Professor Sami Timimi recently expressed concerns about the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme. We argue that the concerns are largely unfounded and provide readers with an update on the programme.

The name of author Dalia Mahmoud Sedky Aly Salem is corrected through this correction.

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This study examines the psychometric properties of the short form measure of user information satisfaction (UIS) proposed by Ives, Olson and Baroudi (19833. Based on extensive testing the questionnaire appears to be a reasonably valid and reliable measure. A framework for how this measure can be used to detect and diagnose problems with user satisfaction is presented, and illustrated via two ca...

In this article, a new algorithm called Sequence Alignment Method extended with an Interestingness Measure (SAM ) is illustrated for mining navigation patterns on a web site. Through log file analysis, SAMI distinguishes interesting patterns (i.e. unexpected, surprising patterns contradicting with the structure of the web site or direct hyperlinks between web pages) from uninteresting patterns ...

Something strange has been happening to children in many Western societies in the past couple of decades. The diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has reached epidemic proportions, particularly amongst boys in North America. The diagnosis is usually made by a child psychiatrist or paediatrician with advocates of the diagnosis claiming that children who present with what ...

Research has found psychological dimensions of religiosity/spirituality (R/S) beneficial against non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), whereas the effect R/S social aspects is less studied. Using data from SAMINOR 2 Questionnaire Survey (2012, n = 10,717 ages 18–69; response rate: 27%; non-Sami: 66%; females: 55%), we examined association R/S—religious attendance, congregational affiliation, Laestad...