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The Mental Health & Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin is produced at
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National News

Adult social care cuts hitting half of councils


Adult social care cuts are hitting one in two English councils, a survey by charity Counsel and
Care revealed

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

DfE to boost spread of GP-style social work practices


Independent social work practices for children in care will be piloted more widely as part of the
government's Big Society agenda, the Department for Education has revealed

Autism charity calls for NI carers audit


An autism charity has called on the Department of Health to identify the exact number of
families currently waiting for a carer's assessment

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

Parents of ADHD children to be offered training


Parents of children in Scotland who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder could soon be
offered special parenting classes

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

Woman wins apology for being forcibly drugged


A pensioner who was forcibly injected with an anti-psychotic drug in a north-east hospital has
won her battle for an apology

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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

Quality of mental health services sparks heated exchange between experts


Senior education experts got caught in a heated debate on mental health provision for young
people

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International News

Dementia cost 'to top 1% of GDP'


The costs associated with dementia will amount to more than 1% of the world's gross domestic
product this year at $604bn (£388bn), a report says

Can Teachers' Mental Health Be Improved?


The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of a manual-based psychological group
program to improve teacher's mental health

Cocaine and Ecstasy Detected in Waters of the L'Albufera in Valencia, Spain


The water in the canals and irrigation channels in the L'Albufera Natural Park in Valencia
contain cocaine, ecstasy and a further six drugs

Psychotropic Medication And Youth In Foster Care Report


The Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) issued a landmark report from a
multi-state study on psychotropic medication oversight in foster care

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Development of a structured interview schedule to assess stage of psychological


recovery from enduring mental illness
Development of a structured interview schedule to assess stage of psychological recovery from
enduring mental illness

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Addictions
Substance abuse, alcoholism,

Native Scots face higher risk of alcohol-related death


Native Scots are more than twice as likely to die of alcohol-related causes than Scottish
residents born south of the border, according to a new study

Heroin Substitute Supervision Saves Lives


Researchers have identified that supervision of methadone prescribing has substantially
reduced deaths among users of the heroin substitute, at a time of growing heroin addiction
problems and expanded methadone prescribing

Analysis of the impact of treatment setting on outcomes from methadone treatment


How methadone setting, duration of drug career, and dose impact on treatment are assessed

Racial/Ethnic Differences in Adolescent Substance Use: Mediation by Individual, Family,


and School Factors
This study examined racial/ethnic differences in alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use among a
diverse sample of approximately 5,500 seventh and eighth graders

Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety prevalent in children with bipolar disorder


Anxiety disorders affect nearly half of young people with bipolar disorder, and often predate the
onset of bipolar disorder, research shows

Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders: A Review of Meta-


Analytic Findings
Numerous clinical trials have supported the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy for the
treatment of anxiety disorders

Dementia
Alzheimer’s

Scientists Identify A New Target For Alzheimer's Disease


Neurological researchers at Rush University Medical Center have found a new therapeutic
target that can potentially lead to a new way to prevent the progression of Alzheimer's disease

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

For Sufferers of an Early-Onset Dementia, Career Choice May Determine Location of

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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

Acetylation May Contribute To Dementia And Alzheimer's Disease


A new study uncovers a protein modification that may contribute to the formation of neuron-
damaging neurofibrillary tangles in the human brain

Depression
Bipolar disorders

Factors linked to antidepressant treatment during mania identified


In bipolar disorder patients with mania, those with mixed episodes, anxiety, or rapid cycling, as
well as individuals at high risk for depression relapse, are more likely to receive antidepressants
than other patients with the mood disorder

What Is The Relationship Of Depression And Inability To Express Emotions In Middle-


aged Men?
Alexithymia, a difficulty in recognizing and expressing thoughts and emotions, is more common
among men

Postpartum mood episodes ‘do not influence disease course in BD’


Results from a Spanish study suggest that postpartum mood episodes do not influence disease
course and prognosis in women with bipolar disorder

DocGuide TopAbstracts in Depression

Asian bipolar patients at increased risk for metabolic syndrome


Results from a Korean study show that Asian patients with bipolar disorder are at increased risk
for the metabolic syndrome

Bipolar disorder linked to reduced socio-economic status


Results from a Norwegian study suggest that, overall, individuals with bipolar disorder have
lower socio-economic status than the general population, despite having similar education
levels

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

DocGuide TopAbstracts in Eating Disorders

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Eating Disorders


Cognitive behavioral therapy is the leading evidence-based treatment for bulimia nervosa

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

Aggressive Kids With ADHD May Not Need Antipsychotic Meds


Study suggests judicious tweaking of stimulant drugs, plus psychotherapy, may be enough

Manganese in Drinking Water: Study Suggests Adverse Effects on Children's Intellectual


Abilities
recently completed a study showing that children exposed to high concentrations of manganese
in drinking water performed worse on tests of intellectual functioning than children with lower
exposures

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

Behavioral Interventions for Tic Disorders


A variety of treatment approaches have been used to manage tic symptoms in Tourette
syndrome and other tic disorders

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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

Cyber Bully Victims Often More Depressed Than Aggressors


U.S. study contradicts previous research on traditional forms of bullying

Psychological Pain Of Holocaust Still Haunts Survivors


Holocaust survivors show remarkable resilience in their day-to-day lives, but they still manifest
the pain of their traumatic past in the form of various psychiatric symptoms, according to an
analysis of 44 years of global psychological research

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

Yoga may improve emotion recognition in schizophrenia patients


Yoga therapy may benefit schizophrenia patients in terms of facial emotion recognition, which
may lead to improved socio-occupational functioning

Childhood CNS infection ‘does not increase risk for schizophrenia’


Results from an Israeli study suggest that central nervous system (CNS) infections in childhood
do not increase the risk for schizophrenia in later life

Antipsychotic drugs 'appear to raise blood clot risk'


Antipsychotic drugs taken by thousands in the UK raise the risk of dangerous blood clots,
scientists believe

Sympathetic nervous system activity linked to schizophrenia relapse


Increased sympathetic nervous system (SNS) activity may indicate an increased risk for
psychotic relapse in the following 2-week period in patients with 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

Japanese schizophrenia patients at increased risk for metabolic syndrome


Japanese patients with schizophrenia are at increased risk for the metabolic syndrome,
reflecting a similar association in Western patients with the psychotic disorder

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

Self-direction, place and community — re-discovering the emotional depths: a


conversation with social workers in a London borough
Self-Directed Support claims that it makes the social work task 'more personal' in its
engagement with people's real needs and wants

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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

World Alzheimer’s Report 2010

Prison Mental Health: Vision and Reality


NACRO, RCN & Centre for Mental Health

Multi-state study on psychotropic medication oversight in foster care


US: TUFTS CTSI report

An International Psychology of Men: Theoretical Advances, Case Studies, and Clinical


Innovations

Understanding Psychological Health: The REBT Perspective

Cognitive-behavioural Indicators of Substance Abuse

Immigration & Mental Health: Stress, Psychiatric Disorders & Suicidal Behavior Among
Immigrants & Refugees

Making Cognitive-behavioral Therapy Work: Clinical Process for New Practitioners:


2nd Revised edition

The Effect of Childhood Emotional Maltreatment on Later Intimate Relationships

Delusional Misidentification

Eating Disorder in Males

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CONFERENCES
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CONFERENCES

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WEBSITES
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USEFUL WEBSITES

JOURNAL TOC PAGES


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