Saeed Farooq's Outputs (5)

Academic psychiatry is everyone's business. (2024)
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Critchley, H. D., Tracy, D. K., Malhi, G. S., Alexander, L., Baldwin, D. S., Cavanagh, J., Chamberlain, S. R., Cipriani, A., Farooq, S., Hassiotis, A., Howes, O., Jauhar, S., Lawrie, S. M., Lagunes-Cordoba, E., Lingford-Hughes, A., MacCabe, J. H., Memon, I., Mulholland, C., Sami, M., Sayal, K., …Young, A. H. (in press). Academic psychiatry is everyone's business. British Journal of Psychiatry, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2024.152

This editorial considers the value and nature of academic psychiatry by asking what defines the specialty and psychiatrists as academics. We frame academic psychiatry as a way of thinking that benefits clinical services and discuss how to inspire the... Read More about Academic psychiatry is everyone's business..

Defining the Role of the Fire and Rescue Service in Mental Health Support for Older Adults: A Qualitative Study (2024)
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Fisher, T., Chew‐Graham, C. A., Corp, N., Farooq, S., Kingston, P., Read, I., Spolander, G., Southam, J., Stevens, D., Warren, C., & Kingstone, T. (2024). Defining the Role of the Fire and Rescue Service in Mental Health Support for Older Adults: A Qualitative Study. Health Expectations, 27(5), Article e70028. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.70028

Introduction: Anxiety and depression in older adults (60+ years of age) are under‐diagnosed and under‐treated. Older adults are less likely to seek help for these problems due to a lack of awareness, difficulty accessing health care due to availabili... Read More about Defining the Role of the Fire and Rescue Service in Mental Health Support for Older Adults: A Qualitative Study.

Development and initial evaluation of a clinical prediction model for risk of treatment resistance in first-episode psychosis: Schizophrenia Prediction of Resistance to Treatment (SPIRIT) (2024)
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Farooq, S., Hattle, M., Kingstone, T., Ajnakina, O., Dazzan, P., Demjaha, A., Murray, R. M., Di Forti, M., Jones, P. B., Doody, G. A., Shiers, D., Andrews, G., Milner, A., Nettis, M. A., Lawrence, A. J., van der Windt, D. A., & Riley, R. D. (2024). Development and initial evaluation of a clinical prediction model for risk of treatment resistance in first-episode psychosis: Schizophrenia Prediction of Resistance to Treatment (SPIRIT). British Journal of Psychiatry, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2024.101

Background
A clinical tool to estimate the risk of treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS) in people with first-episode psychosis (FEP) would inform early detection of TRS and overcome the delay of up to 5 years in starting TRS medication.

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Cognitive therapy for depression in tuberculosis treatment: protocol for multicentre pragmatic parallel arm randomised control trial with an internal pilot. (2024)
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Fonseka, N., Khan, Z., Lewis, M., Kibria, Z., Ahmad, F., Khan, M. F., Ul-Haq, M., Ul-Haq, Z., Sanauddin, N., Majid, M., Rahim, M., Naeem, F., Butt, M., Ashraf, S., Komproe, I., Mallen, C., Kellar, I., Yadegarfar, G., Milner, A., Sheikh, S., & Farooq, S. (2024). Cognitive therapy for depression in tuberculosis treatment: protocol for multicentre pragmatic parallel arm randomised control trial with an internal pilot. BMJ Open, 14(6), Article e083483. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083483

Introduction and objectivesThere is an unmet need to develop high-quality evidence addressing tuberculosis (TB)-related mental health comorbidity, particularly in the context of lower-middle-income countries. This study aims to examine the effectiven... Read More about Cognitive therapy for depression in tuberculosis treatment: protocol for multicentre pragmatic parallel arm randomised control trial with an internal pilot..

Early Intervention in Psychosis and Management of First Episode Psychosis in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review (2024)
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Farooq, S., Fonseka, N., Wajid Ali, M., Milner, A., Hamid, S., Sheikh, S., Firaz Khan, M., Mukhtar-Ul-Haq Azeemi, M., Ariyadasa, G., Jalil Khan, A., & Ayub, M. (2024). Early Intervention in Psychosis and Management of First Episode Psychosis in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review. Schizophrenia Bulletin, Article sbae025. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbae025

Background and Hypothesis People with first-episode psychosis (FEP) in low- and lower-middle-income countries (LMIC) experience delays in receiving treatment, resulting in poorer outcomes and higher mortality. There is robust evidence for effective a... Read More about Early Intervention in Psychosis and Management of First Episode Psychosis in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review.