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Department of Health

Living well with dementia: a National Dementia Strategy - good practice compendium

Reporting the death of a person subject to an authorisation under the Mental Capacity
Act Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards

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National News

NICE 'yes' for AD drugs to treat mild forms of the disease

As expected the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has published draft
guidance on the treatment of Alzheimer's disease lifting previous restrictions on using drugs to
treat patients with mild forms of the disease

Trust meets conditions to protect mentally ill

A MENTAL health trust has met the final two conditions to protect patients who are detained
under the Mental Health Act

Proposed Minimum Alcohol Price Levels Inadequate, Say North West Health
Campaigners
Government proposals for minimum alcohol price levels that will ban shops and bars from
selling drinks for less than the tax they pay on them are totally inadequate and will have little or
no impact on improving public health

Graham Allen urges launch of national early intervention body

A national body should be set up to oversee the operation and funding of early intervention
throughout the UK, according to the MP tasked with investigating the future of programmes

Self-funders shun social services because of stigma

Self-funders are shunning social services because of perceived stigma and those who do seek
help have their low expectations repeatedly reinforced, a damning report concluded

Mental health delays criticised over High Wycombe death

Delays in the mental health care of an arrested man who died after a cocaine package ruptured
in his body have been criticised by an independent watchdog

NHS shake-up signals major changes for social care

The NHS will be overhauled with significant implications for its relationship with social care,

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NHS reforms must not threaten continuity and quality of mental health services
It is vital that any changes to NHS commissioning do not jeopardise the continuity and quality of
care received by people with mental health problems

NICE: Alcohol dependence: quality standard consultation

Social workers face huge legal bills under appeals system

Social workers in England who appeal against misconduct rulings could be saddled with huge
legal bills when the appeals system is reformed in 2012, legal experts have warned

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International News

Majority Of United States Adolescents With Severe Mental Disorders Have Never
Received Treatment For Their Conditions
A recent study shows that only half of adolescents that are affected with severely impairing
mental disorders ever receive treatment for their disorders

Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute Forges Agreement To Develop Novel

Therapeutics For Neurological And Psychiatric Disorders
The Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute announced that it has entered into an agreement
with Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc to advance the development of novel
therapeutics for neurological and psychiatric diseases

Slightly More Than Half of Americans Say Vaccines Don't Cause Autism: Poll
18% don't trust measles-mumps-rubella shot, and 30% are undecided, Harris
Interactive/HealthDay survey finds

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Prospective cohort study of mental health during imprisonment

Mental illness is common among prisoners, but little evidence exists regarding changes in
symptoms in custody over time

Relationship duration and mental health outcomes: findings from a 30-year longitudinal
study
Marriage is known to be associated with improved mental health, but little research has
examined whether the duration of a cohabiting relationship is associated with mental health

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 Addictions
Substance abuse, alcoholism,

Problem Drinkers Marry Later, Break Up Sooner: Study

Alcohol dependence a strong negative factor in relationships, researchers say

Irrational beliefs revisited: Exploring the role of gambling preferences in the

development of misconceptions in gamblers
This study looks at the association between irrational beliefs and gambling and gambling
preferences in 4963 adults (15–74 years old)

Violence victimization, help-seeking, and one- and eight-year outcomes of individuals

with alcohol use disorders
The study examined the associations of recent victimization with subsequent participation in
alcohol-related treatment and mutual help, and with short- and long-term drinking and health
outcomes

12-step self-help group participation as a predictor of marijuana abstinence

This study examined the associations between 12-step self-help group participation following
substance abuse treatment and abstinence from marijuana use at 1-, 2-, and 5-years post-
treatment

Depression May Tie Bullying to Substance Use in Girls

Researchers have known that both boys and girls who are victims of bullying are at elevated
risk for depression, including bullying online

Personality Traits Can Predict From Childhood Predisposition To Alcohol Abuse

The personality traits of a child under 12 years can predict his or her predisposition to alcohol
abuse in later years, as evidenced the studies carried out

Anxiety Disorders

Is The Tendency To Express Anxiety And Depression With Physical Symptoms Related
To Poor Outcome?
This study indicates that concomitant physical symptoms in patients with depression and
anxiety are associated with a poorer prognosis of symptoms of depression and anxiety

Age of onset of social anxiety disorder in depressed outpatients

Onset of social anxiety disorder often precedes that of major depressive disorder in patients
with this comorbidity pattern

A population-based study on phobic fears and DSM-IV specific phobia in 70-year olds
This population-based study reports on the prevalence and characteristics of specific phobia
and phobic fears in an elderly population

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Alzheimer’s

New Therapies for Prevention and Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease Identified

A study reveals underlying causes for the degeneration of synapses in Alzheimer's Disease and
identifies promising pharmaceutical solutions

Progress Reported in Predicting Alzheimer's

Scientists say two methods hold promise for research, but no cure in sight

Wellbeing among people with dementia and their next of kin over a period of 30 years
Little is known about the dyadic experience over time of people with dementia and their next of
kin

Psychosocial treatments of behavior symptoms in dementia: a systematic review of

reports meeting quality standards
Some psychosocial interventions appeared to have beneficial effects on behaviour in patients
with dementia, but the effects were mainly small to moderate and short-term and there were
limitations in terms of significant within-group differences in response

Depression
Bipolar disorders

Video Game 'Addiction' Tied to Depression, Anxiety in Kids

Impulsive or socially inept children more likely to get hooked, study suggests

Many Surgeons Have Contemplated Suicide, Study Finds

Being older, divorced or having committed medical mistake recently all raised risk

No differences in temperament and character between BD I and II patients

Results from a Finnish study suggest that there are no significant differences in temperament
and character dimensions between patients with bipolar I disorder (BD I) and those with bipolar
II disorder (BD II)

Internet time tied to teen depression symptoms

Spending time online is normal behavior for teenagers. But too much Internet use by teens -- or
too little, for that matter -- might be related to depression

Can Weight Be Related To Recurrent Depression And Its Treatment With

Antidepressants Drugs?
This study demonstrates that patients using antidepressants continuously, mostly serotonin-
selective reuptake inhibitors, show significantly more overweight and obesity than those using
them intermittently or not at all

Brain Imaging Identifies Differences in Childhood Bipolar Disorder, ADHD

Researchers are the first to use brain imaging to examine the effects of emotion on working
memory function in children with pediatric bipolar disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder

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 Brain region volume differences in elderly patients with late- and early onset mania
Results from a Taiwanese study show that late-onset mania is associated with volumetric
differences in specific brain regions compared with early-onset mania in elderly patients with
bipolar disorder

Correlation between mental health co-morbidity screening scores and clinical response
in collaborative care treatment for depression
The hypothesis for this paper is that adult patients who have higher screening scores for mental
health co-morbidities and depression have a greater likelihood of not responding to treatment
with collaborative care management for their depression within six months

Bipolar patients show gray matter deficits in certain brain regions

Patients with bipolar I disorder (BD I) have significant gray matter volume deficits in specific
brain areas compared with mentally healthy individuals

Certain neurochemicals reduced in pediatric bipolar disorder

Children and adolescents with bipolar disorder have lower levels of certain neurochemicals than
mentally healthy children, and this may indicative of abnormal neurodevelopment

Hyperinsulinemia linked to overweight in remitted bipolar patients

A high body mass index is the only factor significantly associated with hyperinsulinemia in
bipolar disorder patients who are in remission

Dual Diagnosis

Dual Diagnosis: A National Study of Psychiatric Hospitalization Patterns of People With

Developmental Disability
The study reported Canadian national demographics and diagnostic profiles of people with
developmental disability hospitalized for psychiatric reasons, and contrasted results to
psychiatric hospitalizations among patients with no comorbid developmental disability

Improving services for individuals with a dual diagnosis: A qualitative study reporting on
the views of service users
Individuals with high prevalence mental health and concurrent alcohol and/or drug disorders are
vulnerable to falling ‘between the gaps’ of existing service systems

Significance of psychiatric comorbidity for the outcome of maintenance treatment - a

review of the literature
The current review aims to synthesize the findings about the significance of psychiatric
comorbidity for the outcome of maintenance treatment

Conduct disorder linked to cannabis use in first-episode psychosis patients

Premorbid conduct disorder symptoms are significantly associated with cannabis use among
patients with a first episode of psychosis

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Eating disorders, DSM-5 and clinical reality

The DSM–IV scheme for classifying eating disorders is a poor reflection of clinical reality

Incorporating dispositional traits into the treatment of anorexia nervosa

We provide a general framework to guide the development of interventions that aim to address
persistent features in eating disorders that may preclude effective treatment

Learning Disabilities

Adult ADHD Significantly Increases Risk Of Common Form Of Dementia

Adults who suffer from attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder are more than three times as
likely to develop a common form of degenerative dementia than those without

Attitudes to sexuality of patients with learning disabilities: a review

A critical review of the literature to determine the attitudes of staff and families towards the
sexuality of adults who have learning disabilities

Bladder control problems more common in ADHD

Children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder may be more likely than their peers to have
problems with bedwetting and other bladder control symptoms, a new study finds

Obsessive Compulsive
Disorders

Social reasoning in Tourette syndrome

Tourette syndrome is thought to be associated with striatal dysfunction

Behavioral group treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder in adolescence: a pilot

study
This pilot study is a preliminary evaluation of the effectiveness of a cognitive-behavioral
outpatient group treatment protocol for adolescents with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Occupational Therapy

Psychosocial Issues after a Traumatic Hand Injury: Facilitating Adjustment

A hand injury has physical, psychological, and social consequences. Hand therapists play a
critical role facilitating physical and psychosocial recovery and adjustment

Work-related self-efficacy of occupational therapists in mental health

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Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder

Family perceptions of post-deployment healthcare needs of Iraq/Afghanistan military

personnel
Nearly 40 000 service members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan have suffered traumatic
injuries, with over 300 000 at risk for post-traumatic stress disorder or other psychiatric
problems

Examining the relation between posttraumatic stress disorder and suicidal ideation in an
OEF/OIF veteran sample
This study examined the relation between posttraumatic stress disorder and suicidal ideation
among U.S. military veterans deployed during Operation Enduring Freedom and/or Operation
Iraqi Freedom

Sertraline treatment of children and adolescents with posttraumatic stress disorder: a

double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of sertraline in children and
adolescents who met Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DSM-
IV) criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder

Psychology

Letting People Off the Hook: When Do Good Deeds Excuse Transgressions?
Three studies examined when and why an actor’s prior good deeds make observers more
willing to excuse—or license—his or her subsequent, morally dubious behavior

Can Unintended Side Effects Be Intentional? Resolving a Controversy Over Intentionality

and Morality
Can an event’s blameworthiness distort whether people see it as intentional?

When Video Games Get Problematic So Do Smoking, Drug Use and Aggression
A new study on gaming and health in adolescents, conducted by researchers at Yale School of
Medicine, found some significant gender differences linked to gaming as well as important
health risks associated with problematic gaming

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CHD risk ‘not increased in first-episode psychosis patients’

Patients with a first episode of psychosis do not have a significantly increased 10-year risk for
developing coronary heart disease (CHD), US research shows

Gender differences in schizophrenia risk develop in later adolescence

There are no significant gender differences in the risk for schizophrenia before the age of 17
years, but men are significantly more likely than women to develop the mental health condition
after this age

Social Work

Mental Health Outcomes of Children and Youth Accessing Residential Programs or a

Home-Based Alternative
In Ontario, Canada, a wide range of services has been developed to support children and youth
with severe mental health problems. After services have ended, many of these children
continue to live with emotional and behavioral challenges

Caregiver Depression and Youth Disruptive Behavior Difficulties

This study examines the rates of depressive symptoms and service use among caregivers
whose children receive treatment for disruptive behavior disorders

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Books, Conferences,
Websites & Journal Tocs

NEW PUBLICATIONS
Books and reports hot of the press
Click the title to connect to the website entry

Early Intervention: The Next Steps

An independent report to Her Majesty’d Government by Graham Allen MP

People who pay for care: quantitative and qualitative analysis of self-funders in the
social care market January 2011

Deaths from Alzheimer's disease, dementia and senility in England

National End of Life Care Programme report

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Improving Health and Lives: Learning Disabilities Observatory (IHaL) report

Behavioral Approaches to Chronic Disease in Adolescence

The Positive Psychology of Personal Transformation: Leveraging Resilience for Life

Change

Pediatricians and Pharmacologically Trained Psychologists

Sourcebook of Interactive Practice Exercises in Mental Health

Dissociation in Traumatized Children and Adolescents: Theory and Clinical Interventions

Asperger Syndrome in Adulthood: A Comprehensive Guide for Clinicians

Mental Health & Some Sociocultural Issues in Deafness

Psychology of Denial

Clinical Skills in Infant mental Health: The First Three Years: 2nd edition

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CONFERENCES
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CONFERENCES

WEBSITES
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