Study protocol for the development and internal validation of SPIRIT (Schizophrenia Prediction of Resistance to Treatment): A clinical tool for predicting risk of treatment resistance to anti-psychotics in First Episode Schizophrenia (2022)
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Farooq, S., Hattle, M., Dazzan, P., Kingstone, T., Ajnakina, O., Shiers, D., …Van Der Windt, D. (in press). Study protocol for the development and internal validation of SPIRIT (Schizophrenia Prediction of Resistance to Treatment): A clinical tool for predicting risk of treatment resistance to anti-psychotics in First Episode Schizophrenia. BMJ Open, 12(4), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056420

<jats:title>ABSTRACT</jats:title><jats:sec><jats:title>Introduction</jats:title><jats:p>Treatment Resistant Schizophrenia (TRS) is associated with significant impairment of functioning and high treatment costs. Identification of patients at high risk... Read More about Study protocol for the development and internal validation of SPIRIT (Schizophrenia Prediction of Resistance to Treatment): A clinical tool for predicting risk of treatment resistance to anti-psychotics in First Episode Schizophrenia.

Pharmacological or non-pharmacological interventions for treatment of common mental disorders associated with Tuberculosis: A systematic review. (2021)
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Farooq, S. (2021). Pharmacological or non-pharmacological interventions for treatment of common mental disorders associated with Tuberculosis: A systematic review. Chronic Respiratory Disease, -. https://doi.org/10.1177/14799731211003937

We aimed to review the literature on interventions for treating Common Mental Disorders (CMD) in people with Tuberculosis (TB). We followed PRISMA guidelines and the protocol was registered at PROSPERO. The electronic databases (PsycInfo, CINAHL, Med... Read More about Pharmacological or non-pharmacological interventions for treatment of common mental disorders associated with Tuberculosis: A systematic review..

Culturally adapted trauma-focused CBT-based guided self-help (CatCBT GSH) for female victims of domestic violence in Pakistan: feasibility randomized controlled trial. (2020)
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Farooq. (2020). Culturally adapted trauma-focused CBT-based guided self-help (CatCBT GSH) for female victims of domestic violence in Pakistan: feasibility randomized controlled trial. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 50-61. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1352465820000685

BACKGROUND: Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), self-help and guided self-help interventions have been found to be efficacious and cost effective for victims of trauma, but there are limited data from low- and middle-income countries on culturally ada... Read More about Culturally adapted trauma-focused CBT-based guided self-help (CatCBT GSH) for female victims of domestic violence in Pakistan: feasibility randomized controlled trial..

Cost-effectiveness of WHO Problem Management Plus for adults with mood and anxiety disorders in a post-conflict area of Pakistan: randomised controlled trial. (2020)
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Farooq. (2020). Cost-effectiveness of WHO Problem Management Plus for adults with mood and anxiety disorders in a post-conflict area of Pakistan: randomised controlled trial. British Journal of Psychiatry, 623-629. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2020.138

BACKGROUND: With the development of evidence-based interventions for treatment of priority mental health conditions in humanitarian settings, it is important to establish the cost-effectiveness of such interventions to enable their scale-up. AIMS: To... Read More about Cost-effectiveness of WHO Problem Management Plus for adults with mood and anxiety disorders in a post-conflict area of Pakistan: randomised controlled trial..

Supervised treatment in outpatients for schizophrenia plus (STOPS+): protocol for a cluster randomised trial of a community-based intervention to improve treatment adherence and reduce the treatment gap for schizophrenia in Pakistan (2020)
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Shepherd, T. A., Ul-Haq, Z., Ul-Haq, M., Firaz Khan, M., Afridi, A., Dikomitis, L., …Farooq, S. (2020). Supervised treatment in outpatients for schizophrenia plus (STOPS+): protocol for a cluster randomised trial of a community-based intervention to improve treatment adherence and reduce the treatment gap for schizophrenia in Pakistan. BMJ Open, 10(6), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034709

Introduction: There is a significant treatment gap, with only a few community-based services for people with schizophrenia in Low- and Middle-Income countries. Poor treatment adherence in schizophrenia is associated with poorer health outcomes, suici... Read More about Supervised treatment in outpatients for schizophrenia plus (STOPS+): protocol for a cluster randomised trial of a community-based intervention to improve treatment adherence and reduce the treatment gap for schizophrenia in Pakistan.

Patterns of symptoms before a diagnosis of first episode psychosis: a latent class analysis of UK primary care electronic health records. (2019)
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Chen, Y., Farooq, S., Edwards, J., Chew-Graham, C. A., Shiers, D., Frisher, M., …Jordan, K. P. (2019). Patterns of symptoms before a diagnosis of first episode psychosis: a latent class analysis of UK primary care electronic health records. BMC Medicine, 17, Article 227. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-019-1462-y

Background: The nature of symptoms in the prodromal period of first episode psychosis (FEP) remains unclear. The objective was to determine patterns of symptoms recorded in primary care in the 5-years before FEP diagnosis.

Methods: The study was s... Read More about Patterns of symptoms before a diagnosis of first episode psychosis: a latent class analysis of UK primary care electronic health records..

Pharmacoepidemiology Research: delivering evidence about drug safety and effectiveness in mental health (2019)
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Farooq. (2019). Pharmacoepidemiology Research: delivering evidence about drug safety and effectiveness in mental health. The Lancet Psychiatry, 363-370. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366%2819%2930298-6

There is a need for research that provides an evidence base for the pharmacotherapy of people with mental disorders. The abundance of digital data in recent years has facilitated pharmacoepidemiology in the form of observational comparative effective... Read More about Pharmacoepidemiology Research: delivering evidence about drug safety and effectiveness in mental health.

Video intervention for the psychiatric waiting room: proof-of-concept randomised controlled trial of RESOLVE (Relaxation Exercise, SOLVing problem and cognitive Errors). (2019)
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Naeem, F., Munshi, T., Gratzer, D., Rodie, D., Irfan, M., Rao, S., …Lecomte, T. (2019). Video intervention for the psychiatric waiting room: proof-of-concept randomised controlled trial of RESOLVE (Relaxation Exercise, SOLVing problem and cognitive Errors). BJPsych Open, e77. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2019.59

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The waiting room in psychiatric services can provide an ideal setting for offering evidence-based psychological interventions that can be delivered through electronic media. Currently, there is no intervention available that have been d... Read More about Video intervention for the psychiatric waiting room: proof-of-concept randomised controlled trial of RESOLVE (Relaxation Exercise, SOLVing problem and cognitive Errors)..

Acute Myocardial Infarction in Severe Mental Illness: prevalence, clinical outcomes and process of care in United States hospitalizations. (2019)
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Farooq, S., Chew-Graham, C., Mamas, M., & Rashid, M. (2019). Acute Myocardial Infarction in Severe Mental Illness: prevalence, clinical outcomes and process of care in United States hospitalizations. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 821-830. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2019.04.021

Patients with severe mental illness (SMI) are a high-risk group for cardiovascular disease. The present study examined the prevalence and outcomes of SMI patients in a national AMI cohort. SMI has doubled in prevalence amongst AMI patients, mainly du... Read More about Acute Myocardial Infarction in Severe Mental Illness: prevalence, clinical outcomes and process of care in United States hospitalizations..

Sharing information about diagnosis and outcome of firstepisode psychosis in patients presenting to early intervention services (2019)
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Farooq. (2019). Sharing information about diagnosis and outcome of firstepisode psychosis in patients presenting to early intervention services. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 657-666. https://doi.org/10.1111/eip.12670

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First-episode psychosis (FEP) can be a serious and debilitating disease, but there is limited literature on how to inform patients and carers about its diagnosis and outcome. We aimed to examine the attitudes, practices and views of clinicians w... Read More about Sharing information about diagnosis and outcome of firstepisode psychosis in patients presenting to early intervention services.

The reliability and clinical utility of ICD-11 schizoaffective disorder: A field trial. (2019)
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Farooq. (2019). The reliability and clinical utility of ICD-11 schizoaffective disorder: A field trial. Schizophrenia Research, 235-241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2019.02.011

A major goal for the revision of the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Edition (ICD-10) is to increase the clinical utility of the diagnostic system. Schizoaffective disorder has a history of poor diagnostic... Read More about The reliability and clinical utility of ICD-11 schizoaffective disorder: A field trial..

Systematic review into factors associated with the recruitment crisis in psychiatry in the UK: students', trainees' and consultants' views. (2018)
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Choudry, A., & Farooq, S. (2018). Systematic review into factors associated with the recruitment crisis in psychiatry in the UK: students', trainees' and consultants' views. BJPsych Bulletin, 345 - 352. https://doi.org/10.1192/pb.bp.116.055269

Aims and method To review the literature to examine the factors that may be affecting recruitment into psychiatry in the UK. We systematically searched four databases to identify studies from 1974 to 2016 and identified 27 papers that met the specifi... Read More about Systematic review into factors associated with the recruitment crisis in psychiatry in the UK: students', trainees' and consultants' views..

A survey of eMedia-delivered interventions for schizophrenia used in randomized controlled trials (2017)
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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.