Nick O’Connor
Biographic Data
| ID | 7899313 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nick O’Connor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nick |
| FAMILY NAME | O’Connor |
| SIGNATURE | O’CONNOR N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Medical Research Council |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4012-2761 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1955 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Paradox of Suicide Prevention
The recognition that we cannot use risk stratification (high, medium, low) to predict suicide or to allocate resources has led to a paradigm shift in suicide prevention efforts. There are challenges in adapting to these new paradigms, including reluctance of clinicians and services to move away from traditional risk categorisations; and conversely, the risk of a pendulum swing in which the focus of care swings from one approach to determining ser…
Organization of a Hospital Workshop for Chronic Psychotic Patients
The part that regular and useful work can play in preventing deterioration in patients who are obliged to spend long years in mental hospitals has long been recognized. Nevertheless, it has required the exer
Changing Population of Mental Hospitals
A number of publications in recent years have pointed out that, as a result of alterations in the laws relating to the care of the insane, of new methods of treatment, and of the changing public attitude to mental illness, important changes have occurred during the last 25 years in the type of patient admitted to hospital, and in the average length of stay. Fitzgerald (1954), Norris (1952), and Harris and Norris (1954) dealt with different aspect…
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Changing Population of Mental Hospitals
A number of publications in recent years have pointed out that, as a result of alterations in the laws relating to the care of the insane, of new methods of treatment, and of the changing public attitude to mental illness, important changes have occurred during the last 25 years in the type of patient admitted to hospital, and in the average length of stay. Fitzgerald (1954), Norris (1952), and Harris and Norris (1954) dealt with different aspect…
Organization of a Hospital Workshop for Chronic Psychotic Patients
The part that regular and useful work can play in preventing deterioration in patients who are obliged to spend long years in mental hospitals has long been recognized. Nevertheless, it has required the exer
The Paradox of Suicide Prevention
The recognition that we cannot use risk stratification (high, medium, low) to predict suicide or to allocate resources has led to a paradigm shift in suicide prevention efforts. There are challenges in adapting to these new paradigms, including reluctance of clinicians and services to move away from traditional risk categorisations; and conversely, the risk of a pendulum swing in which the focus of care swings from one approach to determining ser…
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