit of NICE Clinical Guideline (No1) 'Core interventions in the treatment and management of Schizophrenia in primary and secondary care'. |
| Title: Psychological interventions Published: 1997 Summary: The early Pychosis Training pack is based on the expertise gathered at EPPIC and provides a 'how to guide' to the specific application of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) in an early intervention service. |
| Title: Family intervention and support Published: 1997 Summary: The early Pychosis Training pack is based on the expertise gathered at EPPIC and provides a 'how to guide' to the specific application of family interventions in an early intervention service. |
| Title: Acute treatment Published: 1997 Summary: The early Pychosis Training pack is based on the expertise gathered at EPPIC and provides a 'how to guide' to devloping an early intervention acute treatment package. |
| Title: Therapeutic intervention & engagement 1 Summary: Agreed patient focused outcome. Patients, carers and families experience purposeful, planned relationships with professionals which aim to give attention and time and offer interventions that will meet their clinical needs. Title: Therapeutic intervention & engagement 2 Summary: Agreed patient focused outcome. Patients, carers and families experience purposeful, planned relationships with professionals which aim to give attention and time and offer interventions that will meet their clinical needs. |
| Title: Sleep hygiene/ Hypnotic medication audit tool Summary: Clinical Audit of Sleep Hygiene Practice and Hypnotic Medication. Tool developed from Royal College of Psychiatrists, Maudsley Prescribing and NICE Technology Appraisal. To be completed by client with Primary Nurse or Care Coordinator. |
![]() | Title: Psychological intervention for in-patients Summary: Psychological interventions for in-patients. A work in progress. Contents include Overall aims, Aims of the post, Progress so far, Short term goals, Mid term goals and Long term goals. |
| Title: NICE rapid tranquillisation data collection tool Summary: Clinical Audit of NICE guidelines on rapid tranquillisation from NICE guideline for schizophrenia (CG1) - Oxleas NHS Trust. |
![]() | Title: A Balanced Life Summary: Graphic diagram and exercise for service user's to document balance in important areas of their life. |
![]() | Title: Assess Safety Summary: Safety assessment form for patients at risk. |
![]() | Title: Depression Handbook 1.3 Summary: Service user handbook on recovering from depression. The handbook is designed to be worked through with a therapist who will be able to explain or help in certain areas. It includes suggestions from users of mental health services. |
![]() | Title: Psychological Skills Training Pack - Improving Access Summary: Improving Access to Psychological Skills - Training Plan, South Durham & Darlington Locality. Includes information on psychological therapies on In-patient wards and psychological approaches in In-patient Mental Health settings. |




