Publications by authors named "Graham Ingram"
Objective: Involuntary outpatient commitment (IOC) has been in use in various countries for a number of years and has recently been implemented (in the form of supervised community treatment) in England and Wales. Several studies indicate that IOC reduces relapse and readmission rates and decreases length of stay on inpatient units in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia. The aim of the present study was to examine whether the use of IOC in the Australian context, in the form of community treatment orders (CTOs), may be associated with a reduction in problem behaviours and improved social functioning.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Based on data from large multicentre US trials, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is advocating a stepped-care model for the management of depression, with 'case management' or 'collaborative care' for selected patients in primary care.
Aim: To conduct a pilot study examining the use of graduate mental health workers case managing depressed primary care NHS patients.
Design Of Study: A randomised controlled trial comparing usual GP care with or without case management over 16 weeks of acute antidepressant drug treatment.
Objective: This study examined the effectiveness of community treatment orders (CTOs) used in the treatment of patients with schizophrenia. The hypotheses were that CTOs enhance outcome for patients whose mental health would otherwise be compromised by poor adherence with treatment and that CTOs would enable this when either oral or depot antipsychotic medication was prescribed.
Method: This was a naturalistic study using a retrospective mirror-image design.