A trial of problem-solving by community mental health nurses for anxiety, depression and life difficulties among general practice patients. The CPN-GP study

Abstract

Non-UK purchasers will have to pay a small fee for post and packing. For European countries the cost is £2 per monograph and for the rest of the world £3 per monograph.You can order HTA monographs from our Despatch Agents, York Publishing Services by:-fax (with credit card or official purchase order) -post (with credit card or official purchase order or cheque) -phone during office hours (credit card only).Additionally the HTA website allows you either to pay securely by credit card or to print out your order and then post or fax it. Contact details are as follows: Payment methods Paying by chequeIf you pay by cheque, the cheque must be in pounds sterling, made payable to York Publishing Distribution and drawn on a bank with a UK address. Paying by credit cardThe following cards are accepted by phone, fax, post or via the website ordering pages: Delta, Eurocard, Mastercard, Solo, Switch and Visa. We advise against sending credit card details in a plain email. Paying by official purchase orderYou can post or fax these, but they must be from public bodies (i.e. NHS or universities) within the UK. We cannot at present accept purchase orders from commercial companies or from outside the UK. How do I get a copy of HTA on CD?Please use the form on the HTA website (www.ncchta.org/htacd.htm). Or contact York Publishing Services (see contact details above) by email, post, fax or phone. HTA on CD is currently free of charge worldwide.The website also provides information about the HTA Programme and lists the membership of the various committees. HTA NHS R&D HTA ProgrammeT he research findings from the NHS R&D Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme directly influence key decision-making bodies such as the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the National Screening Committee (NSC) who rely on HTA outputs to help raise standards of care. HTA findings also help to improve the quality of the service in the NHS indirectly in that they form a key component of the 'National Knowledge Service' that is being developed to improve the evidence of clinical practice throughout the NHS.The HTA Programme was set up in 1993. Its role is to ensure that high-quality research information on the costs, effectiveness and broader impact of health technologies is produced in the most efficient way for those who use, manage and provide care in the NHS. 'Health technologies' are broadly defined to include all interventions used to promote health, prevent and treat disease, and improve rehabilitation and long-term care, rather than settings of care.The HTA Programme commissions research only on topics where it has identified key gaps in the evidence needed by the NHS. Suggestions for topics are actively sought from people working in the NHS, the public, service-users groups and professional bodies such as Royal Colleges and NHS Trusts.Research suggestions are carefully considered by panels of independent experts (including service users) whose advice results in a ranked list of recommended research priorities. Th...

Shifting the Focus: Sequential Methods of Analysis With Qualitative Data

“…The training and supervision of these nurses was organized specifically for the trial. It consisted of 3.5 days of training with supervised practice with five patients prior to the trial and fortnightly group supervision available throughout the trial (for more detail, see Kendrick et al, 2005). The nurses in the other treatment group were asked to employ the skills they normally used to help patients get better as quickly as possible (hereafter referred to as the generic approach).…”

Moving from collision to integration

“…Those allocated to problem-solving were trained and supervised in this particular brief psychological therapy and asked to treat all trial patients in this way. The nurses allocated to the generic-care group were asked to use the skills and experience they already had to treat the patients in the way they felt most appropriate (see Kendrick et al, 2005 for a full description of the trial method and results).…”

District nurses meeting with and providing care to people with mental illness in health centers – An interview study

“…Such knowledge can also help identify barriers and facilitators in primary healthcare from a patient perspective. [5][6][7][8][9] However, there are no specific descriptions of the meeting with and provision of care to patients with mental illness in health centers from a district nurse perspective.…”

“…[5,6] Several studies show that nurses and district nurses in primary healthcare have insufficient skills as regards the assessment for mental illness and the development of appropriate treatment strategies. [12][13][14] Wood [15] and Hapell and Cleary [16] note that district nurses do not have specialized training in psychiatry.…”

“…[ [5][6][7][8][9] Nonetheless, there is insufficient research on how district nurses experience their meeting with and care provision to patients with mental illness in health centers. The aim of this study was to explore this particular issue and to provide insights and conclusions that may be of benefit to both district nurses and their patients with mental illness.…”