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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. 1. 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. 2 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/ 3