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Max Birchwood

Other affiliations: University of Birmingham, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Archer  ...read more
Bio: Max Birchwood is an academic researcher from University of Warwick. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Psychological intervention. The author has an hindex of 65, co-authored 259 publications receiving 18491 citations. Previous affiliations of Max Birchwood include University of Birmingham & Royal College of Psychiatrists.


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10 Jan 2013
TL;DR: Mental health concerns, such as the impact of cannabis on relapse and psychotic symptom exacerbation were also found to motivate abstention, while psychosis related reasons do not appear to motivate the initial or continued use of cannabis.
Abstract: Cannabis use has been identified as a prognostic factor for poor outcome in first-episode psychosis (FEP) The research aimed to understand the factors that motivate or inhibit the use of cannabis in people with first-episode psychosis Thirty first-episode psychosis patients (18 cannabis users and 12 abstainers) were interviewed using qualitative semi-structured methods in order to investigate the self reported factors perceived to influence cannabis abstention, initiation, continued use and consumption change Interviews were transcribed verbatim and analysed using grounded theory based methods Psychosis specific reasons were not found to be motivationally salient for the initiation or continued use of cannabis, but were found to be important for decreased consumption and cessation Mental health concerns, such as the impact of cannabis on relapse and psychotic symptom exacerbation were also found to motivate abstention Psychosis related reasons do not appear to motivate the initial or continued use o

7 citations

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01 Jun 2010

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01 Jan 2006

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01 Feb 2009
TL;DR: The concept of psychoneurosis also underwent changes in meaning after the influence of psychoanalytical theory as mentioned in this paper, especially after the introduction of Damerow, which signified the unity of psychosis and neurosis under the assumption that they both share an organic aetiology.
Abstract: Emotion and psychosis During the 1800s, when the concept of psychosis was first introduced, it was used to refer to severe mental illness - illness of the mind - and was regarded as a subcategory of neuroses, which at that time were characterized by an organic aetiology. However, this soon changed, especially after the introduction of the term ‘psychoneurosis’ by Damerow, which signified the unity of psychosis and neurosis under the assumption that they both share an organic aetiology (Beer, 1996). The concept of psychoneurosis also underwent changes in meaning, especially after the influence of psychoanalytical theory. According to Freud, neuroses were characterized by an underlying, unconscious etiology and in that respect were related to psychoses which signified ‘… a disturbance between the ego and the outside world’ (cited in Beer, 1996, pp. 241-2). Subsequently, the concept of psychoneurosis was reversed from having an organic to having a psychological meaning. During the twentieth century, the relationship between psychosis and neurosis was neglected. Instead, theories about the dichotomy between the two concepts, primarily based on their distinct etiological origins, were receiving considerable attention. Kraepelin (1919) was among the most influential in classifying neuroses, which were initially regarded as conditions of physical cause. Later on, however, he postulated that neuroses were partly characterized by a psychogenic (e.g. nervous exhaustion) and partly by a constitutional (e.g. hysteria) nature (Beer, 1996).

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TL;DR: Reading a book as this basics of qualitative research grounded theory procedures and techniques and other references can enrich your life quality.

13,415 citations

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5,680 citations

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07 Mar 2014-BMJ
TL;DR: The TIDieR checklist and guide should improve the reporting of interventions and make it easier for authors to structure accounts of their interventions, reviewers and editors to assess the descriptions, and readers to use the information.
Abstract: Without a complete published description of interventions, clinicians and patients cannot reliably implement interventions that are shown to be useful, and other researchers cannot replicate or build on research findings. The quality of description of interventions in publications, however, is remarkably poor. To improve the completeness of reporting, and ultimately the replicability, of interventions, an international group of experts and stakeholders developed the Template for Intervention Description and Replication (TIDieR) checklist and guide. The process involved a literature review for relevant checklists and research, a Delphi survey of an international panel of experts to guide item selection, and a face to face panel meeting. The resultant 12 item TIDieR checklist (brief name, why, what (materials), what (procedure), who provided, how, where, when and how much, tailoring, modifications, how well (planned), how well (actual)) is an extension of the CONSORT 2010 statement (item 5) and the SPIRIT 2013 statement (item 11). While the emphasis of the checklist is on trials, the guidance is intended to apply across all evaluative study designs. This paper presents the TIDieR checklist and guide, with an explanation and elaboration for each item, and examples of good reporting. The TIDieR checklist and guide should improve the reporting of interventions and make it easier for authors to structure accounts of their interventions, reviewers and editors to assess the descriptions, and readers to use the information.

5,237 citations

20 Jan 2017
TL;DR: The Grounded Theory: A Practical Guide through Qualitative Analysis as mentioned in this paper, a practical guide through qualitative analysis through quantitative analysis, is a good starting point for such a study.
Abstract: การวจยเชงคณภาพ เปนเครองมอสำคญอยางหนงสำหรบทำความเขาใจสงคมและพฤตกรรมมนษย การวจยแบบการสรางทฤษฎจากขอมล กเปนหนงในหลายระเบยบวธการวจยเชงคณภาพทกำลงไดรบความสนใจ และเปนทนยมเพมสงขนเรอยๆ จากนกวชาการ และนกวจยในสาขาสงคมศาสตร และศาสตรอนๆ เชน พฤตกรรมศาสตร สงคมวทยา สาธารณสขศาสตร พยาบาลศาสตร จตวทยาสงคม ศกษาศาสตร รฐศาสตร และสารสนเทศศกษา ดงนน หนงสอเรอง “ConstructingGrounded Theory: A Practical Guide through Qualitative Analysis” หรอ “การสรางทฤษฎจากขอมล:แนวทางการปฏบตผานการวเคราะหเชงคณภาพ” จะชวยใหผอานมความรความเขาใจถงพฒนาการของปฏบตการวจยแบบสรางทฤษฎจากขอมล ตลอดจนแนวทาง และกระบวนการปฏบตการวจยอยางเปนระบบ จงเปนหนงสอทควรคาแกการอานโดยเฉพาะนกวจยรนใหม เพอเปนแนวทางในการนำความรความเขาใจไประยกตในงานวจยของตน อกทงนกวจยผเชยวชาญสามารถอานเพอขยายมโนทศนดานวจยใหกวางขวางขน

4,417 citations

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TL;DR: A heuristic framework for linking the psychological and biological in psychosis is provided and it is proposed that a dysregulated, hyperdopaminergic state, at a "brain" level of description and analysis, leads to an aberrant assignment of salience to the elements of one's experience, at an "mind" level.
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: The clinical hallmark of schizophrenia is psychosis. The objective of this overview is to link the neurobiology (brain), the phenomenological experience (mind), and pharmacological aspects of psychosis-in-schizophrenia into a unitary framework. METHOD: Current ideas regarding the neurobiology and phenomenology of psychosis and schizophrenia, the role of dopamine, and the mechanism of action of antipsychotic medication were integrated to develop this framework. RESULTS: A central role of dopamine is to mediate the “salience” of environmental events and internal representations. It is proposed that a dysregulated, hyperdopaminergic state, at a “brain” level of description and analysis, leads to an aberrant assignment of salience to the elements of one’s experience, at a “mind” level. Delusions are a cognitive effort by the patient to make sense of these aberrantly salient experiences, whereas hallucinations reflect a direct experience of the aberrant salience of internal representations. Antipsyc...

2,359 citations