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News from all corners of the world

Department of Health

The adult social care outcomes framework: handbook of definitions Webchat on social care engagement and mental health services

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Regional News

Suffolk: Care shift aims to prevent need for costly intervention COUNCIL chiefs in Suffolk have revealed how they hope to save millions of pounds by helping older people live in their homes longer - but with more support

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National News

Charity launches independent commission on schizophrenia to mark 100 years of forgotten illness 100 years since the term schizophrenia was first coined, the charity Rethink Mental Illness is today launching an independent expert commission on the condition, chaired by Sir Robin Murray, Professor of Psychiatric Research at Kings College, London Patients 'struggle to get emergency mental health care' People with urgent mental health problems are struggling to get emergency treatment in England and Wales, campaigners say Ecstasy is back in clubs as newly potent drug is taken with 'legal highs' Ecstasy, the drug of choice for the clubbers of the early 1990s, is making a comeback UK children's commissioners want review of effects of cuts The four UK Children's Commissioners have called for an urgent reassessment of the impact of government spending cuts on the needs of vulnerable children

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Government orders 'rapid review' of adoption The government has ordered the Treasury to conduct a "rapid review" of adoption focused on speeding up the process and increasing the number of adoptions from care Home care providers in England face inspections Home care services in England are to be subject to a fresh inspection by the Care Quality Commission from April Children forced into contact with violent parents Children removed from homes where domestic violence was present are being forced to stay in contact with violent parents against their will: report published by Refuge and the NSPCC Newcastle Down's syndrome man's care criticised A man with Down's syndrome who was detained in hospital, then moved to unsuitable accommodation, had his human rights ignored, an inquiry has found Hospital admissions for drug-related mental ill-health 'up 14 per cent' There has been a 14 per cent increase in the number of hospital admissions for drug-related mental health and behavioural disorders in the space of a year, new figures show New QOF depression indicators piloted New QOF depression indicators doing away with controversial questionnaire-based screening are being piloted in 30 practices across the UK Spend on carers down 2.4m Primary care trust spending on carers has fallen by 2.4m over the past year despite additional government investment, an investigation by two carers organisations has found Untrained practitioners delivering psychological therapies Therapists are delivering psychological therapies they are not trained to provide to people with anxiety and depression, according to a national audit published today by the Royal College of Psychiatrists Burstow toughens requirements on NHS to fund carers' breaks The government has toughened requirements on the NHS to fund carers' services after admitting funding allocated for the purpose was not being spent as desired New learning disability sports partnership Two leading organisations promoting sport for people with a learning disability have formed a new partnership called the English Learning Disability Sports Alliance Agencies should be offered financial incentive to invest in early intervention, claims taskforce The government should explore methods for sharing profits from early intervention work to encourage agencies to finance it, the first report of a new taskforce has said Nine out of ten people in UK believe at least one myth about schizophrenia Schizophrenia could be one of the most misunderstood illnesses in the UK according to the charity Rethink Mental Illness as it releases new figures which show 90 per cent of us cant separate fact from fiction Centre for Mental Health welcomes focus on mental health in new NHS Operating Framework The new Operating Framework sets out a clear challenge to the NHS next year to make mental health an equal priority to physical health,

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Centre supports Mental Health Discrimination Bill Mental Health Discrimination Bill:House of Lords second reading briefing NICE Guidance: Longer-term care and treatment of self-harm This clinical guideline offers evidence-based advice on the longer-term treatment and management of self-harm Mental Health Alliance condemns Deprivation of Liberty rules Safeguards to protect some of society's most vulnerable people are "not fit for purpose", leading mental health experts have told the BBC.

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International News

Research Examines College Students' Knowledge About Eating Disorders They're the prime demographic for developing eating disorders, yet new research suggests that it could be difficult for college students to notice the warning signs

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RESEARCH RESEARCH

Neighborhood characteristics and mental health: the relevance for mothers of infants in deprived English neighborhoods Neighborhood features have been linked with adult mental-health problems, particularly depression Cardiovascular Screening of People With Severe Mental Illness in England: Views of Service Users and Providers In England national clinical guidelines recommend annual screening for cardiovascular risk factors among individuals with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder within primary care supported by efforts to promote healthy behaviors by secondary psychiatric services Antipsychotic drugs tied to diabetes risk in kids The antipsychotic drugs that are increasingly being used to treat bipolar disorder, autism and other mental disorders in children may come with an increased risk of diabetes Good Governance Required In Mental Health Research In this week's PLoS Medicine Taghi Yasamy from the WHO, Geneva, Switzerland and colleagues identify challenges facing good mental health research governance in low- and middle-income countries and provide suggestions for a way forward

Addictions
Substance abuse, alcoholism, Early onset of drug and polysubstance use as predictors of injection drug use among adult drug users Early onset of alcohol, marijuana, and cigarette use is an indicator of later substance use problems in adulthood such as alcohol or other drug dependence Cannabinoid Receptor 1 Gene is Associated with Alcohol Dependence Alcohol dependence (AD) vulnerability is determined by a complex array of genetic factors The impact of comorbid cannabis use disorders on the clinical presentation of social anxiety disorder Previous research has examined the relationship between social anxiety disorder and substance use disorders

Anxiety Disorders

Efficacy and tolerability of extended-release quetiapine fumarate monotherapy in the acute treatment of generalized anxiety disorder: a randomized, placebo-controlled and active-controlled study The main objective of this study was to evaluate efficacy and tolerability of once-daily extendedrelease quetiapine fumarate (quetiapine XR) monotherapy in generalized anxiety disorder

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A Meta-Analysis of the Cross-Cultural Psychometric Properties of the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory for Children (SPAI-C) Several studies have found that the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory for Children (SPAI-C), an empirically-derived self-report instrument to assess DSM-IV social phobia in childhood and

adolescence, has good psychometric properties

Outcome predictors in guided and unguided self-help for social anxiety disorder Internet-based self-help with therapist guidance has shown promise as an effective treatment and may increase access to evidence-based psychological treatment for social anxiety disorder A Meta-Analysis of the Efficacy of Pregabalin in the Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder Generalized anxiety disorder is a chronic anxiety disorder that leads to significant functional impairment and reduced quality of life Combined cognitive bias modification treatment for social anxiety disorder: a pilot trial Cognitive Bias Modification is a promising treatment for Social Anxiety Disorder. However, previous randomized trials have not systematically examined the combination of CBM for attention and interpretation or the credibility and acceptability of these protocols The impact of comorbid cannabis use disorders on the clinical presentation of social anxiety disorder Previous research has examined the relationship between social anxiety disorder and substance use disorders

Dementia
Alzheimers Rivastigmine transdermal patch and capsule in Alzheimer's disease: influence of disease stage on response to therapy The cholinesterase inhibitor rivastigmine is approved for the symptomatic treatment of mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease Improving Decision-Making for Feeding Options in Advanced Dementia: A Randomized, Controlled Trial Intervention surrogates received an audio or print decision aid on feeding options in advanced dementia. Controls received usual care Could Weight Loss Be Early Sign of Alzheimer's? If confirmed, findings eventually could help in diagnosing condition Recycling Of BACE1 Enzyme Implicated In Promotion Of Alzheimer's Disease Sluggish recycling of a protein-slicing enzyme could promote Alzheimer's disease, according to a study Form and Function: New MRI Technique to Diagnose or Rule out Alzheimer's Disease On the quest for safe, reliable and accessible tools to accurately diagnose Alzheimer's disease, researchers found a new way of diagnosing and tracking Alzheimer's disease, using an innovative magnetic resonance imaging technique called arterial spin labeling to measure changes in brain function

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The association of antihypertensive medication use with risk of cognitive decline and dementia: a meta-analysis of longitudinal studies The association of antihypertensive medication use with cognitive decline (including mild cognitive impairment) or dementia (including Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia and any dementia) has still been an area of controversy

Depression
Bipolar disorders Denial or blame coping strategies common in prodromal BD patients with psychosis Results from a Korean study show that bipolar disorder (BD) patients with psychosis tend to use denial or blame coping strategies and experience attenuated psychotic symptoms more often during the prodromal period than their counterparts without psychosis Study reveals benefits of deep brain stimulation for severe depression People with severe depression may benefit from a technique called deep brain stimulation, scientists say Suicidal Thought in the Adolescent: Exploring the Relationship Between Known Risk Factors and the Presence of Suicidal Thought The purpose of this retrospective study was to explore the relationship between recognized risk factors for suicidal thought and the presence or absence of self-reported suicidal thought Relation between duration and severity in bereavement-related depression Prolonged duration is commonly used as an indicator that bereavement-related depression (BRD) is pathological Psychiatric diagnosis in late adolescence and long-term risk of suicide and suicide attempt Psychiatric diagnoses made in late adolescence predicted subsequent suicide and suicide attempt over a 36-year follow-up period Working and short-term memories are impaired in postpartum depression Postpartum depression affects parents of newborns. Major depression causes cognitive prejudice. Nothing is known about memory impairment in those affected of postpartum depression Lithium therapy may lower suicide risk in bipolar depression Study findings indicate that lithium therapy may reduce suicide risk in patients with bipolar depression by increasing cortical gray matter (GM) volumes Harm avoidance and self-directedness traits linked to BD vulnerability Results from a Brazilian study suggest that harm avoidance temperament trait and the selfdirectedness character trait are associated with increased vulnerability to bipolar disorder The natural history of self-harm from adolescence to young adulthood: a populationbased cohort study Knowledge about the natural history of self-harm is scarce, especially during the transition from adolescence to young adulthood, a period characterised by a sharp rise in self-inflicted deaths

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Bipolar disorder not linked to increased age-related declines in cognition Results from a Swiss study of elderly patients with bipolar disorder (BD) suggest that they do not have greater age-related declines in cognition compared with their mentally healthy counterparts Teens with BD show distinct patterns of poor sleep quality Adolescents with bipolar disorder have distinct patterns of poor sleep quality, with longer sleep onset latency and an increased number of nighttime awakenings compared with their mentally healthy counterparts

Dual Diagnosis

Extra screening beneficial if alcohol dependency co-occurs with schizophrenia US researchers say that individuals with schizophrenia and co-occurring alcohol dependency may report their medical problems less accurately than people with alcohol dependency alone Recovery-promoting Care as Experienced by Persons with Severe Mental Illness and Substance Misuse This paper explores recovery-promoting care as experienced by persons with concomitant severe mental illness and substance misuse A Comparison of Treatment Outcomes for Individuals with Substance Use Disorder Alone and Individuals with Probable Dual Diagnosis The co-occurrence of substance use and mental health problems, often referred to as dual diagnosis, is increasingly recognised as commonplace within substance abuse treatment programs The impact of comorbid cannabis use disorders on the clinical presentation of social anxiety disorder Previous research has examined the relationship between social anxiety disorder and substance use disorders

Eating Disorders

Many Anorexics Struggle with Authentic Self A new report concludes that people with anorexia nervosa struggle with questions about their real, or authentic, self The impact of adverse life events and the serotonin transporter gene promoter polymorphism on the development of eating disorder symptoms Adverse life events have been shown to predict weight fluctuations and dietary restraint, as well as eating disorders during adolescence or early adulthood

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Forensic Psychiatry

Psychopaths' Brains Show Differences In Structure And Function Images of prisoners' brains show important differences between those who are diagnosed as psychopaths and those who aren't, according to a new study Moral Disengagement Among Serious Juvenile Offenders: A Longitudinal Study of the Relations Between Morally Disengaged Attitudes and Offending The present study investigates the relation between moral disengagement-one's willingness to conditionally endorse transgressive behavior-and ongoing offending in a sample of adolescent male felony offenders

Learning Disabilities

Fathers' Perceptions of Their Roles During In-Home Training for Children With Autism Currently, most research related to parents of children with autism has focused on mothers, and little is known about the fathers' interaction with their children Predictors of persistence in girls with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: results from an 11-year controlled follow-up study This study sought to examine the age-dependent persistence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and its predictors in a large sample of girls with and without ADHD followed prospectively for 11 years into young adulthood Another Genetic Clue To Autism: Opposite Malfunctions Have Same Result In most cases, autism is caused by a combination of genetic factors, but some cases, such as Fragile X syndrome, a rare disorder with autism-like symptoms, can be traced to a variation in a single gene that causes overproduction of proteins in brain synapses, the connectors that allow brain cells or neurons to communicate with one another Training Community Mental Health Therapists to Deliver a Package of Evidence-Based Practice Strategies for School-Age Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Pilot Study Research on moving evidence-based practice intervention strategies to community service settings for children with autism spectrum disorders is urgently needed Social and behavioural outcomes in children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders: a longitudinal cohort study To compare social and behavioural outcomes between children formally diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) with those of children who displayed autistic traits at preschool age, but remained undiagnosed as teenagers The effects of diagnostic group and gender on challenging behaviors in infants and toddlers with cerebral palsy, Down syndrome or seizures Challenging behaviors are frequently studied in individuals with various developmental disabilities, although specific conditions are rarely compared to one another

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Nursing Research

Perceived Family Functioning and Suicidal Ideation: Hopelessness as Mediator or Moderator The aims of this study are to explore the relationships among hopelessness, perceived family functioning, and suicidal ideation and to examine the moderating and mediating roles played by hopelessness on suicidal ideation Impact of person-centred thinking and personal budgets in mental health services: reporting a UK pilot This paper will report an innovation in the delivery of support in three early intervention teams in the North West of England

Obsessive Compulsive Disorders

Etiology of obsessions and compulsions: A meta-analysis and narrative review of twin studies The relative importance of genetic and environmental factors in the etiology of obsessivecompulsive (OC) symptoms is unclear Phenomenological features and clinical impact of affective disorders in OCD: a focus on the bipolar disorder and OCD connection Given the general population prevalence rates of obsessive compulsive disorder and the affective disorders, one would expect the co-occurrence of these syndromes to be rare Humor appreciation of captionless cartoons in obsessive-compulsive disorder It seems that the core neural regions and cognitive processes implicated in obsessivecompulsive disorder pathophysiology may overlap with those involved in humor appreciation

Occupational Therapy

Play preference of children with ADHD and typically developing children in Brazil: A pilot study Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder have been reported to have play deficits, which can cause problems in occupational development Homeless adults engagement in art: First steps towards identity, recovery and social inclusion The Australian policy on homelessness identifies participation in structured activities as the first step towards social inclusion and increasing the likelihood of permanently leaving a homeless lifestyle

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

A randomized controlled trial of sertraline to prevent posttraumatic stress disorder in burned children This study evaluated the potential benefits of a centrally acting selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, sertraline, versus placebo for prevention of symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression in burned children Integration and organization of trauma memories and posttraumatic symptoms To examine the connection between trauma memory integration in personal memory, memory organization, and posttraumatic symptom severity

Psychology

Psychological complications of pediatric obesity Psychological complications associated with pediatric obesity include low self-esteem, depression, body dissatisfaction, loss-of-control eating, unhealthy and extreme weight control behaviors, impaired social relationships, obesity stigma, and decreased health-related quality of life The Development of Memory Efficiency and Value-Directed Remembering Across the Life Span: A Cross-Sectional Study of Memory and Selectivity Although attentional control and memory change considerably across the life span, no research has examined how the ability to strategically remember important information (i.e., valuedirected remembering) changes from childhood to old age

Schizophrenia

How Schizophrenia Gene Linked To Psychiatric Disorders Impairs Brain Development Researchers have discovered how the gene variant DISC1, which is linked to schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders, impairs a particular signalling pathway in neurons that is crucial for normal brain development Elevated CRP, HSV-1 exposure linked to reduced cognitive function schizophrenia patients Elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) levels and exposure to herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) are associated with significantly reduced cognitive function in patients with schizophrenia Treating co-occurring first-episode psychosis and borderline personality: a pilot randomized controlled trial First-episode psychosis and borderline personality disorder are severe mental disorders that have their onset in youth. Their co-occurrence is clinically well recognized, is associated with significant risks and is complex to treat
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CDSS most effective tool for assessing depressive symptoms in schizophrenia The Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia is the most reliable and valid tool for assessing depressive symptoms in patients with schizophrenia, researchers report Researchers Develop Method For Advancing Development Of Antipsychotic Drugs Researchers interested in the treatment of schizophrenia and dementia have clarified how antipsychotic drugs that target a complex of two receptors at the surface of cells in the brain work Review supports infection link to schizophrenia Results from a systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies support an association between certain infections and schizophrenia Olfactory bulb volume reduced in schizophrenia patients Results from a US study show that olfactory bulb volume is reduced in patients with schizophrenia, supporting previous reports of abnormal olfactory function in patients with the mental health disorder

Social Work

What Is Therapy? A Therapist-Developed Intervention to Reduce Missed Appointments in Community Mental Health No show rates at community mental health centers are high. Therapists at a large community mental health center developed a one-session, theoretically informed Engagement Group to address common barriers to treatment attendance Improving Practice in Communication with Older People and Support Networks Living in Housing with Care Schemes: Aspirations and Ambitions Options relating to housing with care will likely increase, as they potentially promote choice and independence Engaging Community Support in Safeguarding Adults from Self-Neglect Recent studies on self-neglect highlight the crucial role that community members play, not just as referrers to services, but as definers of what is and is not to be tolerated in their neighbourhood

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NEW PUBLICATIONS
Books and reports hot of the press Click the title to connect to the website entry Overexposed and overlooked: Young peoples views on the regulation of alcohol promotion Alcohol Concern One on every corner: The relationship between off-licence density and alcohol harms in young people Alcohol Concern Listening to Experience: an independent inquiry into acute and crisis mental healthcare Mind

Handbook of Health Social Work: 2nd Revised edition Severe Personality Disorders The Wiley-blackwell Handbook of Group Psychotherapy Handbook of Child Abuse Research and Treatment 1998 Women and Mental Disorders Current Themes in Psychiatry in Theory and Practice Clinical Aspects of Psychopharmacology in Childhood & Adolescence Social Determinants & Mental Health

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