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Department of Health

NHS support for social care: 2010/11 – 2012/13

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National News

Patient who killed mother received poor care

Stretched staffing contributed to failings in the care of a mental health patient, who later went on
to kill his mother, a review found today

Extra GP-style social work practice pilots to be launched

A further nine independent GP-style social work practices for children in care will be piloted in
England this year despite opposition from unions

Half of Welsh women report mental health problems

A women's charity has called for a review of the treatment women with poor mental health in
Wales receive

Poor mental health 'affects majority of women'

Three out of five women and girls have experienced poor mental health, a report published
today has revealed

Sharp rise in number detained under Mental Health Act

The number of people in England detained under the Mental Health Act rose by nearly one-third
last year, figures released today show

Exclusive survey: social care charities feel the pain

Voluntary social care organisations are being devastated by public spending cuts that threaten
to undermine the government's Big Society agenda

Ministers' justification for disability benefit cut 'false'

Charities have rebuffed the government's key justification for cutting up to £50 a week in
mobility benefits for disabled care home residents and have called for the policy to be scrapped

Call to abolish dangerous restraint methods

A blanket ban on the use of dangerous restraint techniques should be applied to all children's
settings, an MP has said

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guidelines
Mind and the Men’s Health Forum launch the first ever set of guidelines addressing the mental
health needs of men and boys, which aim to improve mental health care and services for the
male population in England

Prison is the worst place for people with severe mental illness
The Chief Inspector of Prisons Nick Hardwick, said today that mentally ill prisoners are being
kept in conditions as bad as “Victorian lunatic asylums”

NICE: Conduct disorders in children and young people: scope consultation

NICE and the Social Care Institute for Excellence have been asked to develop a clinical practice
guideline on Conduct disorders in children and young people for use in the NHS in England,
Wales and Northern Ireland

Call for dementia research bids

Experts in dementia are being urged to submit more bids for a slice of the Government's £1
billion pot of research funding

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International News

Lilly says brain swelling seen in Alzheimer's study

The chief executive of Eli Lilly said a patient in ongoing trials of the company's experimental
Alzheimer's disease drug solanezumab temporarily developed brain swelling, although it is not
yet known whether the patient was taking the Lilly drug or a placebo

Universities Miss Chance To Identify Depressed Students

One out of every four or five students who visits a university health center for a routine cold or
sore throat turns out to be depressed

The Lewin Group Picked To Study Health Outcomes In Children With Autism And Their
Families
US. The National Institute of Mental Health has selected The Lewin Group to perform a two-
year study on health outcomes in children with autism and their families

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Patients Who Loathe Appearance Often Get Better, But It Could Take Years
In the longest-term study so far to track people with body dysmorphic disorder, a severe mental
illness in which sufferers obsess over nonexistent or slight defects in their physical appearance,
researchers found high rates of recovery, although recovery can take more than five years

Psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents presenting with unexplained chronic

pain: what is the prevalence and clinical relevancy?
The prevalence of psychiatric disorders among children with unexplained chronic pain (UCP) is
high in unselected populations and pain clinics, yet the clinical relevance of these disorders in
children referred for unexplained pain is not known

Addictions
Substance abuse, alcoholism,

Factors Associated with Alcohol Use and its Consequences

The aim of this study was to examine the self-reported experiences of an adult population living
in the community, as they relate to alcohol use and potential negative outcomes

Self-Acceptance and Its Role in Women's Recovery from Addiction

This article seeks to explore a new concept, passionate self-acceptance, as a factor in women's
recovery from addiction

A Review of Computer-Based Interventions Used in the Assessment, Treatment, and

Research of Drug Addiction
Computer-based interventions are cost-efficient methods that may result in greater access to
drug addiction treatment

Anxiety Disorders

'Long-Shot' Discovery May Lead to Advances in Treating Anxiety, Memory Disorders

An unexpected discovery by UCLA life scientists holds promise for the future development of
treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder and other anxiety disorders

The Role of Benzodiazepines in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders: A Clinical Review

Since the patent of chlordiazepoxide nearly 50 years ago, benzodiazepines are one of the most
widely prescribed psychotropic medications worldwide

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Alzheimer’s

Interactions Of Three Proteins Might Disrupt Neural Network In Alzheimer's

Though the cause of Alzheimer's disease still is unknown, recent studies have implicated three
proteins strongly in its onset

Critical Link Between Down Syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease Discovered

Researchers have discovered that the genetic mechanism which destroys brain cells is
responsible for early development of Alzheimer's Disease in people with Down Syndrome and
for development of Alzheimer's Disease in general population

The Impact of General and Regional Anesthesia on the Incidence of Post-Operative

Cognitive Dysfunction and Post-Operative Delirium: A Systematic Review with Meta-
Analysis
Post-operative cognitive complications such as delirium have been consistently associated with
poor short and long term outcomes, and the role of anesthesia, particularly the role of general
versus regional anesthesia, remains unclear

Depression
Bipolar disorders

Music may boost dopamine levels

Listening to music causes a chemical called dopamine to be released in the brain

Prozac may aid stroke recovery

The antidepressant fluoxetine (Prozac) may improve motor function after a stroke and increase
the number of patients who retain their independence, research suggests

eNO responses may distinguish bipolar disorder from schizophrenia

Different patterns in evoked neural oscillation (eNO) responses to speech distinguish patients
with bipolar disorder (BD) from those with schizophrenia and mentally healthy individuals

Family income linked to mood symptoms in bipolar disorder

Family income is associated with self-reported mood symptoms in patients with bipolar disorder

FADS2 gene expression elevated in bipolar patients

Results from a preliminary US study show that expression of the delta-6 desaturase gene
(FADS2) is elevated in the prefrontal cortex of individuals with bipolar disorder

Talk therapy may help tough-to-treat depression

People with long-lasting depression may benefit from talk therapy when other treatment
methods such as antidepressant drugs alone aren't working, suggests a new study

Specific white matter deficits identified in BD

Results from a Chinese study show that bipolar disorder (BD) patients have abnormalities in
white matter tracts connecting the frontal cortex with the temporal and parietal cortices and the
fronto-subcortical circuits

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Health Providers' Descriptions of the Significance of the Therapeutic Relationship in

Treatment of Patients with Dual Diagnoses
Dual diagnosis of substance abuse and severe psychiatric illness is frequent, and the building of
therapeutic relationships with this group of patients seems to be both important and difficult

The emergence of a dual diagnosis pathway within a primary care setting in Cork, Ireland
This paper outlines current developments in a local health service in Ireland

Eating Disorders

Study Refutes Myth That Eating Disorders Affect Whites Only

Binge, purge behavior found in more Native American women than men, researchers say

Non-suicidal self-injury in eating disordered patients: A test of a conceptual model

A theoretical model explaining the high co-occurrence of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) in eating
disordered populations as resulting from childhood traumatic experiences, low self-esteem,
psychopathology, dissociation, and body dissatisfaction was previously proposed but not
empirically tested

Insight in eating disorders: clinical and cognitive correlates

The aim of this study was to explore the extent of lack of insight and its components in eating
disorders and to investigate the relationship between insight and clinical and cognitive
characteristics in this group

Learning Disabilities

Closely Spaced Pregnancies Might Up Autism Risk: Study

Babies conceived within a year of an older sibling had heightened odds, researchers found

Down's syndrome DNA blood test 'better screening offer'

A DNA blood test for Down's syndrome could save nearly all pregnant women from invasive
tests like amniocentesis, say experts

Critical Link Between Down Syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease Discovered

Researchers have discovered that the genetic mechanism which destroys brain cells is
responsible for early development of Alzheimer's Disease in people with Down Syndrome and
for development of Alzheimer's Disease in general population

Evidence-based Psychosocial Treatments for Childhood ADHD

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is one of the most frequently diagnosed disorders of
childhood and is a frequent reason for referral to child psychiatrists and psychologists and

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Complementary and Alternative Biomedical Treatments for ADHD

Although many research studies are conducted to evaluate treatments for attention-
deficit/hyperactivity disorder each year, only two treatments — FDA-approved medication and
behavior therapy, often used in combination — are considered "evidence-based treatments" for
children/adolescents with ADHD

European guidelines on managing adverse effects of medication for ADHD

The safety of ADHD medications is not fully known. Concerns have arisen about both a lack of
contemporary-standard information about medications first licensed several decades ago, and
signals of possible harm arising from more recently developed medications

Obsessive Compulsive
Disorders

Radiosurgery Can Help Patients With Severe Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

For patients with extremely severe obsessive-compulsive disorder, a procedure called
radiosurgery may bring improvement when other treatments have failed

Aberrant ventral striatal responses during incentive processing in unmedicated patients

with obsessive-compulsive disorder
These findings provide neural evidence for altered incentive processing in unmedicated patients
with OCD, suggesting an elevated sensitivity to negatively affect stimuli as well as dysfunction
of the ventral striatum

Occupational Therapy

Participation Patterns in Preschool Children With an Autism Spectrum Disorder

An understanding of participation patterns in preschool-aged children with an autism spectrum
disorder will allow the occupation therapy practitioner to focus on goals relevant to the child and
family

Practitioners’ Use of Interpersonal Modes Within the Therapeutic Relationship: Results

From a Nationwide Study
Although occupational therapy literature emphasizes the importance of therapeutic use of self,
there have been few studies of the interpersonal strategies used in response to different client
needs

Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder

Drug Reduces The Increase In Fear Caused By Previous Traumatic Experiences In Mice

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conditioning - acquired by associating an acoustic stimulus with an aversive stimulus - and lack
the ability to inhibit this fear

Noncombatant Military Personnel Not Immune To Combat Trauma, May Be At Elevated

Risk For Developing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Noncombatant military personnel do not engage in direct combat with the enemy during war,
but they still face trauma that elevates their risk for developing combat-related PTSD

Psychology

Opposite Or Same Sex, Male Or Female, Romantic Love Is All The Same To The Brain
Heterosexual or homosexual, male or female, it's all the same as far as the brain systems that
regulate romantic love are concerned

Being Optimistic Is Good For Your Health

Being optimistic does make a difference in teen mental health and behavior, especially against
the onset of depressive symptoms

How Partners Perceive Each Other's Emotion During a Fight Has a Huge Impact on Their
Reactions
Some of the most intense emotions people feel occur during a conflict in a romantic relationship

Schizophrenia

Thrombogenesis markers increased in unmedicated psychosis patients

Markers of thrombogenesis are elevated in untreated patients with acute psychosis

Metabolic disorder risk increased with second-generation antipsychotics

Results from a Taiwanese study confirm that schizophrenia patients taking second-generation
antipsychotics are at greater risk for developing diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and
hyperlipidemia than those taking first-generation antipsychotics

Targeting Nicotine Receptors To Treat Cognitive Impairments In Schizophrenia

Smoking is a common problem for patients with schizophrenia

Suicidality common in prodromal phase of schizophrenia

Suicidal behavior is common among patients during the prodromal phase of schizophrenia

Schizophrenia patients have reduced exercise capacity

Patients with schizophrenia have reduced physical activity levels and functional exercise
capacity compared with mentally health individuals

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Giving a fig about roles: policy, context and work in community mental health care
this paper examines why some nurses, doctors and social workers in the UK are becoming
increasingly worried that their contributions to the care of people with mental health problems
are under threat

Communicating chaos, regaining control: the Implications for social work of writing
about self-injury
This paper uses qualitative interview analysis conducted online with adults to examine links
between self-injury and creative writing

Audit as Discovery: Context and Complexity in Secondary-to-Primary Care Mental Health

Service Users
The authors report on what began as an audit-based study comparing individual and collective
profiles of users of a primary care mental health service with those formerly presented in local
secondary care services, but which subsequently incorporated more descriptive, practice-near
material

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Books, Conferences,
Websites & Journal Tocs

NEW PUBLICATIONS
Books and reports hot of the press
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Women like me: supporting wellbeing in girls and women

Platform 51 report

Don’t limit mobility

Mencap

Commissioning for wellbeing and population mental health

National Mental Health Development Unit

Delivering Male: Effective practice in male mental health

MIND & Men’s Health Forum

Social care and hospital use at the end of life

Nuffield

The Other Side of Sadness: What the New Science of Bereavement Tells Us About Life
After Loss

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Challenging The Stigma of Mental Illness: Lessons for Therapists and Advocates

Psychiatry by Ten Teachers

Controversies and Dilemmas in Contemporary Psychiatry

Techniques and Guidelines for Social Work Practice: International ed of 9th revised ed

Antidepressants and Suicide: A Balanced Overview

Psychopharmacology for Pediatric Primary Care

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