Robert Blizard
Biographic Data
| ID | 5607903 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Blizard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Blizard |
| SIGNATURE | BLIZARD R |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Royal Free Hospital |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Muslim adolescent mental health in the UK
Over 1.5 million Muslims live in the UK, many in poor socioeconomic circumstances and facing social exclusion and discrimination, yet there is a paucity of research on Muslim mental health, in particular on adolescents. This study investigates whether psychological distress is greater in Muslim adolescents in comparison with their non-Muslim counterparts and whether distress is associated with level of ‘Westernisation’, sense of ‘Britishness’ and…
Psychological Impact of Systemic Training Failure On Mental Health and Career Satisfaction of UK Trainees
Aims: This study aims to evaluate the psychological and career-planning impact of the new postgraduate training system Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) on junior doctor applicants in the UK. We hypothesized that certain junior doctor groups were more vulnerable to distress during the process than others. Method: Online, anonymous, cross-sectional attitudes survey of applicants in June 2007. Participants were Medical Training Application System (…
The Camden Schizophrenia Surveys III
Background: Most studies of outcome in schizophrenia have focused on incidence cohorts or samples identified through specialist mental health services; population-based samples provide a more complete picture of the effectiveness of community services. Aims: To examine whether outcome predictors, derived from studies of selected patients with prolonged schizophrenia, would emerge in a largely community-dwelling population sample. Methods: A follo…
Mental health and quality of life of gay men and lesbians in England and Wales
Background Little is known about the mental health of gay men and lesbians living in Europe. Aims To compare psychological status, quality of life and use of mental health services by lesbians and gay men with heterosexual people. Method Cross-sectional study in England and Wales using ‘snowball’ sampling. Results Participants: 656 gay men, 505 heterosexual men, 430 lesbians and 588 heterosexual women. Gay men were more likely than heterosexual m…
The development of a scale to measure concepts of schizophrenia
INTRODUCTION: Among psychiatric disorders schizophrenia is often said to be the condition with the most disputed definition.The Bleulerian and Schneiderian approaches have given rise to diagnostic formulations that have varied with time and place. Controversies over the concept of schizophrenia were examined within European/North American settings in the early 1970s but little has since been reported on the views of psychiatrists in developing co…
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The development of a scale to measure concepts of schizophrenia
INTRODUCTION: Among psychiatric disorders schizophrenia is often said to be the condition with the most disputed definition.The Bleulerian and Schneiderian approaches have given rise to diagnostic formulations that have varied with time and place. Controversies over the concept of schizophrenia were examined within European/North American settings in the early 1970s but little has since been reported on the views of psychiatrists in developing co…
Mental health and quality of life of gay men and lesbians in England and Wales
Background Little is known about the mental health of gay men and lesbians living in Europe. Aims To compare psychological status, quality of life and use of mental health services by lesbians and gay men with heterosexual people. Method Cross-sectional study in England and Wales using ‘snowball’ sampling. Results Participants: 656 gay men, 505 heterosexual men, 430 lesbians and 588 heterosexual women. Gay men were more likely than heterosexual m…
The Camden Schizophrenia Surveys III
Background: Most studies of outcome in schizophrenia have focused on incidence cohorts or samples identified through specialist mental health services; population-based samples provide a more complete picture of the effectiveness of community services. Aims: To examine whether outcome predictors, derived from studies of selected patients with prolonged schizophrenia, would emerge in a largely community-dwelling population sample. Methods: A follo…
Psychological Impact of Systemic Training Failure On Mental Health and Career Satisfaction of UK Trainees
Aims: This study aims to evaluate the psychological and career-planning impact of the new postgraduate training system Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) on junior doctor applicants in the UK. We hypothesized that certain junior doctor groups were more vulnerable to distress during the process than others. Method: Online, anonymous, cross-sectional attitudes survey of applicants in June 2007. Participants were Medical Training Application System (…
Muslim adolescent mental health in the UK
Over 1.5 million Muslims live in the UK, many in poor socioeconomic circumstances and facing social exclusion and discrimination, yet there is a paucity of research on Muslim mental health, in particular on adolescents. This study investigates whether psychological distress is greater in Muslim adolescents in comparison with their non-Muslim counterparts and whether distress is associated with level of ‘Westernisation’, sense of ‘Britishness’ and…
Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Mental health (4 works) · Distress (2 works) · Population (2 works) · Psychological distress (2 works) · Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming) (2 works) · Schizophrenia research and treatment (2 works)