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September 2014
Volume 1, Issue 1
Inside this issue
Welcome..................................... 1
IMPARTS Screening ..................... 1
IMPARTS Seminar ....................... 2
Living with HS.............................. 2
IMPARTS at Conferences............. 3
Welcome!
In Other News ............................. 3
Inside Story ................................. 4
Welcome to the first ever edition of our new IMPARTS newsletter. This newsletter will be
sent out termly to all our mailing list subscribers, with the aim of keeping you all
informed of our exciting new developments. We will let you know about new services to
come on board with IMPARTS screening, training opportunities, seminar dates,
conference proceedings, publications, along with general IMPARTS news. We hope you
will enjoy this new IMPARTS feature as much as we will enjoy writing it!
IMPARTS Screening Developments
IMPARTS is now screening in twenty one services across King’s, Guy’s and St. Thomas’
hospitals. In addition to our long-standing pioneers of screening, we are excited to
welcome the Guy’s and St. Thomas’ palliative care and the KCH antenatal teams into the
IMPARTS family. Here, IMPARTS will be used to collect important patient reported
outcomes for clinical practice and research purposes. We are also excited to announce
that at the end of September, the musculoskeletal physiotherapy service at King’s
Hospital will be joining us, using IMPARTS screening results to ensure patients receive the
TOP STORIES
Our next IMPARTS
Seminar is coming up on
September 16th! The
focus is on the
most appropriate physiotherapy treatment. The Guy’s and St. Thomas’ medical
underpinnings of mood dis-
dermatology service has also started screening a further two patient groups: eczema and
order in physical health, and
Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS).
the event is free to attend.
For more information,
Why is Screening for Mental Health Problems in Physical Illness
Important?
click here!
Providing collaborative care for patients is a priority both within the UK and worldwide.
Our latest
One of the key objectives of the World Health Organisation’s 2013 Mental Health Action
IMPARTS publication on
Plan is for mental health problems in physical illness be recognized and treated
adequately. By providing collaborative mental and physical healthcare, mental and
physical health may be improved, which in turn can improve quality-of-life
quality-of-life in
Rheumatoid Arthritis is now
available online. Just click on
“To improve quality of life for this
group of people means that their mental
health needs should be identified and met.” – No
Health without Mental Health, Department of
Health, 2011.
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this link:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/
science/article/pii/
S0049017214000717
IMPARTS Seminar: The underpinnings of
mood disorders in physical health conditions
Our next IMPARTS Seminar will focus on the complex relationship
between mental and physical health. The seminar will be held between
2pm and 5.30pm on Tuesday September 16th in the Governor’s Hall at St.
Thomas’ Hospital, Waterloo. The programme includes a wide variety of
presentations, from a broad epidemiological perspective provided by
IMPARTS’ own Professor Matthew Hotopf, to a specific focus on
particular conditions, namely: chronic pain (by Lucie Knight, INPUT Pain
Management team); dermatology (by Mark Turner, clinical psychologist
at St. John’s Institute of Dermatology); dialysis (by Joseph Chilcot,
Lecturer in Health Psychology); and musculoskeletal physiotherapy (Nicky
Wilson, Consultant Physiotherapist at King’s College London). The
afternoon is being chaired by Nicky Thomas, Head of Psychological
Services at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospitals. To find out more about how
to book your place at this free event, visit our webpage!
Living with Hidradenitis Suppurativa
To coincide with starting mental health screening in this
patient group, our latest self-help resource dedicated to living
Hidradenitis Suppurativa
Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS) is also known
as acne inversa. It is a skin condition which
causes abscesses and scarring on the skin.
with this skin condition is now available online. Our “Living
The causes of HS are unknown, but it’s
with Hidradenitis Suppurativa” self-help booklet provides
thought to result from blocked sweat
useful information about the effects of the condition, as well
glands. The condition causes lumps and
as advice on how to manage the impact of HS on emotional
boils which become swollen and extremely
well-being.
painful. Infection is common, and there is
currently no cure.
The booklet has a close focus on the mental and physical
Approximately 1% of the population suffer
impact of this condition, as well as providing tips for
from the condition, but it’s likely that this is
improving your social relationships with family, friends, and
an
healthcare professionals. This booklet is an excellent stand-
underestimation. The embarrassment and
alone material, but would also work excellently when used
discomfort caused by symptoms may pre-
alongside our guided mindfulness meditation for Hidradenitis
vent people from seeking help.
Suppurativa podcast.
For more information, visit http://
www.nhs.uk/conditions/hidradenitissuppurativa/Pages/Introduction.aspx.
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CONTACT US
IMPARTS
Weston Education Centre,
10 Cutcombe road,
London SE 5 9RJ
0207 848 5289
[email protected]
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/iop/depts/
IMPARTS at Conferences
pm/research/imparts/index.aspx
There will be IMPARTS representation at several upcoming
The IMPARTS Newsletter Team
conferences. IMPARTS team members Anna Simpson (Project
Coordinator) and Faith Matcham (Research Worker) will be travelling
to York in mid-September to present at the British Psychological
Society’s Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference in York,
UK. Faith will be talking about using IMPARTS to measure and monitor
change in health behaviours, particularly smoking. Anna has been
collaborating with the congenital heart disease team at Guy’s and St.
Thomas’ hospital and will be presenting data collected via IMPARTS
screening about illness perceptions in patients with this condition.
Elizabeth Yeung, junior clinical fellow in oral and maxillofacial surgery
at King’s College Hospital will be presenting a poster at the European
Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery Congress 2014 in Prague,
discussing the prevalence of depression and anxiety in cranioplasty
patients. Good luck everyone!
Faith Matcham
Research Worker–
02078480868
Anna Simpson
Project Coordinator02078485289
Joe Taylor
Research Worker02078485070
With thanks to:
Matthew Hotopf
IMPARTS Principal Investigator
In Other News….
and
We are very proud to announce that one of our IMPARTS volunteers, Abi
Communications and
Durosinmi, has been nominated to win King’s volunteer of the year award.
Engagement Officer,
Abi started working with IMPARTS and the King’s College
BRC/U, KCL.
Rhianna Gallagher
Hospital liver transition service back in April 2014. Since then, she has
become valuable, indispensable member of the liver transition team,
assisting with screening patients, as well as helping with the day-to-day
running of the clinic. Well done Abi!
That’s all for this edition, we will be back in January 2015!
IMPARTS is part funded by the National
Institute for Health
Research (NIHR) Biomedical
Research Centre and Dementia Unit at
South London and Maudsley NHS
Foundation Trust and King’s College
London. http://brc.slam.nhs.uk/
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