Mental Health and Social Care Bulletin No.312, 22nd August 2011

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News from all corners of the world
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National News
GP-style practices for adult care a turn-off for councils Fewer than one in 10 councils in England expressed an interest in outsourcing adults' services to controversial GP-style social work practices Lack of parenting support funds fuels riots debate Despite the prime minister's calls for stronger parenting in England after last week's riots and looting, local authorities are spending on average just 6% of their early intervention grant on parenting support this year Women present new homelessness and mental health problem Homelessness agencies in London are facing a problem of middle-aged and older women with undiagnosed mental health problems sleeping rough but refusing offers of help Most social workers have seen abuse in residential care Eight in 10 social workers have witnessed abuse in adult residential care homes, a British Association of Social Workers surveyhas discovered Suicide prevention: RCN seeks members views The Royal College of Nursing is asking members from a range of backgrounds to help inform an RCN response to an important consultation on suicide prevention in England Service users challenge government over personal health budgets Mental health service users are sceptical about the potential of personal budgets to improve their care, according to a report published by the NHS Confederation's Mental Health Network, Personal health budgets: the views of service users and carers
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International News
New Definition Of Addiction Released By ASAM The American Society of Addiction Medicine has released a new definition of addiction highlighting that addiction is a chronic brain disorder and not simply a behavioral problem involving too much alcohol, drugs, gambling or sex ADHD Diagnosis up 29% in Children, Teens A growing number of children and teenagers are being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a new report released today by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
RESEARCH RESEARCH
Trauma, exile and mental health in young refugees Acta Scandinavica Psychiatrica Supplement
Addictions
Substance abuse, alcoholism, Gender Differences In How The Aldehyde Dehydrogenase-2 Polymorphism Affects Alcohol Dependence Researchers know that gender differences exist in the prevalence, characteristics, and course of alcohol dependence Using the health belief model to predict injecting drug users' intentions to employ harm reduction strategies The study examined whether perceived susceptibility to and severity of two injection-related health, and perceived benefits of, barriers to, self-efficacy to, social acceptance of, and recent use of two harm-reduction behaviors, predicted injecting drug users' near-term intentions to engage in these two strategies. Validation of a nine-dimensional measure of drinking motives for use in clinical applications: The desired effects of drinking scale The Desired Effects of Drinking (DEOD) is a 36-item, 9-subscale, self-report measure assessing reasons for drinking, concerning three general motives for alcohol use: Coping, Social, and Enhancement
Anxiety Disorders
Alterations of the attentional networks in patients with anxiety disorders Cognitive theories of emotion try to explain how anxious people attend to the world. Despite the increase in empirical research in this field, the specific or general attentional impairments of patients with anxiety disorder is not well defined School refusal and anxiety in adolescence: Non-randomized trial of a developmentally sensitive cognitive behavioral therapy The main objectives were to evaluate efficacy and acceptability of a developmentally sensitive cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety-based school refusal in adolescence Anger suppression after imagined rejection among individuals with social anxiety Individuals experiencing high levels of social anxiety report frequent and intense anger. Yet, little is known about how they manage this emotion
Dementia
Alzheimers
Modified Form Of The Enzyme Cdk5 Is Elevated In The Brains Of Alzheimer's Disease Patients, Where It Triggers Damage To Nerve Cell Connections Alzheimer's disease is characterized by abnormal proteins that stick together in little globs, disrupting cognitive function New Link Between Alzheimer's Disease And Healthy Aging Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal lobar degeneration are two of the most prevalent forms of neurodegenerative disorders Exercise May Help Prevent Brain Damage Caused By Alzheimer's Disease Regular exercise could help prevent brain damage associated with neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's, according to research The clinical diagnosis of early-onset dementias: diagnostic accuracy and clinicopathological relationships Accuracy of clinical diagnosis of dementia is increasingly important for therapeutic and scientific investigations Protective Effect Of Moderate Drinking For Alzheimer's And Cognitive Impairment Moderate social drinking significantly reduces the risk of dementia and cognitive impairment, according to an analysis of 143 studies Pharmacologic Treatment of Apathy in Dementia Apathy in patients with dementia is common, underrecognized, and undertreated Treatment With Vitamin C Dissolves Toxic Protein Aggregates In Alzheimer's Disease Researchers have discovered a new function for vitamin C. Treatment with vitamin C can dissolve the toxic protein aggregates that build up in the brain in Alzheimer's disease
Depression
Bipolar disorders Persistent depression risk 'doubles' in abused children Childhood abuse doubles the risk of developing multiple and long-lasting episodes of depression, say scientists An Open-Label Study of Aripiprazole in Children with a Bipolar Disorder The purpose of this open-label study was to describe the effectiveness of aripiprazole (APZ) in the treatment of children with bipolar disorders suffering from manic symptomatology Depression Raises Female Risk Of Stroke By 29% Adult females with clinical depression are 29% more likely to suffer a stroke than other women of the same age without depression, according to an article Social drug use increased among bipolar spectrum depressed patients Depressed patients who meet criteria for bipolar spectrum disorder use social drugs, such as coffee and tobacco, more frequently and in greater quantities than depressed patients who do not meet such criteria Antipsychotics Best for Controlling Mania: Study Researchers compared effectiveness, side effects of drugs used in bipolar treatment Neuropsychological function reduced in BD II patients with comorbid anxiety Comorbid anxiety disorder is associated with reduced neuropsychologic function in patients with bipolar II disorder Psychiatric diagnosis in late adolescence and long-term risk of suicide and suicide attempt The study investigated the associations between psychiatric diagnosis in late adolescence in an unselected population and subsequent suicide attempt and suicide during 36-year follow-up Minor physical anomalies increased in BD I patients Patients with bipolar I disorder have a higher rate of minor physical anomalies than mentally healthy individuals A preliminary study of sleep in adolescents with bipolar disorder, ADHD, and non-patient controls The study compared the sleep of adolescents with bipolar disorder (BD) to groups of adolescents with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder-combined type (ADHD-C) and those without psychopathology
Dual Diagnosis
Changes in alcohol intake in response to transdiagnostic cognitive behaviour therapy for eating disorders The aim of this study was to examine how alcohol intake changes during and after transdiagnostic cognitive behaviour therapy for eating disorders. Additionally, the paper considers the relationship between alcohol consumption, eating disorder diagnosis and current major depressive episode at the time of first assessment
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Trauma and PTSD common in schizophrenia patients with substance abuse Trauma and comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder are common in patients with schizophrenia who are substance abusers, UK research shows SUD a key cause of premature death in mood disorder patients Results from a US study show that comorbid substance use disorders (SUDs) are a significant cause of premature death in patients with mood disorders
Eating Disorders
An evaluation of the enhanced cognitive-behavioural model of bulimia nervosa The original cognitive-behavioural model of bulimia nervosa (BN) has been enhanced to include four additional maintaining mechanisms: low self esteem, clinical perfectionism, interpersonal problems, and mood intolerance Bulimic symptomatology: The role of adaptive perfectionism, shape and weight concern, and self-esteem An interactive model implicating high perfectionism, high weight and shape concern, and low self-esteem in the onset and maintenance of bulimic symptoms and has received mixed support
Forensic Psychiatry
Chinese forensic psychiatry and its wider implications Risk of trauma exposure among persons with mental illness in jails and prisons: what do we really know? Traumatic victimization, particularly sexual abuse, is a serious problem in correctional facilities and those suffering from mental illnesses are especially vulnerable People with intellectual disability who offend or are involved with the criminal justice system This review assesses the impact of recent research on the field of offenders with intellectual disabilities
Learning Disabilities
Autism sibling risk 'higher than previously thought' If a child has autism, the risk of a younger sibling also developing the disorder is higher than previously thought, says a large US study Evaluation and effectiveness of pain recognition and management training for staff working in learning disability services Following Beacroft & Dodds (2009) audit of pain recognition and management within learning disability services in Surrey, it was recommended that learning disability services should receive training in pain recognition and management Self-efficacy and stress of staff managing challenging behaviours of people with learning disabilities Self-efficacy has been reported to play a significant role in stress levels of parents facing challenging behaviours of their children with learning disabilities Reflections upon the development of a dementia screening service for individuals with Downs syndrome across the Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Area The high prevalence of dementia in individuals with Downs syndrome has led learning disability services in the Hyndburn and Ribble Valley area to develop a screening service to address this need; this paper offers reflections upon this process by its members after the first 12 months of operation
Scientists Show How Gene Variant Linked to ADHD Could Operate; Study Offers Potential New Target for Treatment of ADHD A study using mice provides insight into how a specific receptor subtype in the brain could play a role in increasing a person's risk for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Nursing Research
Uncertainty and Decision Making for Residents with Dementia Uncertainty is a significant barrier confronting surrogate decision makers who make treatment decisions for nursing home residents with dementia COPE for the Treatment of Depressed Adolescents Lessons Learned From Implementing an Evidence-Based Practice Change COPE is a promising brief cognitive-behavioral therapybased intervention that can be delivered within 30-minute individual outpatient visits
Obsessive Compulsive Disorders

Obsessive-compulsive symptoms in primary focal dystonia: A controlled study Primary focal dystonia is an idiopathic neurological disorder causing involuntary muscle contraction The role of treatment expectancy in youth receiving exposure-based CBT for obsessive compulsive disorder The purpose of this investigation was to examine correlates of parent, child, and therapist treatment expectations and their role in the exposure-based treatment of childhood obsessive compulsive disorder Differences between early and late drop-outs from treatment for obsessivecompulsive disorder The study examined characteristics of drop-outs from treatment for obsessivecompulsive disorder, and studied 121 participants who underwent exposure or cognitive treatment, either alone or with fluvoxamine
Occupational Therapy
Exploring mental health service users' experiences of social inclusion in their community occupations Social inclusion is a recent policy driver, which aims to develop fair access to opportunity for marginalised groups: a major goal in keeping with the values of occupational therapists The importance of service integration in developing effective employment services for people with severe mental health conditions This report examines the importance of integrating mental health services with supported employment services for people with severe mental health conditions and psychiatric disabilities
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Symptoms of post-traumatic stress after preeclampsia This study describes the prevalence of postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder based on the DSM-IV criteria, including its symptoms of intrusion, avoidance and hyperarousal after pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia, and examines which variables are associated with PTSD and its symptoms Late-life health consequences of exposure to trauma in a general elderly population: the mediating role of reexperiencing posttraumatic symptoms history of trauma is associated with poor mental and physical health, but the specific impact of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms on physical health using objective indicators of health status has rarely been evaluated in elderly civilians
New PTSD Test Successfully Predicts Who Will Develop Condition A new post-traumatic stress disorder prediction tool, is simple to administer and appears to outperform other screening methods, according to new findings published electronically Reduced Recognition Of Fear And Sadness In Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Facial expressions convey strong cues for someone's emotional state and the ability to interpret these cues is crucial in social interaction
Psychology
Social Acceptance And Rejection: The Sweet And The Bitter In a new paper psychologists review recent psychological research on social acceptance and rejection Psychologists Interrupt the Miserable Cycle of Social Insecurity A new study demonstrates the real-life social benefits of self-affirmation -- and finds that the benefits last as long as two months Mirror gazing in body dysmorphic disorder and healthy controls: Effects of duration of gazing Cognitive-behavioural models of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) suggest that mirrors can act as a trigger for individuals with BDD, resulting in a specific mode of cognitive processing, characterised by an increase in self-focussed attention and associated distress A systematic review of measures of therapeutic engagement in psychosocial and psychological treatment This article reports a systematic review of engagement measures for psychosocial therapy
Schizophrenia
DUI not linked to brain volume changes in schizophrenia patients Dutch researchers have found no evidence to suggest that duration of untreated illness (DUI) is associated with brain volume changes in patients with schizophrenia NGF and IL-2 levels reduced in schizophrenia patients Patients with schizophrenia have lower serum levels of nerve growth factor and interleukin-2 (IL-2) than mentally healthy individuals, study results show Deficit schizophrenia linked to increased risk for tardive dyskinesia Patients with the deficit subtype of schizophrenia are more likely to experience tardive dyskinesia than those with nondeficit schizophrenia, research shows
Social Work
Child Protection and Safeguarding in England: Changing and Competing Conceptions of Risk and their Implications for Social Work This paper critically reflects on policy developments and debates in England in relation to child protection and safeguarding over the past twenty years Judgements or Assumptions? The Role of Analysis in Assessing Children and Young People's Needs Professionals involved in assessing the needs of children and young people are required to make sense of complex information
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Books and reports hot of the press Click the title to connect to the website entry Personal health budgets: the views of service users and carers NHS Conferderation & National Mental Health Development Unit Medicines Management in Mental Health Nursing Coercive Treatment in Psychiatry: Clinical, Legal and Ethical Aspects Tranquil Prisons: Chemical Incarceration Under Community Treatment Orders Clinical Handbook of Psychotropic Drugs: 19th, revised and expanded ed Mindfulness and Acceptance: Expanding the Cognitive-Behavioral Tradition Contingency Management for Substance Abuse Treatment: A Guide to Implementing This Evidence-Based Practice Hearing Voices: Qualitative Inquiry in Early Psychosis Critical Introduction to DSM Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety Disorders: Science and Practice
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