Paul Bassett
Biographic Data
| ID | 4618323 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul Bassett |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul |
| FAMILY NAME | Bassett |
| SIGNATURE | BASSETT P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7830-4563 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The views of psychiatrists on proposed changes to the England and Wales Mental Health Act 1983 legislation for people with intellectual disability
BACKGROUND: The Draft Mental Health Bill proposes removal of both intellectual disability and autism from Section 3 of the Mental Health Act for England and Wales (MHA). This would lead to people with intellectual disability (PwID) and/or autism could not be detained beyond 28 days, in the absence of diagnosed co-occurring mental illness. AIM: To obtain views of psychiatrists working with PwID in England and Wales regarding the proposed MHA chang…
Understanding the current provisions of support for people with an intellectual disabilities and/or autism in crisis
Background: There has been significant reduction in inpatient beds for people with intellectual disability and/or autism (PwID/A) in the UK in the last decade following high profile national scandals in specialist psychiatric hospitals. To reduce inappropriate admissions a new strategy (Blue-Light, an emergency multi-disciplinary meeting to prevent admission to hospital) was introduced. However, there is no research on the influence of Blue-Light…
The long-term psycho-social impact of the pandemic on people with intellectual disability and their carers
Background: People with intellectual disabilities (PWID) are at six times higher risk of death due to COVID-19. To mitigate harm, as a high-risk group, significant social changes were imposed on PWID in the UK. Alongside these changes, the uncertainty of the pandemic influence, caused PWID and their carers to encounter significant stress. The evidence of the pandemic’s psycho-social impact on PWID originates mainly from cross-sectional surveys co…
Increase in the prevalence of health anxiety in medical clinics
BACKGROUND: Health anxiety may be an increasing problem because of the focus on monitoring health and increasing use of the Internet for self-diagnosis (cyberchondria). There is very little information about changes in the prevalence of health anxiety. AIM: We compared the prevalence of health anxiety in four medical clinics in one hospital over a 4-year period using the Health Anxiety Inventory (HAI) as a diagnostic marker. METHOD: Patients atte…
The Schedule for Evaluating Persistent Symptoms (Seps)
BACKGROUND: Medically unexplained symptoms are difficult to measure and in most cases the diagnosis is made either from independent data such as consultants' opinions or medical outcomes, or by proxy measures such as numbers of symptoms or consultations. A valid self-rated measure would be of value in assessing this highly prevalent condition. AIMS: To describe a new scale of nine items, the Schedule for Evaluation of Persistent Symptoms (SEPS), …
Vitamin D deficiency in pregnancy – still a public health issue
The objectives of this study were to quantify the prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency in pregnancy, explore associated risk factors and discuss the public health implications. The study used retrospective analysis of randomly selected data. This is the first report on serum vitamin D levels in an unselected multi-ethnic population of pregnant women collected between April 2008 and March 2009. Women with sufficient stored serum we…
The relationship between personal debt and mental health
The impact of support staff on pupils’ ‘positive approaches to learning’ and their academic progress
In recent years there has been an unprecedented increase in support staff in schools in England and Wales. There were widespread expectations that this will be of benefit to teachers and pupils but there has been little systematic research to address the impact of support staff. This study used a naturalistic longitudinal design to investigate the relationship between the amount of support (measured by teacher estimates and systematic observation…
The effect of support staff on pupil engagement and individual attention
Despite an unprecedented increase in classroom‐based support staff, there are confusing messages about their appropriate deployment and a lack of systematic evidence on their impact. This article addresses the deployment and impact on pupil engagement and individual attention of support staff, commonly known as teaching assistants (TAs), in terms of: (1) a comparison between TAs and teachers; (2) differences between pupils with and without specia…
Are class size differences related to pupils' educational progress and classroom processes? findings from the institute of education class size study of children aged 5–7 years
Despite evidence from the USA that children in small classes of less than 20 do better academically there is still a vociferous debate about the effects of class size differences in schools, and considerable gaps in our understanding of the effects of class size differences. This article summarises results from the most complete UK analysis to date of the educational consequences of class size differences. The study had two aims: first, to establ…
Are class size differences related to pupils' educational progress and classroom processes? findings from the institute of education class size study of children aged 5–7 years
Despite evidence from the USA that children in small classes of less than 20 do better academically there is still a vociferous debate about the effects of class size differences in schools, and considerable gaps in our understanding of the effects of class size differences. This article summarises results from the most complete UK analysis to date of the educational consequences of class size differences. The study had two aims: first, to establ…
The impact of support staff on pupils’ ‘positive approaches to learning’ and their academic progress
In recent years there has been an unprecedented increase in support staff in schools in England and Wales. There were widespread expectations that this will be of benefit to teachers and pupils but there has been little systematic research to address the impact of support staff. This study used a naturalistic longitudinal design to investigate the relationship between the amount of support (measured by teacher estimates and systematic observation…
The effect of support staff on pupil engagement and individual attention
Despite an unprecedented increase in classroom‐based support staff, there are confusing messages about their appropriate deployment and a lack of systematic evidence on their impact. This article addresses the deployment and impact on pupil engagement and individual attention of support staff, commonly known as teaching assistants (TAs), in terms of: (1) a comparison between TAs and teachers; (2) differences between pupils with and without specia…
Are class size differences related to pupils' educational progress and classroom processes? findings from the institute of education class size study of children aged 5–7 years
Despite evidence from the USA that children in small classes of less than 20 do better academically there is still a vociferous debate about the effects of class size differences in schools, and considerable gaps in our understanding of the effects of class size differences. This article summarises results from the most complete UK analysis to date of the educational consequences of class size differences. The study had two aims: first, to establ…
The effect of support staff on pupil engagement and individual attention
Despite an unprecedented increase in classroom‐based support staff, there are confusing messages about their appropriate deployment and a lack of systematic evidence on their impact. This article addresses the deployment and impact on pupil engagement and individual attention of support staff, commonly known as teaching assistants (TAs), in terms of: (1) a comparison between TAs and teachers; (2) differences between pupils with and without specia…
The relationship between personal debt and mental health
The impact of support staff on pupils’ ‘positive approaches to learning’ and their academic progress
In recent years there has been an unprecedented increase in support staff in schools in England and Wales. There were widespread expectations that this will be of benefit to teachers and pupils but there has been little systematic research to address the impact of support staff. This study used a naturalistic longitudinal design to investigate the relationship between the amount of support (measured by teacher estimates and systematic observation…
Vitamin D deficiency in pregnancy – still a public health issue
The objectives of this study were to quantify the prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency in pregnancy, explore associated risk factors and discuss the public health implications. The study used retrospective analysis of randomly selected data. This is the first report on serum vitamin D levels in an unselected multi-ethnic population of pregnant women collected between April 2008 and March 2009. Women with sufficient stored serum we…
The Schedule for Evaluating Persistent Symptoms (Seps)
BACKGROUND: Medically unexplained symptoms are difficult to measure and in most cases the diagnosis is made either from independent data such as consultants' opinions or medical outcomes, or by proxy measures such as numbers of symptoms or consultations. A valid self-rated measure would be of value in assessing this highly prevalent condition. AIMS: To describe a new scale of nine items, the Schedule for Evaluation of Persistent Symptoms (SEPS), …
Increase in the prevalence of health anxiety in medical clinics
BACKGROUND: Health anxiety may be an increasing problem because of the focus on monitoring health and increasing use of the Internet for self-diagnosis (cyberchondria). There is very little information about changes in the prevalence of health anxiety. AIM: We compared the prevalence of health anxiety in four medical clinics in one hospital over a 4-year period using the Health Anxiety Inventory (HAI) as a diagnostic marker. METHOD: Patients atte…
The long-term psycho-social impact of the pandemic on people with intellectual disability and their carers
Background: People with intellectual disabilities (PWID) are at six times higher risk of death due to COVID-19. To mitigate harm, as a high-risk group, significant social changes were imposed on PWID in the UK. Alongside these changes, the uncertainty of the pandemic influence, caused PWID and their carers to encounter significant stress. The evidence of the pandemic’s psycho-social impact on PWID originates mainly from cross-sectional surveys co…
The views of psychiatrists on proposed changes to the England and Wales Mental Health Act 1983 legislation for people with intellectual disability
BACKGROUND: The Draft Mental Health Bill proposes removal of both intellectual disability and autism from Section 3 of the Mental Health Act for England and Wales (MHA). This would lead to people with intellectual disability (PwID) and/or autism could not be detained beyond 28 days, in the absence of diagnosed co-occurring mental illness. AIM: To obtain views of psychiatrists working with PwID in England and Wales regarding the proposed MHA chang…
Understanding the current provisions of support for people with an intellectual disabilities and/or autism in crisis
Background: There has been significant reduction in inpatient beds for people with intellectual disability and/or autism (PwID/A) in the UK in the last decade following high profile national scandals in specialist psychiatric hospitals. To reduce inappropriate admissions a new strategy (Blue-Light, an emergency multi-disciplinary meeting to prevent admission to hospital) was introduced. However, there is no research on the influence of Blue-Light…
Psychology (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Down syndrome and intellectual disability research (3 works) · Internal Medicine (3 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · Academic achievement (2 works) · Anxiety (2 works) · Autism (2 works) · Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion (2 works)