Factorial Structure and Preliminary Validation of the Schema Mode Inventory for Eating Disorders (SMI-ED).

The aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties and factorial structure of the Schema Mode Inventory for Eating Disorders (SMI-ED) in a disordered eating population. 573 participants with disordered eating patterns as measured by the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) completed the 190-item adapted version of the Schema Mode Inventory (SMI). The new SMI-ED was developed by clinicians/researchers specializing in the treatment of eating disorders, through combining items from the original SMI with a set of additional questions specifically representative of the eating disorder population.

The patient experience of illness, treatment, and change, during intensive community treatment for severe anorexia nervosa.

This study explores experiences of intensive community treatment, illness, and change among patients with severe anorexia nervosa (sAN), particularly seeking to understand the processes involved in change and inability to change. A qualitative design with purposive semi-stratified sampling, using semi-structured interviews and interpretive phenomenological analysis, investigated in detail the experiences of five participants. Participants all had sAN at the start of treatment and represented a spectrum of outcomes from deterioration to full recovery.

The medical risks of severe anorexia nervosa during initial re-feeding and medical stabilisation.

Background & Aims: Objective evidence about the risks associated with anorexia nervosa and how to manage them, is limited. The aim of this study is to describe the medical risk profile, management and outcomes of a cohort of patients with severe anorexia nervosa (sAN) during medical stabilisation treatment.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of case records gathered medical risk data for a 90 day high risk period, on 65 patients with sAN admitted to two specialist services.

An Integrative Bio-Psycho-Social Theory of Anorexia Nervosa.

Unlabelled: The need for novel approaches to understanding and treating anorexia nervosa (AN) is well recognized. The aim of this paper is to describe an integrative bio-psycho-social theory of maintaining factors in AN. We took a triangulation approach to develop a clinically relevant theory with face validity and internal consistency.

A new service model for the treatment of severe anorexia nervosa in the community: the Anorexia Nervosa Intensive Treatment Team.

Aims and method A community intensive treatment service for severe anorexia nervosa is described. The service is multidisciplinary but driven by a focus on psychological formulation. Psychological and dietetic interventions are grounded in a process of active risk management.

The role of email guidance in internet-based cognitive-behavioural self-care treatment for bulimia nervosa.

Email has been progressively used as a means for providing therapeutic guidance and support for cognitive behavioural treatment (CBT) self-care programmes. Many aspects of the use of email in self-care need to be explored such as the content of therapists' emails. Such information would optimise the delivery of self-care treatments.

Steady-state and transient ultraviolet resonance Raman spectrometer for the 193-270 nm spectral region.

We describe a state-of-the-art tunable ultraviolet (UV) Raman spectrometer for the 193-270 nm spectral region. This instrument allows for steady-state and transient UV Raman measurements. We utilize a 5 kHz Ti-sapphire continuously tunable laser (approximately 20 ns pulse width) between 193 nm and 240 nm for steady-state measurements.

General practitioners' knowledge of post-traumatic stress disorder: a controlled study.

Background: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is common, is associated with substantial morbidity, and is often not recognised in primary care.

Aim: To explore whether general practitioners (GPs) have significant gaps in their knowledge of PTSD.

Design Of Study: A controlled study.