| XXIV World Congress - IASP |
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Published 2007 |
RECENT STUDY USING THE KENNEDY AXIS V
SOURCE: XXIV World Congress - IASP (International Association for Suicide Prevention) 2007
TITLE: Effectiveness of Inpatient Treatment for Reduction of Self Harm Risk in Affective and Personality Disorders.
AUTHORS: G. Palmieri*, F. Reitano**, L. Pingani*, G. Serri*, M. Rigatelli*
* University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, MOdena, Italy
** U.O. Complessa di Psicologia n. 2 APSS di Trento, Italy
BACKGROUND: Psychiatric hospitalization is still a necessary therapeutic option for severely depressed patients and for cluster B personality disorders (borderline, Narcissistic, histrionic), especially when self harm ideation is present.
OBJECTIVE AND STUDY DESIGN: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of inpatient treatment for depression and personality disorders in an Italian Private Hospital (Casa di Cura Villa Igea, Modena, Italy) using the Italian version of CORE-OM (Evans et al, 2002) and Kennedy Axis V (Kennedy 2003), which were administered at admission and discharge. Fifty patients with affective disorders, personality disorders and alcohol misuse, admitted to an open psychiatric ward, were recruited for the study.
INTERVENTION: The treatment, which lasted on average for one month, consisted of cognitive group therapy, individual cognitive psychotherapy, family therapy, medication and post-discharge treatment planning.
FINDINGS: There was a statistically significant improvement of CORE-OM and Kennedy Axis V scores at discharge for most of the patients. In particular risk scores were significantly reduced.
RECOMMENDATIONS: Utilization of inpatient treatment with outcome [built in as a part of the] routine evaluation can be a very useful step in the treatment of severe affective disorders and personality disorders with self harm behavioral risk.
| Handbook of Psychiatric Measures, 2nd Ed. |
Order Online |
Published 2008 |
HANDBOOK OF PSYCHIATRIC MEASURES, SECOND EDITION
PUBLISHED: 2008
EDITED BY: A. John Rush Jr., M.D., Michael B. First, M.D., and Deborah Blacker, M.D., Sc.D.
PUBLISHER: American Psychiatric Publishing, Washington, DC, 2008
ABSTRACT: The HANDBOOK OF PSYCHIATRIC MEASURES offers a concise summary of key evaluations that you can easily incorporate into your daily practice. The measures will enhance the quality of patient care assisting you, both in diagnosis and assessment of outcomes. Comprising a wide range of methods available for assessing persons with mental health problems, the Handbook contains more than 275 rating methods, from the Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale to the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale. For more details or to order the book, please go to the following web address:
http://www.appi.org/SearchCenter/Pages/SearchDetail.aspx?ItemId=62218
| Towards a New Axis V for the DSM Series |
Available Online |
Published 2007 |
As the AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION moves forward with the publication of DSM V in 2013, we are presenting the Kennedy Axis V as an alternative to the current Axis V. A movement in that direction comes out of Italy in the form of the following book:
BOOK TITLE (English):
Functioning of Psychiatric Patients: Evaluation Handbook: Towards a New Axis V for the DSM Series
BOOK TITLE (Italian):
Il funzionamento del paziente psichiatrico: manuale di valutazione. Verso un nuovo Asse V del DSM
AUTHOR: Kennedy, James A.
TRANSLATOR: Bonalume L., Di Mattei V.
EDITOR: Cortina Raffaello
Details about this book, including a picture of the cover, are available at the following web address:
http://www.raffaellocortina.it/catalogo_scheda.asp?idlibro=1076
For more details click on "Newsletters" to your left and go to the 5-15-07 Newsletter.
| Use the K Axis to Calculate the GAF |
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1/31/06 |
The K Axis can generate a GAF rating almost instantly by simply selecting the lowest K Axis score in the first four domains.
It can be argued that this is a more accurate/reliable method to determine the GAF because you have more anchor points to rely on for the rating and you are not overlooking any of the four major factors that the GAF is addressing (Psychological Impairment, Social Skills, Violence, and ADL-Occupational Skills).
You are now able to use the advantages of the K Axis while maintaining the GAF option. Of course, clinicians are free to calculate the GAF in any manner they wish; however, using the K Axis may be a very helpful approach to calculating the GAF.
Click on "Newsletter" to your left to go to our 02-24-06 Newsletter for details on using the K Axis to calculate the GAF.
| K AXIS SPANISH VERSION |
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Available Online |
Eje V de Kennedy (Eje K)
The Kennedy Axis V questionnaire and accompanying book, Mastering the Kennedy Axis V have been published in Spanish "Eje V de Kennedy (Eje K)" by Editorial El Manual Moderno. They are being sold online at the following web address:
http://www.libreriaacuario.com/producto.php?id=562
Available are the Mastering the Kennedy Axis V book, K Axis questionnaires and scoring sheets.
The Kennedy Axis V is now available in Chinese, Dutch, Italian, and Spanish.
| ELECTRONIC TREATMENT PLANNING |
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Available NOW |
We are pleased to announce that the Kennedy Approach to Psychiatric Treatment Planning and Outcome Measure has been integrated into a comprehensive Electronic Medical Record, ChartEvolve.
For a demonstration of ChartEvolve, Click on "Electronic Tx Planner" on the navigational bar to your left. This will allow you to go to www.chartevolve.com to order or download ChartEvolve and/or get a demo copy of ChartEvolve.
James Kennedy, MD and Peter Gillman, PhD have worked together to design an electronic treatment planner that allows the clinician to create individualized plans that follow a layout identical to plans seen in Dr. Kennedy's book, Fundamentals of Psychiatric Treatment Planning, Second Edition (2003), from American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. This approach is the "Gold Standard" for psychiatric treatment planning.
| RECENT REVIEWS |
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RECENT REVIEWS |
The following is an extensive review by Stacey Dixon, PhD of MASTERING THE KENNEDY AXIS V: A NEW PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT OF PATIENT FUNCTIONING and FUNDAMENTALS OF PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT PLANNING, SECOND EDITION:
Psychiatric Services February 2004 Vol. 55 No. 2 pp. 196-197
Included in the above review, was the following:
"More good news for facilities reporting outcomes to the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations: data from the Kennedy Axis V can be reported via the ORYX system."
The complete review is available online at:
http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/55/2/196
| AXIS V REVISITED |
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Published in October 2003 |
In a Letter to the Editor of Psychiatric Services, James Kennedy, MD and Mary Ellen Foti, MD point out some of the limitations of DSM-IV's Axis V that are addressed by the Kennedy Axis V.
Psychiatric Services (October 2003) Vol. 54 No.10 p 1413
The full text of this Letter to the Editor is available online at:
http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/54/10/1413 |
