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News from all corners of the world

Department of Health

Independent social work reports add considerable value in complex family cases and lead to better decision-making for children, research by Oxford university has found

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National News

800,000 vulnerable elderly fighting to stay in their homes Some 800,000 vulnerable elderly people are struggling to live in their own homes without any state-provided home help, say campaigners who argue the most vulnerable in society are being "catastrophically let down" by social services Controversial adoption score cards delayed The governments controversial adoption score cards have been delayed by local government elections, the Department for Education has revealed Child protection plans up 60% since 2006 The number of children subject to child protection plans in England rose by 60% between 2006 and 2011, according to research by Queens university in Belfast Forget about 'social care pot of gold' There will be no "pot of gold" to answer the prayers of councils struggling to look after the elderly, according to social care chiefs Pledge to stamp out ballet eating disorders Eating disorders have been a contentious subject in the world of ballet for many years. But the new artistic director of English National Ballet says she wants to stamp out anorexia Young homeless people suffer increased mental and physical health problems Young homeless people are twice as likely to suffer depression, and more than four times as likely to have been admitted to hospital for a health problem than their non-homeless peers Sally Brampton puts mental health on the record at journalist event Time to Change, Englands biggest mental health anti stigma programme, run by the charities Mind and Rethink Mental Illness, is spearheading a new initiative offering journalists and programme makers from all sectors an insight into mental health to ensure that reporting of the issue is done fairly and accurately

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Social and emotional wellbeing - early years: consultation on the draft guidance NICE is developing public health guidance on how the social and emotional wellbeing of vulnerable children aged under 5 years can be effectively supported through home visiting, childcare and early education Independent social workers add value to family cases Independent social work reports add considerable value in complex family cases and lead to better decision-making for children, research by Oxford university has found

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International News

Should 'Mental Health Checkups' Be Made Part Of Health Care In Schools? "The early detection of children who are showing psychiatric symptoms or are at the risk of a mental disorder is crucial, but introducing "mental health checkups" as part of health care in schools is not altogether simple," New protein tracer shows promise for Alzheimer's diagnosis A compound designed to bind to a protein involved in Alzheimer's disease could help to improve diagnosis of the most common cause of dementia AANS: Stereotactic Anterior Cingulotomy Viable for OCD Five-year follow-up shows response rate of 48 percent in patients with refractory OCD

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RESEARCH RESEARCH

Researchers ID Genes That May Determine Mental Illness Genetic links to brain size, intelligence also examined in study

Addictions
Substance abuse, alcoholism, 'Tweaking memories' could help addicts avoid relapsing Manipulating memories of drug use may help reformed addicts avoid a return to a life of drug abuse, according to scientists in China The relationship between age of gambling onset and adolescent problematic gambling severity The aim of this study was to characterize the association between problem gambling severity
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and multiple health, functioning and gambling variables in adolescents aged 13-18 stratified by age of gambling onset Alcohol Use With Opioids Common Even Without Abuse Past Concurrent use of CNS depressants can lead to respiratory depression or sedation 12-Step Involvement Helps Adolescents Recover From Alcohol, Substance Abuse Adolescents who misuse alcohol and other drugs to the point where they need treatment must contend with costly and limited options for youth-specific care, as well as high relapse rates following treatment Strategies for evaluating the economic value of drugs in alcohol dependence treatment A systematic literature search on AD treatment economic evaluation studies was performed in multiple electronic bibliographic and economic databases Use of Ecstasy, Speed by Teens Tied to Later Depression However, study of Canadian high school students didn't show cause and effect Testing, Counseling Of Cocaine And Heroin Users Reduces Unprotected Sex Voluntary testing and counseling for HIV or sexually transmitted infections among cocaine and heroin users who were treated in the emergency department, accompanied by referral to drug treatment, was associated with reduction in unprotected sex acts and fewer sex acts while high according to researchers Alcohol Misuse Into Adulthood Often Accompanied By Feelings Of Immaturity; Discovery Could Improve Substance Abuse Treatment Tipping back one too many cocktails during an individual's early 20s doesn't correlate to a personal sense of immaturity; however if this habit doesn't stop as they reach age 30, young adults can feel psychologically underdeveloped

Anxiety Disorders

Pregnancy outcomes in women with severe needle phobia Needle phobia in pregnancy poses a problem as women may refuse medical care because of their fear Adjunctive Couple and Family Intervention for Patients With Anxiety Disorders Family-focused therapy for anxiety disorders, a flexible couple/family treatment provided in conjunction with cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders, is described Striatal functional alteration during incentive anticipation in pediatric anxiety disorders Behavioral inhibition is an early childhood temperament recently associated with altered striatal response in adolescence to incentives of increasing magnitudes

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Dementia
Alzheimers Economic Evaluation of Treatment Options in Patients with Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Review of Cost-Effectiveness Analyses Alzheimer's disease (AD) is common among the elderly; it is responsible for 60-80% of all dementia cases. AD is characterized by cognitive decline, behavioural and psychological symptoms, and reductions in functioning and independence Alzheimer's Disease: Genetic Polymorphisms and Rate of Decline To investigate the influence of established genetic risk factors for Alzheimer's disease on the speed of disease progression

Neurologists Need To Assess Whether A Person With Dementia Can Make Decisions A clinical neurologist has had an article published on the capacity of patients with dementia to make decisions The association of psychotropic medication use with the cognitive, functional, and neuropsychiatric trajectory of Alzheimer's disease The use of psychotropic medications in Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been associated with both deleterious and potentially beneficial outcomes Visual cortex in dementia with Lewy bodies: magnetic resonance imaging study Visual hallucinations and visuoperceptual deficits are common in dementia with Lewy bodies, suggesting that cortical visual function may be abnormal Higher Daily Physical Activity Reduces Alzheimer's Risk Total daily physical activity also associated with the rate of change in cognitive function

Depression
Bipolar disorders Walking could be a useful tool in treating depression Something as simple as going for a brisk stroll could play an important role in fighting depression, according to researchers in Scotland Short psychoeducational program may benefit BD patients A short, mobile phone-based psychoeducational program may improve knowledge of mood management strategies in patients with bipolar disorder (BD), study results suggest Blood Test Identifies Depression In Teens A blood test that measures a set of genetic markers has been developed which diagnoses major depression in teenagers BD patients show abnormal neural activation viewing facial emotions Results from a US study show that unmedicated patients with bipolar disorder (BD) exhibit both state- and trait-related abnormalities in neural activation patterns when viewing facial
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expressions of negative emotions A population-based study of the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors before and after introduction of generic equivalents Generic drugs are less expensive than their branded equivalents, but receive limited promotion. This study sought to examine how user rates of individual selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) changed after the introduction of their generic equivalents Depressed fathers speech to their 3-month-old infants: a study of cognitive and mentalizing features in paternal speech Depression in fathers in the postnatal period is associated with an increased risk of child behaviour problems. A key potential pathway of risk transmission is exposure of the child to negative cognitions and affect in the context of early parenting

Dual Diagnosis

Substance use associated disorders : Frequency in patients with schizophrenic and affective psychoses Alcohol and substance use disorders are considered to be among the most frequent comorbidities in schizophrenic and affective psychoses and have a significant negative influence on their course and prognosis Family Treatment for Bipolar Disorder and Substance Abuse in Late Adolescence The initial onset of bipolar disorder occurs in childhood or adolescence in about 50% of patients

Eating Disorders

Body image, shape, and volumetric assessments using 3D whole body laser scanning and 2D digital photography in females with a diagnosed eating disorder: Preliminary novel findings We piloted three-dimensional body scanning in eating disorder patients Nonspecific predictors of weight gain in the early stages of outpatient cognitive behavioral therapy for adults with anorexia nervosa: Replication and extension This study extends previous work, examining psychological factors that influence the level of weight gain across the first 20 sessions of cognitive behavioral therapy for anorexia nervosa

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Forensic Psychiatry

The health and social needs of older male prisoners This study aimed to quantify the health and social needs of older male prisoners in the North West of England, to determine whether their needs were being met, and to explore an age cutoff for this group The impact of prison staff responses on self-harming behaviours: Prisoners perspectives To further understanding of how health and correctional staff responses to self-harming behaviours influence prisoners and their subsequent actions

Learning Disabilities

Childhood Dyslexia - More Needed To Be Done Even though there has considerable progress in the scientific understanding and medical treatments for dyslexia over the past five years, a study states that a significant amount of research still needs to be conducted in order to completely understand the causes of the disorder and to improve the lives of children affected by it Further Evidence Found of Disturbed Immune System in Autism A study found significantly lower levels of several cytokines, the immune systems messengers and regulators, in the plasma of children with autism disorder compared to that of unrelated healthy siblings from other families who had members with autism spectrum disorders

Nursing Research

Nurses' role in caring for people with a comorbidity of mental illness and intellectual disability: A literature review This article examines literature on the role of the nurse caring for people with a dual disability (DD) of intellectual disability and mental illness Community mental health nurses, caseloads, and practices: A literature review Deinstitutionalization, and more recently, earlier discharges from psychiatric inpatient units, have created and intensified the need for case management in community mental health

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Obsessive Compulsive Disorders

A multicenter randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial of pramipexole for Tourette's syndrome Dopamine agonists could theoretically normalize the suspected central dopamine hypersensitivity in Tourette's syndrome Reasoning bias and belief conviction in obsessive-compulsive disorder and delusions: Jumping to conclusions across disorders? This study investigated whether a reasoning bias (jumping to conclusions; JTC) found to be associated with higher levels of conviction in delusions is also associated with high-conviction beliefs in obsessive-compulsive disorder

Occupational Therapy

First steps in designing a videophone for people with dementia: identification of users' potentials and the requirements of communication technology To identify, based on the literature, people with dementia's potentials to manage an easy-to-use videophone, and to develop a videophone requirement specification for people with dementia Handwriting performance and underlying factors in children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Preliminary evidence suggests that handwriting difficulties are common to children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Trajectories of Response to Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research on the predictors of response to cognitive-behavioral treatments for PTSD has often produced inconsistent or ambiguous results Recollection of negative information in posttraumatic stress disorder The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of posttraumatic stress disorder associated with the effects of emotional valence on recall processes in recognition memory The PSS-SR as a screening tool for PTSD in first-episode psychosis patients The study examined the validity of the PTSD Symptom Scale Self-Report as a screening instrument for post-traumatic stress disorder in patients recovering from first-episode psychosis

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Psychology

An exploration of competitiveness and caring in relation to psychopathology Social mentality theory outlines how specialist systems have evolved to facilitate different types of social behaviour such as caring for offspring, forming alliances, and competing for resources Relationships and the social brain: Integrating psychological and evolutionary perspectives Psychological studies of relationships tend to focus on specific types of close personal relationships (romantic, parentoffspring, friendship) and examine characteristics of both the individuals and the dyad

Schizophrenia

Antipsychotic monotherapy and adjuvant psychotropic therapies in schizophrenia patients: effect on time to readmission This study assessed the relationship between pharmacological regimens at hospital discharge and hospital readmission among schizophrenia patients Metabolic syndrome prevalent in Indian schizophrenia patients Results from an Indian study suggest that nearly half of patients with schizophrenia meet criteria for the metabolic syndrome, with increased waist circumference being the most common component Cost-effectiveness of 12-month therapeutic assertive community treatment as part of integrated care versus standard care in patients with schizophrenia treated with quetiapine immediate release (access trial) To compare the 1-year cost-effectiveness of therapeutic assertive community treatment (ACT) with standard care in schizophrenia. ACT was specifically developed for patients with schizophrenia, delivered by psychosis experts highly trained in respective psychotherapies, and embedded into an integrated care system Predictors of short- and long-term outcome in schizophrenia identified Finnish researchers have identified a number of clinical and sociodemographic factors at the time of illness onset that are associated with short- and long-term outcomes in patients with schizophrenia

Social Work

In Child Sexual Abuse, Strangers Aren't the Greatest Danger, Experts Say Parents generally teach their children about "stranger danger" from an early age, telling them not to talk to, walk with or take gifts or candy from strangers
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Examining Outcomes of Acute Psychiatric Hospitalization Among Children Within the past two decades, few studies have examined outcomes of acute psychiatric hospitalization among children, demonstrating change in emotional and behavioral functioning

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Making It Matter: Improving the Health of Young Homeless People DePaul UK The contribution of experts in care proceedings: evaluation of independent social work reports in care proceedings University of Oxford Handbook of Mental Health Nursing Mental Health Law: A Practical Guide: 2nd Revised edition Learning Disabilities: Towards Inclusion: 6th Revised edition Learning Disability Nurse Survival Guide Anxiety and Depression in Children and Adolescents 2012 Defending Mentally Disordered Persons Critical Issues in Clinical and Health Psychology Manifest Madness: Mental Incapacity in the Criminal Law Addiction Medicine Empowerment, Lifelong Learning and Recovery in Mental Health: Towards a New Paradigm

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