Perceived injustice: a historical and clinical review of a useful concept for psychiatry.

Objective: Perceived injustice, a concept that arose in pain medicine, refers to an individual's experiences and perceptions of victimisation from injuries resulting in chronic pain. Here, we have undertaken a historical and clinical review on the role of perceived injustice medicine in psychiatry and a systematic review on psychotherapeutic interventions for perceived injustice.

Method: For the systematic review, two studies were identified from a search of six databases.

Guided Self-Help for People with Chronic Pain: Integrated Care in a Public Tertiary Pain Clinic-A Pilot Study.

Introduction: Globally, chronic pain affects more than 30% of people worldwide and is the leading cause of disability and health care utilisation. Access to timely, person-centred, cost-effective programs is unattainable for most. People living in regional, rural and remote areas are disproportionately affected due to scarcity of services and qualified, multidisciplinary health and medical professionals.

Cumulative glucocorticoid exposure in patients receiving epidural steroid injections: A single-centre retrospective evaluation on 581 procedures against existing clinical recommendations.

Background: The purpose of the study was to review the cumulative corticosteroid doses received from epidural and non-epidural-based pain interventions in a cohort of patients undergoing epidural steroid injections (ESIs) with comparison to safe dosing recommendations.

Methods: Retrospective analysis was undertaken for all 349 patients who underwent a total of 581 ESIs at a single-centre, tertiary hospital in South Australia between 2017 and 2019. The primary outcome was the yearly dose analysis of cumulative steroid doses in methylprednisolone equivalents (MDPE) administered from epidural and non-epidural interventions in post-menopausal women, interpreted against maximum recommended doses.

Brief introductory group education programs for chronic disease patients in chronic disease management: a scoping review protocol.

Objective: This review will scope the literature and map the features of brief introductory group education programs implemented in chronic disease management.

Introduction: Brief introductory group education programs are resource-efficient interventions used in chronic disease management to educate patients about basic disease concepts, self-management strategies, and to introduce specialist services. There is a lack of published research that synthesizes the characteristics, guiding principles, and outcomes reported in brief group education programs in chronic disease management.

Survey of depot antipsychotic prescribing in southern Adelaide.

Objective: Depot antipsychotic medication (DAP) is widely used in the treatment of schizophrenia and related disorders. The objectives of this study were to (i) determine whether DAP was being prescribed in accordance with established guidelines in terms of dose, interval of administration and indications; and (ii) assess the quality of the assessment and documentation of tardive dyskinesia (TD) as well as blood glucose and lipid abnormalities.

Methods: The survey was carried out between April and June 2003 at all three public hospital affiliated community mental health centres located in the southern region of Adelaide.