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Adult care at risk from £20bn funding gap, warn council heads
Local authority leaders have warned that councils could struggle to maintain adult social care
services in the face of a funding shortfall of up to £20bn a year by 2015
High Court rules against refusal to assess carers' needs in Northern Ireland autism case
Forty-one families with autistic children were wrongly told their needs could not be assessed
because of a lack of resources, according to a High Court ruling against Northern Ireland's
Western Health and Social Care Trust
NHS Failing Children With Autism: A National Autistic Society Response To The
Kennedy Review
The National Autistic Society (NAS) welcomed the publication of the Kennedy review of how the
NHS treats children, which recommends investment in mental health support
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Social workers 'lack respect for children', finds the children's commissioner
Social workers too often fail to communicate well with children or show them respect, the Office
of the Children's Commissioner has claimed
International News
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Addictions
Substance abuse, alcoholism,
Anxiety Disorders
Dementia
Alzheimer’s
Pilot Study Demonstrates Safety Of Diabetes Medication For Patients With Alzheimer's
Disease
A pilot study suggests the diabetes medication pioglitazone is generally well tolerated and may
warrant further study as a treatment for patients with Alzheimer's disease
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Disease in Brain
In an international study of patients with a devastating type of dementia that often strikes in
middle age, researchers have found intriguing evidence that career choice may influence where
the disease takes root in the brain
Depression
Bipolar disorders
Dual Diagnosis
Pharmacological treatment for depression during opioid agonist treatment for opioid
dependence
Lifetime prevalence of depression in subjects with opioid dependence is higher than in the
general population (44-54% versus 16%) and represents a risk factor for morbidity and mortality
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Eating Disorders
Alexithymia and emotional awareness in anorexia nervosa: Time for a shift in the
measurement of the concept?
The present study compared 35 patients with anorexia nervosa with an age matched control
group using the Toronto Alexithymia Scale and the Levels of Emotional Awareness Scale; a
performance-based instrument.
Learning Disabilities
Obsessive Compulsive
Disorders
Deep Brain Stimulation For OCD Leads To Smoking Cessation And Weight Loss
Electrical stimulation of the brain in a patient with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder led to
some unanticipated benefits-"effortless" smoking cessation and weight loss, according to a case
report
How do people with body dysmorphic disorder view themselves? A thematic analysis
This study examines the accounts of people with body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) and
qualitatively explores self perceptions
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Occupational Therapy
Outcome analysis of occupational therapy programme for persons with early psychosis
This study examined the vocational outcomes of young persons with early psychosis after their
participation in an occupational therapy program, and identified clinical or process variables that
are linked to the vocational outcomes
Recruitment and retention issues for occupational therapists in mental health: Balancing
the pull and the push
Recruitment and retention issues for mental health occupational therapists have been the
subject of significant concern for many years
Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder
Return Troops Face Both Physical and Mental Challenges: Women Suffer from More
Conditions Than Men, Study Finds
Is the US health system comprehensively meeting the needs of returning veterans? With the
recent attention to mental illness in returning soldiers, and post-traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD) in particular
Should the current DSM-IV-TR definition for PTSD be expanded to include serial and
multiple microtraumas as aetiologies
Post-traumatic stress disorder is an anxiety disorder that develops from events that are
interpreted as traumatic
Psychology
Spare the Rod, Spoil the Child? Excessive Punishment Can Have Lasting Psychological
Impact on Children, Researchers Say
Grabbing a child firmly by the arm, yelling and repeatedly punishing him or her may not be
without long-terms risks
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Schizophrenia
Glutamate and dopamine relationship altered in patients at ultra-high risk for psychosis
Results from a UK study show that the relationship between hippocampal glutamate levels and
striatal dopamine function in patients at ultra-high risk for psychosis differs from that in mentally
healthy individuals
Social Work
Critical Time Intervention: Model Description and Implications for the Significance of
Timing in Social Work Interventions
Relatively little attention has been paid to the dimension of time in the design of social work
interventions
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Immigration & Mental Health: Stress, Psychiatric Disorders & Suicidal Behavior Among
Immigrants & Refugees
Delusional Misidentification
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