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Different communication strategies for disclosing a diagnosis of schizophrenia and related disorders. (2017)
Journal Article
Farooq, S., Johal, R. K., Ziff, C., & Naeem, F. (2017). Different communication strategies for disclosing a diagnosis of schizophrenia and related disorders. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD011707.pub2

BACKGROUND: Delivering the diagnosis of a serious illness is an important skill in most fields of medicine, including mental health. Research has found that communication skills can impact on a person's recall and understanding of the diagnosis, trea... Read More about Different communication strategies for disclosing a diagnosis of schizophrenia and related disorders..

mHealth based interventions for the assessment and treatment of psychotic disorders: a systematic review (2017)
Journal Article
Gire, N., Farooq, S., Naeem, F., Duxbury, J., McKeown, M., Kundi, P. S., …Husain, N. mHealth based interventions for the assessment and treatment of psychotic disorders: a systematic review. mHealth, 3, 33-33. https://doi.org/10.21037/mhealth.2017.07.03

The relative burden of mental health disorders is increasing globally, in terms of prevalence and disability. There is limited data available to guide treatment choices for clinicians in low resourced settings, with mHealth technologies being a poten... Read More about mHealth based interventions for the assessment and treatment of psychotic disorders: a systematic review.

Interventions for Anxiety and Depression in Conflict-Affected Areas—Reply (2017)
Journal Article
Rahman, A., van Ommeren, M., & Farooq, S. (2017). Interventions for Anxiety and Depression in Conflict-Affected Areas—Reply. Journal of the American Medical Association, 317(13), 1376-1377. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2017.1848

Explanatory model of illness of the patients with schizophrenia and the role of educational intervention (2017)
Journal Article
Farooq. (2017). Explanatory model of illness of the patients with schizophrenia and the role of educational intervention. Schizophrenia Research, 68-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2017.03.006

This randomized controlled trial was conducted at Department of Psychiatry, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar from February to August 2015 to explore beliefs and concepts of patients with schizophrenia about their illness and to find out the effectiven... Read More about Explanatory model of illness of the patients with schizophrenia and the role of educational intervention.

Adherence to medication in the community: audit cycle of interventions to improve the assessment of adherence (2017)
Journal Article
Farooq, S., & Choudry, A. (2017). Adherence to medication in the community: audit cycle of interventions to improve the assessment of adherence. BJPsych Bulletin, 41 - 44. https://doi.org/10.1192/pb.bp.115.053520

Aims and method To investigate whether medication adherence is monitored during follow-up in out-patient reviews. A retrospective audit was carried out with a sample of 50 follow-up patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disord... Read More about Adherence to medication in the community: audit cycle of interventions to improve the assessment of adherence.

A survey of eMedia-delivered interventions for schizophrenia used in randomized controlled trials (2017)
Journal Article
Farooq. (2017). A survey of eMedia-delivered interventions for schizophrenia used in randomized controlled trials. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 233 -243. https://doi.org/10.2147/ndt.s115897

Background: Randomized trials evaluating electronic Media (eMedia) delivery of interventions are increasingly frequent in mental health. Although a number of reviews have reported efficacy of these interventions, none has reviewed the type of eMedia... Read More about A survey of eMedia-delivered interventions for schizophrenia used in randomized controlled trials.