PSYCHLOPS impacts

1) Publications:

– see separate sheet

2) Website: launched June 2007: http://www.psychlops.org.uk

1. analysis of website hits: http://www.psychlops.org/cgi-bin/awstats.pl
2. YouTube posting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfuD0LwjVME

3) Department of Health:

1. Primary Care Mental Health Outcomes Sub-Group report, Mar 2005: PSYCHLOPS was one of three outcome measures recommended for use in primary care. The others were CORE-OM and FACE HRU
2. Outcomes Practice Group. This DH group produced a list of approved outcome measures (OMs) to be routinely incorporated into electronic records through Connecting for Health. The list has been compiled into the Outcomes Compendium, National Institute of Mental Health for England, 2009. It includes PSYCHLOPS: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_093316

4) International Databases:

1. Included in the Quality of Life instruments database, www.proqolid.org

5) Research studies:

• Andre Tylee, Institute of Psychiatry. UPBEAT study (CHD and depression). Aims to recruit 800 patients followed by randomised intervention of those with depression. NIHR funded, £2m.
• Niro Siriwardena, University of Lincoln. Problem focussed therapy for insomnia. Health Foundation, £400K
• Slawomir Czachowski (Poland): comparison of PSYCHLOPS and Dutch depression questionnaire (Berendt Terluin)
• Jon Fridrik Sigurosson (Iceland): comparison of PSYCHLOPS with CORE

6) Service providers

1. PCTs and Mental Health Trusts
2. Asylum agencies
3. Counselling services for staff at various NHS units
4. Brook Advisory service.
5. ……and several individual therapists plus charities

5) Service users

1. PSCYHLOPS was developed by Depression Alliance
Mark Ashworth, May 2010

 

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