Mental Health Bulletin No. 211 July 6th 2009

M
Meennttaall H
Heeaalltthh &
& SSoocciiaall C
Caarree
Cuurrrreenntt A
C Awwaarreenneessss
th
Noo.. 221111 JJuullyy 66th 22000099
N
N
NHHSS E
Eaasstteerrnn C
Coouunnttiieess L
Liibbrraarryy& &
K
Knnoow
wlleeddggee SSeerrvviicceess A
Alllliiaannccee
This service is checking selected Internet sites for reports and news items of interest to
staff working in the Mental Health and Social Care sectors.
In addition there will be information on research, imminent conferences, training, books
newly published, useful websites and journals offering table of contents (TOC) of current
issues.
Links to the Content Headings are provided below.

A copy of each issue of this service will be placed on the websites of:
EPHRU library
http://www.ephru.nhs.uk/journal_alerts/main_page.asp?journal=12
West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust:

http://www.wsh.nhs.uk/Library/MentalHealthBulletins/
ECLaKSA
http://www.eclaksa.nhs.uk/
NHS: The Improvement Network

http://www.tin.nhs.uk/welcome/keeping-up-to-date/bulletin-menu/mental-health
If you have any problems accessing the articles, please contact:

Mary Edmans on 01376 302344 or email: mary.edmans@midessexpct.nhs.uk
Any other queries and comments contact your Trust librarian:
CONTENTS LINKS
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH NEWS NATIONAL NEWS

INTERNATIONAL NEWS
RESEARCH
ADDICTIONS ANXIETY DEMENTIA
DEPRESSION DUAL DIAGNOSIS EATING DISORDERS
LEARNING DISABILITIES O/C DISORDERS POST TRAUMATIC STRESS
PSYCHOLOGY SCHIZOPHRENIA SOCIAL WORK
NEW PUBLICATIONS CONFERENCES
USEFUL WEBSITES JOURNALS TOC PAGES

ECLaKSA/MHCA/No.211/6.7.09 1
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH NEWS
1st July
JOINT STATEMENT BY THE FOUR UK HEALTH DEPARTMENTS ON THE REGULATION OF
CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGISTS
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/DH_101786
2nd July
RECOGNISING COMPLEXITY: COMMISSIONING GUIDANCE FOR PERSONALITY
DISORDER SERVICES
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/D
H_101788
back to CONTENTS LINKS
NATIONAL NEWS
29th June
ANNUAL EVIDENCE UPDATE ON HEALTH NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING
DISABILITIES: 29 JUNE – 3 JULY 2009
http://www.library.nhs.uk/learningdisabilities/ViewResource.aspx?resID=317947
PLANS FOR MENTAL HEALTH CENTRE

Plymouth could get a £4m residential care unit for teenagers with mental health problems if plans
are approved.
http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/information/news/?entryid17=73273
STUDENT’S DESIGN HELPS PIECE TOGETHER PARTS OF THE ALZHEIMER’S PUZZLE

A Kingston University design student has turned his coursework into a budding business venture,
launching a jigsaw puzzle ideal for people living with dementia
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090623090659.htm
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN BOARDS STRUGGLE WITH 'INADEQUATE' FUNDS

Costs of serious case reviews sap funds for wider safeguarding agenda, study finds
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2009/06/29/111956/safeguarding-children-boards-
struggle-with-inadequate-funds.html
30th June
DEPRESSED 'DENIED EXERCISE HELP'
People with depression are still being denied exercise on prescription, a report suggests
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8123748.stm
NEW CENTRE IN LONDON TO ACCELERATE PERSONALIZED MENTAL HEALTH CARE

A powerful new research facility at the heart of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences
Centre has been launched by Professor Dame Sally C Davies
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155820.php
RADAR WELCOMES HARPER'S CHALLENGE TO END STIGMA SURROUNDING MENTAL

HEALTH CONDITIONS IN PARLIAMENT
The challenge to the Prime Minister to remove Section 141 of the Mental Health Act which strips
an MP of their seat in Parliament if detained under the Act for more than six months, and the
tabling of an amendment to the Equality Bill on this issue, are both very welcome and long
overdue.
GOVERNMENT URGED TO TREBLE DEMENTIA RESEARCH SPENDING
Alzheimer's Society and Alzheimer's Research Trust says investment in research crucial to
fighting dementia
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2009/06/30/111961/government-urged-to-treble-
dementia-research-spending.html
SAFEGUARDING BOARD CHAIR SAYS DONCASTER COUNCIL IS STRUGGLING TO

RECRUIT SOCIAL WORKERS
Warning follows critical serious case reviews into deaths of Amy Howson and Alfie Goddard
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2009/06/30/111972/social-workers-put-off-doncaster-by-
negative-publicity.html
1st July
EASYJET BACKS DEMENTIA RESEARCH FUNDING CALLS
A budget airline today added its weight to calls for the Government to increase investment in
research into dementia.
REGULATION MUST BE EXTENDED TO HELP STAMP OUT ABUSE

Patients will continue to be unprotected if statutory independent regulation is not extended to
counsellors and psychotherapists, according to leading national charities Mind and WITNESS.
http://www.mind.org.uk/News+policy+and+campaigns/Press/2009-06-
30regulationoftherapists.htm
HEARING FROM THE SELDOM HEARD - A NEW RESOURCE

People with learning disabilities face many barriers in being able to complain about the services
they receive
http://www.bild.org.uk/humanrights_seldomheard.htm
2nd July
OFFENDERS IN MENTAL HEALTH UNITS TO HAVE GPS TRACKING
Criminals held in secure mental health units are to be tracked with global positioning systems to
stop them absconding and reoffending, under a trial by a London hospital trust
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/jul/01/gps-trial-prisons-mental-health
DRIVE TO ATTRACT NURSES INTO APPROVED MENTAL HEALTH ROLE

Commission examines future of nursing in England
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2009/07/02/111977/drive-to-attract-nurses-into-
approved-mental-health-role.html
THERAPY NOT HELPING ABUSE VICTIMS

Residential and play therapy experts have hit out at a government-funded report that says their
work is failing to improve outcomes for child victims of physical abuse
http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/ByDiscipline/Social-Care/login/916758/
SAINSBURY CENTRE WELCOMES CALL TO CUT PRISON NUMBERS AND FOR

REINVESTMENT IN COMMUNITIES
Replacing short prison sentences with community sanctions would not only be good value for
taxpayers' money but would improve mental health and community safety
http://www.scmh.org.uk/news/2009_welcomes_commission_english_prisons_report.aspx
STRAW LAUNCHES MENTAL HEALTH COURTS
Justice Secretary Jack Straw has launched courts in east London and East Sussex specifically for
offenders with mental health problems
Dementia Awareness Week: 5th – 11th July

http://alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=936
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
2nd July
U.S. ORDERS SUICIDE WARNINGS ON TWO ANTI-SMOKING DRUGS
U.S. health officials ordered Pfizer Inc and GlaxoSmithKline PLC to add strong "black box"
warnings on their anti-smoking drugs to highlight the risk of serious mental health problems
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE56060X20090702
RESEARCH
ADDICTIONS
1st July
GAMBLING IS MALE STRESS RELEASE
Stress may be more likely to take risks, correlating to such real-life behavior as gambling,
smoking, unsafe sex and illegal drug use.
http://psychcentral.com/news/2009/07/01/gambling-is-male-stress-release/6841.html
IMPACT OF ACCESS TO RECOVERY SERVICES ON ALCOHOL/DRUG TREATMENT

OUTCOMES.
The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of providing recovery support services to
clients receiving publicly funded chemical dependency (CD) treatment
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19556095?ordinalpos=2&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pub
med.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
ANXIETY
1st July
ONE FACTOR OR TWO PARALLEL PROCESSES? COMORBIDITY AND DEVELOPMENT OF
ADOLESCENT ANXIETY AND DEPRESSIVE DISORDER SYMPTOMS.
This study investigates whether anxiety and depressive disorder symptoms of adolescents from
the general community are best described by a model
AMYGDALA AND INSULA RESPONSE TO EMOTIONAL IMAGES IN PATIENTS WITH

GENERALIZED SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER.
Functional brain imaging studies have demonstrated amygdala and insula hyper-reactivity to
probes of social threat in participants with generalized social anxiety disorder (gSAD
DEMENTIA
29th June
BLOOD FLOW IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
Dr. Jennifer C Palmer and colleagues at the University of Bristol have discovered that endothelin
converting enzyme-2 (ECE-2) may cause the decrease in cerebral blood flow seen in Alzheimer's
disease.
EARLY ALZHEIMER'S: NOT REMEMBERING WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER

People in very early stages of Alzheimer's disease already have trouble focusing on what is
important to remember
2nd July
ALZHEIMER'S SYMPTOMS REVERSED: BLOOD STEM CELL GROWTH FACTOR REVERSES
MEMORY DECLINE IN MICE
A human growth factor that stimulates blood stem cells to proliferate in the bone marrow reverses
memory impairment in mice genetically altered to develop Alzheimer's disease,
SOLO LIFE UPS GENE DEMENTIA RISK

People who have a particular gene flaw and live alone in middle-age are at highest risk of
developing dementia, researchers suggest
DEPRESSION
29th June
STUDY LINKS DEPRESSIVE MOOD, RACIAL DISPARITIES IN PRETERM BIRTH
Women who have depression symptoms prior to becoming pregnant are at an increased risk for
having preterm births,
30th June
DIFFERENTIAL MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR EXPRESSION IN BIPOLAR DISORDER AND MDD
While muscarinic (CHMR)2 receptor dysfunction is seen in both bipolar disorder and major
depressive disorder (MDD), decreased CHRM3 expression occurs only in bipolar disorder
http://www.medwire-
news.md/47/83237/Psychiatry/Differential_muscarinic_receptor_expression_in_bipolar_disorder_and_MDD.html
1st July
PROKR2 MAY PLAY ROLE IN PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF MOOD DISORDERS
The prokineticin 2 receptor gene (PROKR2) may play role in the pathophysiology of bipolar
disorder (BD) and major depressive disorder (MDD) in the Japanese population
http://www.medwire-
news.md/47/83254/Psychiatry/PROKR2_may_play_role_in_pathophysiology_of_mood_disorders.html
NEW STUDY DISPELS THEORY OF EMPTY NEST SYNDROME

Parents whose children stay at home are more likely to suffer depression than those whose
offspring move out, researchers said today
TopAbstracts in Depression
• Treatment of depression in the elderly: A review of the recent literature on the efficacy of single- versus dual-
action antidepressants - (Clin Ther)
• Comparisons of the efficacy and safety of duloxetine for the treatment of fibromyalgia in patients with versus
without major depressive disorder - (Clin J Pain)
• Anterior cingulate cortical volumes and treatment remission of geriatric depression - (Int J Geriatr
Pschiatry)
• Redistribution of slow wave activity of sleep during pharmacological treatment of depression with paroxetine
but not with nefazodone - (J Sleep Res)
• Duloxetine in the prevention of depressive recurrences: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial -
(J Clin Psych)
2nd July
BIPOLAR OFFSPRING PROGRESS ALONG PATHWAY TO BIPOLAR DISORDER
The offspring of bipolar disorder patients have an increased risk for anxiety, sleep, mood, and
substance use disorders, which, in turn, places them at an increased risk for bipolar disorder
http://www.medwire-
news.md/47/83292/Psychiatry/Bipolar_offspring_progress_along_pathway_to_bipolar_disorder.html
POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION COMPOUNDS POOR SLEEP CYCLE

Depression after childbirth has always been a chick and egg conundrum. That is, does sleep
quality influence development of depression, or is poor sleep a characteristic of post-partum
depression
http://psychcentral.com/news/2009/07/02/postpartum-depression-compounds-poor-sleep-
cycle/6867.html
3rd July
BIPOLAR MEDICATION ADHERENCE AFFECTED BY PATIENT ATTITUDES
Attitudes toward medication among bipolar disorder patients, as revealed by the Necessity-
Concerns Framework, have a significant impact on adherence,
http://www.medwire-
news.md/47/83307/Psychiatry/Bipolar_medication_adherence_affected_by_patient_attitudes.html
DUAL DIAGNOSIS
1st July
WHEN LESS IS MORE: ADDRESSING SYMPTOMS OF MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS IN
DRUG AND ALCOHOL TREATMENT SETTINGS
Depression and anxiety are common among clients presenting to drug and alcohol services
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a911901602
CHALLENGING THERAPEUTIC PESSIMISM: BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER AND

CO-MORBID SUBSTANCE ABUSE
The challenges encountered within public mental health services in New South Wales, Australia,
have been well described in recent review documents
EATING DISORDERS
26th June
TEENS WITH EATING DISORDERS BENEFIT FROM PARENTS' HELP
Research shows that recovery improves with family involvement
http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=625763
TopAbstracts in Eating Disorders
• Night eating syndrome in class II-III obesity: metabolic and psychopathological features - (Int J Obes Relat
Metab Disord)
• Eating disorders of infancy and early childhood - (Przegl Lek)
• The possible influence of impulsivity and dietary restraint on associations between serotonin genes and binge
eating - (J Psychiatr Res)
• Autophonia in anorexia nervosa - (Int J Eat Disord)
• Does avoidant personality disorder impact on the outcome of treatment for bulimia nervosa? - (Int J Eat
Disord)
LEARNING DISABILITIES
29th June
UC DAVIS RESEARCHERS DEVELOP NEW TEST FOR FRAGILE X SYNDROME
Researchers at UC Davis have developed a new test that will measure the protein deficit
responsible for fragile X syndrome - the single-most common cause of intellectual impairment and
the most-commonly inherited cause of autism.
30th June
PROBLEM PREGNANCY 'AUTISM RISK'
Complications during pregnancy and giving birth later in life may increase the risk of having a
child with autism,
2nd July
SCIENTISTS UNCOVER PATTERNS OF GENETIC CHANGES IN MENTAL RETARDATION
Researchers have uncovered some of the central characteristics of genes underlying mental
retardation
O/C DISORDERS
1st July
GROUP COGNITIVE AND BEHAVIORAL TREATMENT FOR COMPULSIVE HOARDING: A
PRELIMINARY TRIAL.
Time-limited group cognitive behavioral treatments (GCBT) for obsessive-compulsive disorder
have demonstrated improvement in target symptoms.
TOURETTE SYNDROME
The mainstay of therapy remains dopamine receptor blocking drugs, but new therapies are
emerging.
POST TRAUMATIC STRESS
2nd July
DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PTSD-RELATED COMPULSIVE CHECKING BEHAVIORS
IN VETERANS OF THE IRAQ WAR: THE INFLUENCE OF MILITARY CONTEXT ON THE
EXPRESSION OF PTSD SYMPTOMS.
PSYCHOLOGY
26th June
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CELEBRITY WORSHIP
Since antiquity, people have been fascinated with larger-than-life characters like Michael Jackson,
1st July
YOUR SURROUNDINGS MIRROR YOUR BELIEFS
People find safety in those who think the same way, research contends
SCHIZOPHRENIA
30th June
CIGARETTE SMOKING NORMALIZES DEFICITS IN SENSORIMOTOR GATING IN
SCHIZOPHRENIA
Study results show that cigarette smoking has a positive effect on sensorimotor gating in patients
with schizophrenia, improving the prepulse inhibition (PPI) deficit of the startle response to levels
comparable to those seen in healthy individuals.
http://www.medwire-
news.md/47/83238/Psychiatry/Cigarette_smoking_normalizes_deficits_in_sensorimotor_gating_in_schizophrenia.html
1st July
STRUCTURAL LEFT TEMPORAL LOBE CHANGES IN SCHIZOPHRENIA RELATED TO
AUDITORY LANGUAGE ANOMALIES
Study results show that individuals with schizophrenia have structural volume changes in the left
temporal lobe that are related to auditory language anomalies early in the course of the illness.
http://www.medwire-news.md/47/83255/Psychiatry/Structural_left_temporal_lobe_changes_in_schizophrenia_related_to_auditory_language_anomalies.html
GENE CLUES TO SCHIZOPHRENIA RISK

Scientists have identified thousands of tiny genetic variations which together could account for
more than a third of the inherited risk of schizophrenia
2nd July
SCHIZOPHRENIA AND MANIC DEPRESSION: NEW LINK THAT COULD HELP MILLIONS
Scientists in three studies have identified similar genetic causes behind both schizophrenia and
manic depression in a discovery that could lead to new treatments for millions with the illnesses
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/5718721/Schizophrenia-and-manic-depression-
new-link-that-could-help-millions.html
ECT BOOSTS DRUG RESPONSE IN TREATMENT-RESISTANT SCHIZOPHRENIA

Unsatisfactory responses to medication among schizophrenia patients can be improved using
electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), regardless of the chronicity of illness
http://www.medwire-news.md/47/83291/Psychiatry/ECT_boosts_drug_response_in_treatment-
resistant_schizophrenia.html
3rd July
INCREASED CANNABIS USE ‘NOT MATCHED BY PSYCHOSIS PREVALENCE RISE’
There is no evidence to support the notion that the prevalence of schizophrenia or psychosis is
increasing in the general population, say UK scientists in findings that undermine the supposed
link between cannabis use and psychosis
http://www.medwire-
news.md/47/83306/Psychiatry/Increased_cannabis_use_‘not_matched_by_psychosis_prevalence_rise’.html
SOCIAL WORK
1st July
PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL WORKING CONDITIONS AS EXPLANATIONS FOR
OCCUPATIONAL CLASS INEQUALITIES IN SELF-RATED HEALTH.
Socio-economic health inequalities are well documented, but efforts to explain health inequalities
are less
APPLYING HEALTH DETERMINANTS AND DIMENSIONS IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE
Dimensions and determinants related to physical health, mental health and well-being can be
used as tools in social work practice
NEW PUBLICATIONS
(Hot off the press not yet in your library)
Systematic Reviews of Interventions following Physical Abuse: Helping Practitioners and

Expert Witnesses Improve the Outcomes of Child Abuse
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/research/data/uploadfiles/DCSF-RBX-09-08A.pdf
Disproportionality in Child Welfare - Prevalence of Black and Ethnic Minority Children

within 'Looked After' and 'Children in Need' Populations and on Child Protection Registers
in England
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/research/data/uploadfiles/DCSF-RR124.pdf
EMOTIONAL MALTREATMENT – WHAT WORKS?

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/research/data/uploadfiles/DCSF-RBX-09-09.pdf
Valuing Employment Now: real jobs for people with learning disabilities
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/media/217088/coi_real_jobs.pdf
Depression Care Across The Lifespan

Lynne Walsh Wiley-Blackwell: 3rd July ISBN: 9780470749739 £32.18
Handbook of Family Psychology

J Bray Wiley-Blackwell: 8th July ISBN: 9781444310238 £126.50
Lishman's Organic Psychiatry: A Textbook of Neuropsychiatry: 4th Revised edition

Anthony David Wiley-Blackwell: 10th July ISBN: 9781405118606 £120.00
Medicines Management in Mental Health Care

N Harris Wiley-Blackwell: 3rd July ISBN: 9781444316155 £32.12
Beyond Depression: A New Approach to Understanding and Management: 2nd Revised

edition
Christopher Dowrick Oxford University Press: 9th July ISBN: 9780199545292 £24.95
Preventing Harmful Substance Use - The Evidence Base for Policy and Practice
T Stockwell Wiley-Blackwell: 10th July ISBN: 9780470713624 £92.00
CONFERENCES
(New additions are in green type)
THE NEW DRUGS STRATEGY: A CLEAR FOCUS ON FAMILIES?: 15th July: Manchester
http://www.pavpub.com/pavpub/conferences/showfull.asp?Conference=762
PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN SECTION ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2009:
15th – 17th July: Windsor
http://www.bps.org.uk/conferences-and-events/event-listing/events$/2009/july/pows2009/pows2009_home.cfm?subsite
WOMENS LONG TERM MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH: 16th July: London
COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY SECTION ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2009:

1st – 3rd September: Hatfield
http://www.bps.org.uk/conferences-and-events/event-
listing/events$/2009/september/cog_sec_conf_2009/cog_sec_conf_2009_home.cfm?subsite=
THE PAST, THE PRESENT, THE FUTURE: 9th Annual Mental Health Education and Training
Conference: 9th – 10th September: Hendon
BPS: DIVISION OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY CONFERENCE 2009:

9th – 11th September: Birmingham
http://www.bps.org.uk/dhp2009/
BEST PRACTICE & INNOVATION IN OLDER PERSONS MENTAL HEALTH:

10th September: London
http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/information/events/?EventId12=96348&sDate=633881376000000
000&fDate=633881376000000000
FAMILIES FIRST - FAMILY THERAPY IN AND BEYOND THE CONSULTING ROOM:

11th – 13th September: Cambridge
http://www.aft.org.uk/training/conferences.asp
DEMENTA SERVICES DEVELOPMENT CENTRES 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE:

FACING THE FUTURE: 14th – 16th September : York
http://www.rdlearning.org.uk/courseDetails.asp?ID=43843
BASPCAN CONGRESS 2009: CHANGING LANDSCAPES, EMERGING CHALLENGES:

16th September: Swansea
http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/information/events/?EventId12=90294&sDate=633883968000000
000&fDate=633807072000000000
15TH INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FOR PSYCHIATRIC NURSING RESEARCH (NPNR)

CONFERENCE 2009: 24th – 25th September: Oxford
http://www.rcn.org.uk/newsevents/event_details/rcn_events/15th_international_network_for_psyc
hiatric_nursing_research_npnr_conference_2009
PERSONALISATION IN MENTAL HEALTH: 1st October: London

2ND NATIONAL CONFERENCE: ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION: 1st – 2nd October: London
http://www.mahealthcareevents.co.uk/cgi-bin/go.pl/conferences/detail.html?conference_uid=95
NAO ADULTS WITH AUTISM NATIONAL CONFERENCE: 15th October: London

http://www.neilstewartassociates.com/sh264/
WORLD CLASS MENTAL HEALTH COMMISSIONING 2009: 19th October: London

http://www.healthcare-
events.co.uk/conf/booking.php?action=home&id=293&confbook=d0fc99373775384cf73314eb2cd5b2ad
12TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT:

19th – 21st October: Stirling
NATIONAL CHILDREN AND ADULT SERVICES CONFERENCE 2009:
21st October: Harrogate
JOINED UP SERVICES FOR OLDER PEOPLE: 22nd October: London

http://www.neilstewartassociates.com/sh262/
UK DEMENTIA CONGRESS: 3rd November: Harrogate

SCHIZOPHRENIA: THE FINAL FRONTIER: 5th November: London

http://www.iop.kcl.ac.uk/events/?id=739
ANNUAL PSYCHIATRY OF LEARNING DISABILITY HIGHER TRAINEES NATIONAL

CONFERENCE: 12th -13th November: Croydon
Alison Evans: Roselands Clinic, 163 Kingston Road, New Malden, Surrey, KT3 3NN
Tel: 020 8949 9978, Fax: 020 8949 5971
ANOREXIA, CACHEXIA AND FATIGUE: 26th November: London

http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/event/details.aspx?e=1412
COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY WITH CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: MAKING CBT WORK
FOR INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, PRACTITIONERS AND SERVICES: 2nd December: London
A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO SAFEGUARDING VULNERABLE ADULTS: 3RD December:

Manchester
http://www.healthcare-events.co.uk/conf/uploads/brochures/204_20080827-
113126_Vulnerable_Adults_Dec.pdf
7TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE: BIPOLAR DISORDERS: 4th December: London

http://www.mahealthcareevents.co.uk/cgi-bin/go.pl/conferences/detail.html?conference_uid=102
MOOD DISORDERS ACROSS THE LIFESPAN: 10th December: London

http://www.iop.kcl.ac.uk/events/?id=758
USEFUL WEBSITES
ANANOVA
http://www.psychnet-uk.com/ananova/index.htm
“Ananova is a UK News Service which can be used to locate all the latest local and international
mental health news articles. The Search on PsychNet-UK is initially set to search for mental
health articles however once on the Ananova site you can change your search requirements to
what other subject matter interests you.”
CHAINs –
http://chain.ulcc.ac.uk/chain/index.html
Contact, Help, Advice and Information Networks – “are online networks for people working in
health and social care. They are based around specific areas of interest, and give people a simple
and informal way of contacting each other to exchange ideas and share knowledge”
CSCI PROFESSIONAL
http://www.csci.org.uk/professional/
The website for social care professionals
CSIP: EASTERN (formerly NIMHE)
http://www.eastern.csip.org.uk/Home
DRUG & ALCOHOL FINDINGS

Drug and Alcohol Findings bridges the divide between research on the effectiveness of responses
to drug and alcohol problems and the practitioners who provide those interventions, with a focus
on UK-relevant research
http://findings.org.uk/index.php
EMENTAL-HEALTH.COM
http://www.emental-health.com
“Dedicated to providing accurate information and raising public awareness on mental health.
Provides information, news and discussions relevant to schizophrenia and related psychoses,
Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, depression and bipolar disorder.”
HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE INFORMATION CENTRE - NHS website

http://www.ic.nhs.uk/
“Our role is to co-ordinate and streamline the collection and sharing of data about health and
social care. By simplifying data gathering, we aim to reduce the burden on frontline staff.”
INTEGRATED CARE NETWORK

“We aim to help frontline organisations to work together to deliver flexible services that help
people to remain in control and live independent lives.”
http://www.integratedcarenetwork.gov.uk/homepage.php
InPsychiatry.com
“The website for psychiatry professionals”
http://www.inpsychiatry.com/
KINGSFUND
http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/
Health and Social Care website
MENTAL HEALTH CARE

http://www.mentalhealthcare.org.uk/
From the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London,the South London and Maudsley NHS
Trust and Rethink
Mental health information for friends, family and carers
MENTALHEALTH tv
“The UK’s first dedicated television channel for mental healthcare issues on the internet”
www.mentalhealth.tv
MENTAL HEALTH SURVIVAL GUIDE

Helping to break the link between disability and poverty: Information from a patient’s perspective
http://www.houlston.freeserve.co.uk/mental.htm
MENTAL HEALTH UPDATE

Bethlem Librarian John Gale’s mental health blog
http://mentalhealthupdate.blogspot.com/
MYILIBRARY
Mental Health e-books
www.Myilibrary.com
NATIONAL CAMHS SUPPORT NETWORK

http://www.camhs.org.uk/
NICE
Monthly newsletter for the National Institute for Clinical Excellence
http://www.nice.org.uk/page.aspx?o=e-newsletter
PARENTAL MENTAL HEALTH AND CHILD WELFARE NETWORK

The Parental Mental Health and Child Welfare Network is a unique national network for social
care and health workers who work with parents with a mental health problem or their children,
offering a wealth of information about local and national policies, services, publications and
events.
http://www.pmhcwn.org.uk/about.asp
PRINCESS ROYAL TRUST FOR CARERS PROFESSIONALS WEBSITE

“built specifically so that anyone working professionally with carers has access to the best
information available on the internet.”
http://www.carers.org/professionals
QUALITY, PREVALENCE AND INDICATOR DATABASE

The Health and Social Care Information Centre's Prescribing Support Unit is developing a Quality,
Prevalence and Indicator Database (QPID)
http://www.ic.nhs.uk/services/qpid
RiPfA: Research in practice for adults

“research in practice for adults is the only research implementation service in the UK solely
dedicated to improving services for vunerable adults”
http://www.ripfa.org.uk/index.asp
SOCIAL CARE BULLETIN

You will need to log in for a free subscription to this bulletin
http://www.emedia.co.uk
SOCIAL CARE ONLINE (replaces eLSC:Electronic Library for Social Care)

a free online resource owned and managed by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE).” It
provides a single point of access to an extensive range of social care knowledge, including
practice information, skills tutorials, and around 80,000 abstracts of books, reports, research
papers, journals, official publications and articles”
http://www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/
SPECIALIST LIBRARY: LEARNING DISABILITIES

“The aim of the NeLH Specialist Library for Learning Disabilities is to provide quick access to key
documents and evidence for health professionals”
http://www.library.nhs.uk/learningdisabilities/
SPECIALIST LIBRARY:MENTAL HEALTH

“This site aims to meet the information needs of health care professionals who work in the field of
mental health.”
http://libraries.nelh.nhs.uk/mentalhealth/
TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice)

“Sarch engine aimed at health professionals looking for clinical research literature to support
patient care “
www.tripdatabase.com
UKPPG Mental Health Links

United Kingdom Psychiatric Pharmacy Group mental health links page
http://www.ukppg.org.uk/links.html
Wellcome Collection Images

A source of contemporary and historical medical images that are free to download in not profit
making documents
http://images.wellcome.ac.uk/
YOUNG MINDS
http://www.youngminds.org.uk/
Improving the mental well-being of children and young people
JOURNAL TOC PAGES

(current articles table of content)
New titles in orange
These websites are to allow you to view the contents page of the current part of a journal and in
most cases will NOT give full text without a subscription. Contact you local library for availability.
P Indicates available full text at Proquest through Athens
Local Messages:
EJOURNALS
http://journals.library.nhs.uk/frames.asp
ACADEMIC PSYCHIATRY
http://ap.psychiatryonline.org/current.shtml
ACTA PSYCHIATRICA SCANDANAVICA

http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/rd.asp?code=ACP&goto=journal
ADDICTION
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/rd.asp?code=ADD&goto=journal
ADDICTION BIOLOGY
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/loi/ADB
ADDICTION RESEARCH & THEORY

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713454341
ADDICTIVE DISORDERS & THEIR TREATMENT

http://www.addictiondisorders.com/pt/re/adt/currenttoc.htm
ADOPTION AND FOSTERING

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/baaf/afj
ADVANCES IN DUAL DIAGNOSIS

http://www.pavpub.com/pavpub/journals/add/index.asp
ADVANCES IN MENTAL HEALTH AND LEARNING DISABILITIES

http://www.pavpub.com/pavpub/journals/aimhld/index.asp
ADVANCES IN PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT

http://apt.rcpsych.org/current.shtml
AGING AND MENTAL HEALTH

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713404778
ALCOHOLISM: CLINICAL & EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH

http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/loi/ACER?cookieSet=1
ALZHEIMER DISEASE & ASSOCIATED DISORDERS

http://www.alzheimerjournal.com/pt/re/adad/currenttoc.htm;jsessionid=B19PU69ot21YJVa1WSX
QcjRQ93aaw2NjynqLrbiGNu85RO32ZFj0!-218751034!-949856031!9001!-1
ALZHEIMER’S & DEMENTIA: JOURNAL OF THE ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/15525260
(P) AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY

http://ajgponline.org/contents-by-date.0.shtml
(P) AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY

http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/current.shtml
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY

http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/AJS/journal/available.html
AMERICAN JOURNAL ON MENTAL RETARDATION

http://aamr.allenpress.com/aamronline/?request=get-current-issue
ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY

http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/current.dtl
ARCHIVES OF PSYCHIATRIC NURSING

ARCHIVES OF SUICIDE RESEARCH

http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/link.asp?id=102849
BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY
BIPOLAR DISORDERS
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/rd.asp?code=BDI&goto=journal
BRITISH JOURNAL OF LEARNING DIASABILITIES

http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/loi/bld?cookieSet=1
BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY

Future issue: http://bjp.rcpsych.org/future.shtml
Current & archive: http://bjp.rcpsych.org/contents-by-date.0.shtml
BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK

http://bjsw.oupjournals.org/current.dtl
BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY

http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/loi/bjos
BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL

http://www.bmj.com/archive/
CHILD & FAMILY SOCIAL WORK

http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/loi/cfs
CLINICAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY & PSYCHIATRY

http://ccp.sagepub.com/current.dtl
COGNITION & EMOTION

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH JOURNAL

http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/1573-2789/contents
CURRENT PSYCHIATRY
http://www.currentpsychiatry.com/pages_toc.asp
DEMENTIA
http://dem.sagepub.com/current.dtl
DRUGS AND ALCOHOL TODAY

http://www.pavpub.com/pavpub/journals/DAAT/showjournal.asp?Title=Drugs+and+Alcohol+Today
EUROPEAN ADDICTION RESEARCH

http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?Aktion=JournalCurrentIssue&ProduktNr=224
233
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK

EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY
EVIDENCE-BASED MENTAL HEALTH

http://ebmh.bmjjournals.com/current.shtml
HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE IN THE COMMUNITY

http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/loi/hsc
HISTORY OF PSYCHIATRY
http://hpy.sagepub.com/current.dtl
INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

http://aaidd.allenpress.com/aamronline/?request=get-current-issue
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ART THERAPY: INSCAPE

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t716100706~db=all
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/34698
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH NURSING

http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showIssues&code=inm
ISSUES IN MENTAL HEALTH NURSING

INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL WORK

http://isw.sagepub.com/current.dtl
THE JOURNAL OF ADULT PROTECTION

http://www.pavpub.com/pavpub/journals/JAP/index.asp
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS

JOURNAL OF ANXIETY DISORDERS
JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH IN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES

http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/rd.asp?code=JAR&goto=journal
JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS

http://www.springerlink.com/content/1573-3432/
JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY & PSYCHIATRY

http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showIssues&code=jcpp
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY

http://www.psychiatrist.com/toc.htm
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

http://www.psychopharmacology.com/pt/re/jclnpsychopharm/currenttoc
JOURNAL OF DUAL DIAGNOSIS

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/haworth/jdd
JOURNAL OF FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY

http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=browsePA.volumes&jcode=fam
JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY & NEUROLOGY

http://jgp.sagepub.com/current.dtl
JOURNAL OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES

http://jld.sagepub.com/current.dtl
JOURNAL OF INTELLECTUAL DISIBILITY RESEARCH

http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/openurl?genre=journal&stitle=jir
JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH

JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING, EDUCATION AND PRACTICE

http://www.pavpub.com/pavpub/journals/JMHWD/index.asp
JOURNAL OF NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISEASE

http://www.jonmd.com/pt/re/jnmd/currenttoc.htm
JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY & PSYCHIATRY

http://www.mediasphera.aha.ru/neurol/e_neur-mn.htm
(P) JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY, NEUROSURGERY & PSYCHIATRY

http://jnnp.bmjjournals.com/current.shtml
JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHIATRY & CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES

http://neuro.psychiatryonline.org/current.shtml
JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH

JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY
http://www.ccspublishing.com/j_psych.htm
JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC AND MENTAL HEALTH NURSING

http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showIssues&code=jpm
(P) JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOCIAL NURSING AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

http://www.psychnurse.org/current.asp
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTH

http://www.pavpub.com/pavpub/journals/jpmh/index.asp
JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SERVICE RESEARCH

http://www.haworthpress.com/store/Toc_views.asp?sid=PQDDG7NL7HPW9H98KR2J400MRKW
G65S9&TOCName=J079v32n02%5FTOC&desc=Volume%3A%2032%20Issue%3A%202
JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK

http://jsw.sagepub.com/current.dtl
JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE

LEARNING DISABILITIES RESEARCH & PRACTICE

http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/loi/ldrp
LEARNING DISABILITY REVIEW

http://www.pavpub.com/pavpub/journals/LDR/index.asp
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE: DUAL DIAGNOSIS

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t777186830~db=all
MENTAL HEALTH IN FAMILY MEDICINE (formerly Primary Care Mental Health)

http://www.radcliffe-oxford.com/journals/J20_Mental_Health_in_Family_Medicine/issues/
MENTAL HEALTH NURSING

http://www.amicus-mhna.org/journal.htm
PSYCHIATRIC BULLETIN
http://pb.rcpsych.org/current.shtml
PSYCHIATRIC NEWS
http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/current.shtml
PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES
http://psychservices.psychiatryonline.org/current.shtml
PSYCHIATRY
http://www.extenza-eps.com/extenza/contentviewing/viewJournal.do?journalId=272
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLETIN
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=PSM
PSYCHOLOGY OF ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS
http://content.apa.org/journals/adb
PSYCHOSOMATICS
http://psy.psychiatryonline.org/current.shtml
(P) SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN

http://www.schizophreniabulletin.oupjournals.org/current.dtl
SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH
DISCLAIMER:
The East of England Library & Knowledge Services Alliance take no responsibility
for the wording, content and accuracy of the information supplied which has been
extracted in good faith from reputable sources.
Graphic obtained from royalty free website or the Wellcome Image Collection
BBC News Online Bury Free Press

Cambridge Evening News Communitycare.co.uk
Daily Mail Online Department of Health
DocGuide Eastern Daily Press
Evening Standard Online Evening Star 24
E-Health Insider Fenland Today
General Social Care Council Guardian online
Health Informatics Hemel Hempstead Today
Herts Advertiser Herts 24
Herts & Essex Observer Intelihealth.com
Kings Fund Medical News Today
MedWire News Mental Health Foundation
Mental Help Net MIND
NLH NetDoctor
NICE Peterborough Today
Psych Central Rethink
RxPG News Sainsbury Centre for mental health
SANE ScienceDaily
Telegraph Times Online
Watford Observer Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities

Mental Health Bulletin No. 211 July 6th 2009

Uploaded by

Document Information

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

Mental Health Bulletin No. 211 July 6th 2009

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

M

Links to the Content Headings are provided below.

West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust:

NHS: The Improvement Network

If you have any problems accessing the articles, please contact:

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH NEWS NATIONAL NEWS

DEPRESSION DUAL DIAGNOSIS EATING DISORDERS

LEARNING DISABILITIES O/C DISORDERS POST TRAUMATIC STRESS

PSYCHOLOGY SCHIZOPHRENIA SOCIAL WORK

NEW PUBLICATIONS CONFERENCES

USEFUL WEBSITES JOURNALS TOC PAGES

back to CONTENTS LINKS

PLANS FOR MENTAL HEALTH CENTRE

STUDENT’S DESIGN HELPS PIECE TOGETHER PARTS OF THE ALZHEIMER’S PUZZLE

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN BOARDS STRUGGLE WITH 'INADEQUATE' FUNDS

NEW CENTRE IN LONDON TO ACCELERATE PERSONALIZED MENTAL HEALTH CARE

RADAR WELCOMES HARPER'S CHALLENGE TO END STIGMA SURROUNDING MENTAL

GOVERNMENT URGED TO TREBLE DEMENTIA RESEARCH SPENDING

SAFEGUARDING BOARD CHAIR SAYS DONCASTER COUNCIL IS STRUGGLING TO

REGULATION MUST BE EXTENDED TO HELP STAMP OUT ABUSE

HEARING FROM THE SELDOM HEARD - A NEW RESOURCE

DRIVE TO ATTRACT NURSES INTO APPROVED MENTAL HEALTH ROLE

THERAPY NOT HELPING ABUSE VICTIMS

SAINSBURY CENTRE WELCOMES CALL TO CUT PRISON NUMBERS AND FOR

Dementia Awareness Week: 5th – 11th July

back to CONTENTS LINKS

back to CONTENTS LINKS

IMPACT OF ACCESS TO RECOVERY SERVICES ON ALCOHOL/DRUG TREATMENT

AMYGDALA AND INSULA RESPONSE TO EMOTIONAL IMAGES IN PATIENTS WITH

EARLY ALZHEIMER'S: NOT REMEMBERING WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER

SOLO LIFE UPS GENE DEMENTIA RISK

NEW STUDY DISPELS THEORY OF EMPTY NEST SYNDROME

POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION COMPOUNDS POOR SLEEP CYCLE

CHALLENGING THERAPEUTIC PESSIMISM: BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER AND

TopAbstracts in Eating Disorders

POST TRAUMATIC STRESS

GENE CLUES TO SCHIZOPHRENIA RISK

ECT BOOSTS DRUG RESPONSE IN TREATMENT-RESISTANT SCHIZOPHRENIA

back to CONTENTS LINKS

Systematic Reviews of Interventions following Physical Abuse: Helping Practitioners and

Disproportionality in Child Welfare - Prevalence of Black and Ethnic Minority Children

EMOTIONAL MALTREATMENT – WHAT WORKS?

Depression Care Across The Lifespan

Handbook of Family Psychology

Lishman's Organic Psychiatry: A Textbook of Neuropsychiatry: 4th Revised edition

Medicines Management in Mental Health Care

Beyond Depression: A New Approach to Understanding and Management: 2nd Revised

back to CONTENTS LINKS

COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY SECTION ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2009:

BPS: DIVISION OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY CONFERENCE 2009:

BEST PRACTICE & INNOVATION IN OLDER PERSONS MENTAL HEALTH:

FAMILIES FIRST - FAMILY THERAPY IN AND BEYOND THE CONSULTING ROOM:

DEMENTA SERVICES DEVELOPMENT CENTRES 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE:

BASPCAN CONGRESS 2009: CHANGING LANDSCAPES, EMERGING CHALLENGES:

15TH INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FOR PSYCHIATRIC NURSING RESEARCH (NPNR)

PERSONALISATION IN MENTAL HEALTH: 1st October: London

NAO ADULTS WITH AUTISM NATIONAL CONFERENCE: 15th October: London

WORLD CLASS MENTAL HEALTH COMMISSIONING 2009: 19th October: London

12TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT:

JOINED UP SERVICES FOR OLDER PEOPLE: 22nd October: London

UK DEMENTIA CONGRESS: 3rd November: Harrogate

SCHIZOPHRENIA: THE FINAL FRONTIER: 5th November: London

ANNUAL PSYCHIATRY OF LEARNING DISABILITY HIGHER TRAINEES NATIONAL

ANOREXIA, CACHEXIA AND FATIGUE: 26th November: London