Professor Jacquie White's Outputs (2)

Is adherence therapy an effective adjunct treatment for patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders? A systematic review and meta-analysis (2016)
Journal Article
Gray, R., Bressington, D., Ivanecka, A., Hardy, S., Jones, M., Schulz, M., von Bormann, S., White, J., Anderson, K. H., & Chien, W.-T. (2016). Is adherence therapy an effective adjunct treatment for patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders? A systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Psychiatry, 16(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-016-0801-1

Background Poor adherence to medication in schizophrenia spectrum disorders leads to inadequate symptom control. Adherence therapy (AT) is an intervention that seeks to reduce patients’ psychiatric symptoms by enhancing treatment adherence. We aimed... Read More about Is adherence therapy an effective adjunct treatment for patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Refocusing on physical health: community psychiatric nurses' perceptions of using enhanced health checks for people with severe mental illness (2016)
Journal Article
Bressington, D., Mui, J., Wells, H., Chien, W. T., Lam, C., White, J., & Gray, R. (2016). Refocusing on physical health: community psychiatric nurses' perceptions of using enhanced health checks for people with severe mental illness. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 25(3), 214-224. https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.12195

In the present qualitative, descriptive study, we explored Hong Kong community psychiatric nurses’ (CPN) perceptions of using comprehensive physical health checks for service users diagnosed with severe mental illness (SMI). Research interviews were... Read More about Refocusing on physical health: community psychiatric nurses' perceptions of using enhanced health checks for people with severe mental illness.