Democratic therapeutic community treatment for personality disorder: randomised controlled trial.

Background: Democratic therapeutic community (DTC) treatment has been used for many years in an effort to help people with personality disorder. High-quality evidence from randomised controlled trials (RCTs) is absent.

Aims: To test whether DTC treatment reduces use of in-patient services and improves the mental health of people with personality disorder.

The Experience of Caring For or Living with an Individual with an Eating Disorder: A Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Studies.

Unlabelled: Eating disorders (ED) has the highest mortality rate of psychiatric disorders and a high incidence of comorbidity. Because of the average age of onset, care typically befalls family members. However, despite the severity of the disorder and the burden placed on the family, research into the caregiving experience is still developing.

The clinical and cost-effectiveness of brief advice for excessive alcohol consumption among people attending sexual health clinics: a randomised controlled trial.

Objectives: To examine the clinical and cost-effectiveness of brief advice for excessive alcohol consumption among people who attend sexual health clinics.

Methods: Two-arm, parallel group, assessor blind, pragmatic, randomised controlled trial. 802 people aged 19 years or over who attended one of three sexual health clinics and were drinking excessively were randomised to either brief advice or control treatment.

The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of brief intervention for excessive alcohol consumption among people attending sexual health clinics: a randomised controlled trial (SHEAR).

Background: Excessive use of alcohol is associated with poor sexual health, but the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of brief alcohol intervention in this setting has not been investigated.

Objective: To examine the effects and cost-effectiveness of brief intervention for excessive alcohol consumption among people who attend sexual health clinics.

Design: A two-arm, parallel-group, single-blind, pragmatic, randomised controlled trial.

Activity groups for people with schizophrenia: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: UK guidelines recommend that patients with schizophrenia are offered access to social activities, however, the impact of such interventions have not been examined in a large randomized trial.

Aims: To investigate the effect of an activity group intervention on mental health and global functioning 12 months after randomization compared to standard care alone.

Methods: Secondary analysis of data from the MATISSE study.

Brief intervention for alcohol misuse in people attending sexual health clinics: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Over the last 30  years the number of people who drink alcohol at harmful levels has increased in many countries. There have also been large increases in rates of sexually transmitted infections. Available evidence suggests that excessive alcohol consumption and poor sexual health may be linked.