Publications by authors named "Barbara M Barrett"
Introduction: Evidence-based psychological treatments for people with personality disorder usually involve attending group-based sessions over many months. Low-intensity psychological interventions of less than 6 months duration have been developed, but their clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness are unclear.
Methods And Analysis: This is a multicentre, randomised, parallel-group, researcher-masked, superiority trial.
Introduction: Functional cognitive disorder (FCD) is seen increasingly in clinics commissioned to assess cognitive disorders. Patients report frequent cognitive, especially memory, failures. The diagnosis can be made clinically, and unnecessary investigations avoided.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To develop and probe the first computerised decision-support tool to provide antidepressant treatment guidance to general practitioners (GPs) in UK primary care.
Design: A parallel group, cluster-randomised controlled feasibility trial, where individual participants were blind to treatment allocation.
Setting: South London NHS GP practices.
Introduction: Non-adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is the main cause of viral non-suppression and its risk is increased by depression. In countries with high burden of HIV, there is a lack of trained professionals to deliver depression treatments. This paper describes the protocol for a 2-arm parallel group superiority 1:1 randomised controlled trial, to test the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of the TENDAI stepped care task-shifted intervention for depression, ART non-adherence and HIV viral suppression delivered by lay interventionists.
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- The study estimated the incidence of anorexia nervosa among young people aged 8-17 in the UK and Ireland, focusing on those in mental health services from February to September 2015.
- A total of 305 new cases were reported, predominantly affecting young women (91%) with an overall incidence rate of 13.68 per 100,000, showing higher rates for females (25.66) versus males (2.28).
- The findings indicate a rising trend in anorexia nervosa cases, especially in younger children, prompting the need for attention from service providers and policymakers.