Patient characteristics in tardive COVID-19 pseudoperniosis: a case series of 16 patients.

Background: Acute pseudoperniosis (PP) has a recognized association with COVID-19 and tends to occur without cold precipitation in young, healthy patients, often without a clear history of COVID-19. These lesions usually resolve within 2 weeks and without long-term sequelae. In the early months of 2021, patients with delayed and protracted PP began to emerge.

Acceptability, reliability, referential distributions and sensitivity to change in the Young Person's Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation (YP-CORE) outcome measure: replication and refinement.

Background: Many outcome measures for young people exist, but the choices for services are limited when seeking measures that (a) are free to use in both paper and electronic format, and (b) have evidence of good psychometric properties.

Method: Data on the Young Person's Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation (YP-CORE), completed by young people aged 11-16, are reported for a clinical sample (N = 1269) drawn from seven services and a nonclinical sample (N = 380). Analyses report item omission, reliability, referential distributions and sensitivity to change.

Piloting a practice research network: a 12-month evaluation of the Human Givens approach in primary care at a general medical practice.

Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of the Human Givens (HG) approach to the management of emotional distress in a primary care setting. To investigate whether or not the use of a shorter version (i.e.

[The Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome 14-Questions Inventory (PTSS-14) - Translation of the UK-PTSS-14 and validation of the German version].

Background: Hospitalization may represent a stressor that can lead to Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Methods: Translation of the UK-PTSS-14, conducted in accordance with ISPOR principles and validation with the PDS (86 patients).

Results: The ROC analysis showed that the German version of PTSS-14 is a valid instrument with high sensitivity (82%) and specificity (92%) with the optimum cut-off point at 40 points.

Effects of psychological therapies in randomized trials and practice-based studies.

Background: Randomized trials of the effects of psychological therapies seek internal validity via homogeneous samples and standardized treatment protocols. In contrast, practice-based studies aim for clinical realism and external validity via heterogeneous samples of clients treated under routine practice conditions. We compared indices of treatment effects in these two types of studies.

Use of a screening questionnaire for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on a sample of UK ICU patients.

Background: Although rates vary across studies, research in recent years shows that prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following intensive care unit (ICU) can be high. Presently no screening tool assessing all three PTSD symptom categories has been validated in ICU patients. The aim of the study was to conduct a preliminary validation of such a measure, the UK- Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome 14-Questions Inventory (UK-PTSS-14).

Distribution of CORE-OM scores in a general population, clinical cut-off points and comparison with the CIS-R.

Background: Although measures of psychopathology are designed for use in clinical populations, their meaning derives from comparison with normal populations.

Aims: To compare the distribution of scores on the Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation-Outcome Measure (CORE-OM) from a general population sample with the distribution in an aggregated clinical sample to derive recommended cut-off points for determining clinical significance.

Method: The CORE-OM general population sample was based on a weighted subsample of participants in the psychiatric morbidity follow-up survey who completed valid CORE-OM forms following their interview (effective n=535).

Effectiveness of cognitive-behavioural, person-centred and psychodynamic therapies as practised in UK National Health Service settings.

Background: Psychotherapy's equivalence paradox is that treatments have equivalently positive outcomes despite non-equivalent theories and techniques. We compared the outcomes of contrasting approaches practised in routine care.

Method: Patients (n = 1309) who received cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT), person-centred therapy (PCT) and psychodynamic therapy (PDT) at one of 58 National Health Service (NHS) primary and secondary care sites in the UK during a 3-year period completed the Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation-Outcome Measure (CORE-OM) at the beginning and end of their treatment.

The CORE-OM in an older adult population: psychometric status, acceptability, and feasibility.

There is a need to extend and test the feasibility and acceptability of mental health outcome measures in the older population (i.e., aged 65-100).

Suitability and utility of the CORE-OM and CORE-A for assessing severity of presenting problems in psychological therapy services based in primary and secondary care settings.

Background: There is a need for reliable assessment tools that are suitable for the counselling and the psychological therapy services in primary and secondary care settings.

Aims: To test the suitability and utility of the Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation-Outcome Measure (CORE-OM) and CORE-Assessment (CORE-A) assessment tools.

Method: Service intake data were analysed from counselling and psychological therapy services in 32 primary care settings and 17 secondary care settings.