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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.
EPHRU library
http://www.ephru.nhs.uk/journal_alerts/main_page.asp?journal=12
CONTENTS LINKS
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH NEWS
9th March
A BETTER FUTURE: A CONSULTATION ON A FUTURE STRATEGY FOR ADULTS WITH
AUTISTIC SPECTRUM CONDITIONS:THE GOVERNMENT RESPONSE
http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/@dh/@en/documents/digitalasse
t/dh_113709.pdf
11th March
FINAL REPORTS FROM THE TASKFORCE ON THE HEALTH ASPECTS OF VIOLENCE
AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publichealth/Healthimprovement/ViolenceagainstWomenandChildren/DH
_113753
NATIONAL NEWS
7th March
MOST BRITS 'HAVE HAD MENTAL STRESS'
Six out of 10 people (62%) in Britain have had at least one time in their life where they found it
difficult to cope mentally, according to a survey
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5iW5O0yrcbQV7s7tZs5s4LKxKXAbw
8th March
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE FOR VETERANS ROLLED OUT ACROSS WALES
Veterans to receive assessment and care plan
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/03/08/113986/mental-health-service-for-veterans-
rolled-out-across-wales.htm
9th March
MENTAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDER FINED FOR STANDARDS BREACHES
A company responsible for running a mental health hospital in Yorkshire has been fined
thousands of pounds for breaching care standards in relation to medication
http://www.publicfinance.co.uk/news/2010/03/mental-health-care-provider-fined-for-standards-
breaches/
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10th March
CORRIE STAR REVEALS STRUGGLE WITH DEPRESSION
One of the stars of Coronation Street, which is filmed in Manchester, revealed she has been
receiving treatment for a nervous breakdown and depression
http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/information/news/?entryid17=77255
11th March
SOCIAL WORK GRADUATES CHOOSING AGENCY WORK TO LIMIT STRESS
An increasing number of social work graduates are choosing agency work because of fears that
permanent local authority posts will be too stressful,
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/03/11/114032/social-work-graduates-choosing-
agency-work-to-limit-stress.htm
THE PRINCE OF WALES, PATRON, COMBAT STRESS, WILL TODAY LAUNCH THE COMBAT
STRESS APPEAL - 'THE ENEMY WITHIN'
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales will today launch an appeal by the Veterans' charity
Combat Stress at St. James's Palace State Apartments
http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/information/news/?entryid17=77265
12th March
SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLBEING - VULNERABLE CHILDREN AT HOME:
CONSULTATION ON THE DRAFT SCOPE
NICE is developing public health intervention guidance Social and emotional wellbeing and
vulnerable pre-school children: home-based interventions
http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/index.jsp?action=folder&o=47836
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
9th March
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION HONORS SOCIAL SECURITY COMMISSIONER MICHAEL
ASTRUE WITH HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue is the recipient of the Alzheimer's Association's
2010 Humanitarian Award
http://www. medicalnewstoday.com/articles/181639.php
10th March
NEW EVIDENCE FURTHER VALIDATES KETONE BODY THERAPY AS AN EFFECTIVE
APPROACH IN MANAGING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
Accera, Inc announced data which showed that augmentation with ketone bodies significantly
improved cognitive function in Alzheimer's disease patients.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/181740.php
11th March
INHALANT ABUSE A DEADLY MIDDLE-SCHOOL CONCERN
'Huffing' more common than smoking pot, snorting cocaine among 12-year-olds, study finds
http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=636899
RESEARCH
9th March
SURVEY MAY HELP DOCS DIAGNOSE MOOD DISORDERS
It identified anxiety, depression, PTSD, bipolar disorder in most cases, study finds
http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=636744
ADDICTIONS
11th March
PARENT–CHILD COMMUNICATION AND SUBSTANCE USE AMONG ADOLESCENTS: DO
FATHER AND MOTHER COMMUNICATION PLAY A DIFFERENT ROLE FOR SONS AND
DAUGHTERS?
The purpose of this study was to investigate gender-specific variations in the associations
between communication with father and mother, cigarette smoking, alcohol drinking and
marijuana use in male and female adolescents
doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2009.12.009
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ANXIETY
10th March
DEVELOPMENT OF NEW SCALE TO MEASURE ANXIETY OUTCOMES
A new questionnaire and outcomes measurement scale developed by the department of
psychiatry at Rhode Island Hospital has proven to be a reliable and valid measure of anxiety.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/181799.php
11th March
RELAXATION THERAPY FOR ANXIETY
“Having a massage is no better at beating stress than home relaxation techniques like breathing
deeply and listening to soothing music”
http://www.nhs.uk/news/2010/03March/Pages/Relaxation-therapy-for-anxiety.aspx
DEMENTIA
8th March
MAJOR DEPRESSION MORE THAN DOUBLES RISK OF DEMENTIA AMONG ADULTS WITH
DIABETES
Adults who have both diabetes and major depression are more than twice as likely to develop
dementia, compared to adults with diabetes only,
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/181498.php
9th March
AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND HISPANICS MORE LIKELY TO HAVE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
AND DEMENTIA THAN WHITES
According to the Alzheimer's Association's® 2010 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures,
African-Americans are about two times more likely and Hispanics are about one and one-half
times more likely than their white counterparts to have Alzheimer's and other dementias.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/181641.php
12th March
DRIVING WITH EARLY ALZHEIMER'S MAY BE ILL-ADVISED
Even a drive to the local store can end in getting lost, hurt, study finds
http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=636658
DEPRESSION
9th March
RISK OF DEVELOPING CATARACTS INCREASED BY ANTI-DEPRESSANTS
Some anti-depressant drugs are associated with an increased chance of developing cataracts,
according to a new statistical study
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/181675.php
ONLINE DATING AND THE LINK BETWEEN DEPRESSION AND RELATIONAL UNCERTAINTY
A study shows that people looking for romance online actually behave very much as they do in
face to face dating and relationships
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/181655.php
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STRONG LINK EXISTS BETWEEN BIPOLAR SPECTRUM DISORDERS, ADHD
Researchers suggest that adults with bipolar spectrum disorder (BSD) often present with co-
morbid attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
http://www.medwire-
news.md/47/86723/Psychiatry/Strong_link_exists_between_bipolar_spectrum_disorders,_ADHD.html
10th March
WHEN PERSONALITY MAKES DRUGS INEFFECTIVE IN DEPRESSION
A study published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics addresses the role
of personality factors in moderating treatment response in depression
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/181733.php
11th March
VARIANT SEROTONIN RECEPTOR LINKED TO ALCOHOL ABUSE IN BIPOLAR DISORDER
Bipolar disorder patients with comorbid alcohol use disorder show a higher frequency of a
serotonin transporter gene polymorphism than their peers with no alcohol comorbidity
http://www.medwire-
news.md/47/86750/Psychiatry/Variant_serotonin_receptor_linked_to_alcohol_abuse_in_bipolar_disorder.html
12th March
PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS VARY IN UNDERLYING SEROTONIN PATHOLOGY
Patients with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia display a diminished loudness dependence of
the auditory evoked potential (LDAEP) relative to mentally healthy controls, study
http://www.medwire-
news.md/47/86751/Psychiatry/Psychiatric_disorders_vary_in_underlying_serotonin_pathology.html
DUAL DIAGNOSIS
8th March
NALTREXONE NIXED FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN PATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA
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Contrary to expectations, the opioid receptor antagonist naltrexone is no better than placebo and
can be counterproductive in treating substance use disorder in patients with schizophrenia,
according to data
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/181575.php
EATING DISORDERS
9th March
RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE CONDITIONAL GOAL SETTING IN EATING DISORDERS
SCALE (CGS-EDS) AMONG ADULTS WITH EATING DISORDERS
The aim of this study was to develop and validate a self-report measure of Conditional Goal
Setting for use among individuals with eating disorders
doi:10.1016/j.eatbeh.2009.12.002
• Aripiprazole in anorexia nervosa and low-weight bulimia nervosa: Case reports - (Int J Eat
Disord)
• Eating disorders in the elderly - (Int Psychogeriatr)
• Impact of binge eating disorder in the psychopathological profile of obese women - (Compr
Psychiatry)
• Anesthesia in patients with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa - (Anaesthesist)
• Prefrontal brain function in children with anorexia nervosa: A near-infrared spectroscopy
study - (Brain Dev)
LEARNING DISABILITIES
8th March
POSSIBLE EARLY GLIMPSE OF AUTISM'S IMPACT ON OLDER SIBLINGS
A new study suggests a trend toward developing hyperactivity among typically developing
elementary-school-aged siblings of autistic preschoolers
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100308132142.htm
O/C DISORDERS
9th March
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BELIEF IN THE OBSESSIONAL DOUBT AS A REAL PROBABILITY AND ITS RELATION TO
OTHER OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE BELIEFS AND TO THE SEVERITY OF
SYMPTOMATOLOGY
Despite the important role of doubt in understanding obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD),
current cognitive models of OCD usually do not separate this initial doubt from the anticipated
consequence of not ritualizing
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpsoc/bjcp/2010/00000049/00000001/art00006
9th March
TRAUMATIZED LONDON BOMBING SURVIVORS BENEFIT FROM OUTREACH PROGRAM
A new mental health outreach programme set up after the 2005 London bombings has
successfully identified and treated hundreds of survivors
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/181663.php
PSYCHOLOGY
9th March
THE PREVALENCE OF CYBERBULLYING AND ITS PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT ON
NONHETEROSEXUAL YOUTH REVEALED BY NEW STUDY
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/181669.php
SCHIZOPHRENIA
10th March
STUDY REPLICATES BRD1 GENE LINK TO SCHIZOPHRENIA, BD SUSCEPTIBILITY
The bromo-domain containing protein 1 (BRD1) gene is implicated in the susceptibility to
schizophrenia (SZ) and bipolar disorder (BD), confirm findings of an association study
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http://www.medwire-
news.md/47/86733/Psychiatry/Study_replicates_BRD1_gene_link_to_schizophrenia,_BD_susceptibility.html
11th March
LINK BETWEEN BRAIN CHEMICAL, COGNITIVE DECLINE IN SCHIZOPHRENIA
DEMONSTRATED
In one of the first such studies involving human patients with schizophrenia
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100310175130.htm
12th March
MOTHER'S FLU DURING PREGNANCY MAY INCREASE BABY'S RISK OF SCHIZOPHRENIA
Rhesus monkey babies born to mothers who had the flu while pregnant had smaller brains and
showed other brain changes similar to those observed in human patients with schizophrenia,
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/182016.php
SOCIAL WORK
12th March
WHAT ARE THE PARENT-REPORTED REASONS FOR UNMET MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS IN
CHILDREN?
Parents of children with long-term emotional or behavioral conditions often struggle to access and
afford mental health services for their children.
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nasw/hsw/2010/00000035/00000001/art00002;jsessionid
=32oifmik4laj8.alexandra
THE IMPACT OF THE USE OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES OR SOCIAL SECURITY
BENEFITS ON ATTITUDES TO SOCIAL WELFARE POLICIES
This article investigates the attitudes of citizens and clients to social welfare services and social
security benefits.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122208406/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0
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NEW PUBLICATIONS
(Hot off the press not yet in your library)
Person-centered Psychotherapies
David J. Cain Amer. Psychological Assoc.: 15th Mar ISBN: 9781433807213 £20.95
Black Dogs and Blue Words: Depression and Gender in the Age of Self-care
Kimberly Emmons Rutgers University Press: 15th Mar ISBN: 9780813547206 £37.95
CONFERENCES
(New additions are in green type)
THE SUPPORT SOLUTIONS HOUSING, SUPPORT & SOCIAL CARE CONFERENCE 2010:
23rd March : Birmingham
http://www.supportsolutions.co.uk/docs/confflyer.pdf
3RD NATIONAL CHILD AND ADOLESCENT ADDICTIONS: 25th – 26th March: London
http://www.mahealthcareevents.co.uk/cgi-bin/go.pl/conferences/detail.html?conference_uid=137
DRINKING THEIR LIVES AWAY? – CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ALCOHOL: 26th March:
Glasgow
http://www.rdlearning.org.uk/courseDetails.asp?ID=47001
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6TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE: DEVELOPING THE CHILDCARE WORKFORCE:
30th March: London
http://www.neilstewartassociates.com/kd179/
DIGNITY AND CHOICE IN END OF LIFE CARE: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL WORKERS:
28th April: London
http://www.pavpub.com/pavpub/conferences/showfull.asp?Conference=900
BILD: POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT LEADING THE WAY AND REDUCING RESTRICTIVE
PRACTICE: 5th – 7th May: Dublin
http://www.bildservices.org.uk/acatalog/positive_behaviour_support.html
WHOLE AGAIN: DEALING WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF ABUSE FOR ADULTS WITH
LEARNING DISABILITIES: 12th May: London
http://www.pavpub.com/pavpub/conferences/showfull.asp?Conference=910
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE: MAKING INTEGRATED CARE IN THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM A REALITY: 25th May: London
http://www.pavpub.com/pavpub/conferences/showfull.asp?Conference=889
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3RD NATIONAL CONFERENCE: ADDICTION AND THE LIVER: 10th – 11th June: London
http://www.mahealthcareevents.co.uk/cgi-bin/go.pl/conferences/detail.html?conference_uid=147
HOUSING CARE AND SUPPORT 16TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE: 30th June: Manchester
http://www.pavpub.com/pavpub/conferences/showfull.asp?Conference=881
SOCIAL HISTORY OF LEARNING DISABILITY CONFERENCE: 1st – 2nd July: Milton Keynes
Link
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USEFUL WEBSITES
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”
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.”
InPsychiatry.com
“The website for psychiatry professionals”
http://www.inpsychiatry.com/
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“We seek to understand the root causes of social problems, to identify ways of overcoming them,
and to show how social needs can be met in practice.
KINGSFUND
http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/
Health and Social Care website
MENTALHEALTH tv
“The UK’s first dedicated television channel for mental healthcare issues on the internet”
www.mentalhealth.tv
MINDING MATTERS
http://ephrumindingmatters.blogspot.com/
Essex Public Health Resourse Unit Library’s mental health blog
MYILIBRARY
Mental Health e-books
www.Myilibrary.com
NICE
Monthly newsletter for the National Institute for Clinical Excellence
http://www.nice.org.uk/page.aspx?o=e-newsletter
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“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
YOUNG MINDS
http://www.youngminds.org.uk/
Improving the mental well-being of children and young people
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.
Local Messages:
EJOURNALS
http://journals.library.nhs.uk/frames.asp
ACADEMIC PSYCHIATRY
http://ap.psychiatryonline.org/current.shtml
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ACTA PSYCHIATRICA SCANDANAVICA
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120195079/grouphome/home.html
ADDICTION
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/rd.asp?code=ADD&goto=journal
ADDICTION BIOLOGY
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/loi/ADB
BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00063223
BIPOLAR DISORDERS
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/rd.asp?code=BDI&goto=journal
CURRENT PSYCHIATRY
http://www.currentpsychiatry.com/pages_toc.asp
DEMENTIA
http://dem.sagepub.com/current.dtl
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EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09249338
HISTORY OF PSYCHIATRY
http://hpy.sagepub.com/current.dtl
JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY
http://www.ccspublishing.com/j_psych.htm
PSYCHIATRIC NEWS
http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/current.shtml
PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES
http://psychservices.psychiatryonline.org/current.shtml
THE PSYCHIATRIST
http://pb.rcpsych.org/current.shtml
PSYCHIATRY
http://www.psychiatryjournal.co.uk/current
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01651781
PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLETIN
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00332909
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=PSM
PSYCHOSOMATICS
http://psy.psychiatryonline.org/current.shtml
SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09209964
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