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The Mental Health & Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin is produced at
Essex Public Health Resource Unit Library

on behalf of the
East of England Health Libraries Group: EoEHLG

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Depression
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MENTAL HEALTH
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Minding Matters

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News from all corners of
the world

Department of Health

There will be no Department of Health news until after the election

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National News

Give heroin on the NHS, says nursing leader

Drug addicts should be prescribed heroin on the NHS, a nursing leader says

Election immigration plans 'spell trouble for social care'

Plans from all three parties to tighten immigration controls could restrict recruitment to adult
social care and damage the quality of services, according to sector heads

Children's social workers 'should work in pairs'

Children's social workers are asking to be paired on cases where there may be a risk to their
safety

Children's social workers are asking to be paired on cases where there may be a risk to
their safety
Disabled voters are unimpressed with the way all political parties have addressed their
concerns over social care and other issues.

Suicide audit held up by coroners

An attempt by six London primary care trusts (PCTs) to introduce suicide audits is being held up
by coroners

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International News

A New Classification Of Different Types Of Depression

A new classification of depressive subtypes of depression has been proposed

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 New Research Examines Services For People With Serious Mental Illnessin The Criminal
Justice System
USA: Mental health courts-specialized courts for people with mental health issues entering the
criminal justice system-are effective in reducing recidivism, and the effects last beyond the
direct intervention of the courts, according to research

Treating Depression In Mothers Of Older Children

Depression among economically disadvantaged mothers could last well beyond the postpartum
period and become a chronic condition,

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'Green' exercise quickly 'boosts mental health'

Just five minutes of exercise in a "green space" such as a park can boost mental health,
researchers claim.

Smoking While Pregnant May Raise Psychiatric Risks in Kids

Study found the more cigarettes a woman smoked, the greater the chances

National legislation differences affect patients’ views on involuntary admission

Psychiatric patients’ retrospective views on involuntary hospital admission (IHA) vary
significantly between different European countries, research indicates

Addictions
Substance abuse, alcoholism,

DocGuide TopAbstracts in Addictions

Genetic Differences That Make You Sleepy When You Drink Can Also Protect Against
Alcohol Dependence
Genetic differences in alcohol-metabolizing enzymes can significantly alter an individual's risk
for developing alcohol dependence

Anxiety Disorders

Mood and Anxiety Disorders Affect Many Older Adults

Rates of mood and anxiety disorders appear to decline with age but the conditions remain
common in older adults, especially women

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 Dementia
Alzheimer’s

DocGuide TopAbstracts in Alzheimer’s

Determinants of Quality of Life in Nursing Home Residents with Dementia

The goal of this study is to assess the relationship between quality of life, neuropsychiatric
symptoms, psychotropic drug use and patient characteristics in a large group of nursing home
residents with dementia

Lower Barthel Index Scores Predict Less Prescription of Pharmacological Therapy in

Elderly Patients with Alzheimer Disease
Of the possible factors related to elderly patients receiving specific therapy for Alzheimer’s
Disease, a poor BI score was the most important factor associated with not receiving treatment

Management of behavioral problems in Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a complex progressive brain degenerative disorder that has effects
on multiple cerebral systems

Spouse of dementia sufferer 'six times more likely' to develop same condition
A study of elderly couples from America has found that where one partner has dementia and
the other is their primary carer, the spouse is at increased risk of developing the condition

Surgery for Treatable Dementia Might Also Help in Alzheimer's

Patients may benefit from a shunt used for less common brain condition, research suggests

Research Explores The Connection Between Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus And

Alzheimer's Disease
Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus is a neurological condition which typically affects adults ages
55 and older.

Depression
Bipolar disorders

No One Antidepressant Raises Suicide Risk More Than Others

Study doesn't find any particular class of these medications more safe

Verbal fluency task reveals inherited neural abnormalities in bipolar disorder

Bipolar disorder may be associated with an inherited abnormality of a neural network that
incorporates the left prefrontal cortex and bilateral retrosplenial cortex

Magnet Therapy May Ease Hard-to-Treat Depression

Called a gentler form of electroshock, treatment yielded 'watershed' results, researcher says

Cognitive theory of mind impaired in bipolar disorder

Euthymic bipolar disorder patients show deficits in cognitive theory of mind (ToM) relative to
mentally healthy controls

Why is late-life depression harder to treat?

Scientists have found an important clue in the quest to understand why people who suffer from
depression in later life are harder to treat and keep well in the long term

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 Gray matter gyrus reductions found in bipolar disorder
Patients with established bipolar I disorder show reductions in superior temporal gyrus gray
matter volume, especially in the left posterior regions, relative to mentally healthy controls

Community study clarifies rapid-cycling bipolar disorder characteristics

A community epidemiological profile based on surveys in 10 diverse countries confirms most
but not all current clinically based knowledge on rapid-cycling bipolar disorder

DocGuide TopAbstracts in Depression

Dual Diagnosis

Stigma among people with dual diagnosis and implications for health services
Although we know that stigma is associated with having either a diagnosis of mental illness or a
substance abuse disorder, evidence about whether stigma and discrimination are experienced
differently, or at higher levels, for people with co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse
is unclear

Contrasting maintenance and recovery approaches to the care of people with dual
diagnosis
Leroy Simpson's experiences of service provision have been mixed

Substance use confounds study of executive function in schizophrenia

A history of substance use disorder in patients with schizophrenia has a significant influence on
executive function and should be taken into account in all studies of cognitive function in
schizophrenia

Eating Disorders

An eating disorder-specific model of interpersonal psychotherapy: Causal pathways and

treatment implications
Several studies support the efficacy of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) in the treatment of
eating disorders

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Learning Disabilities

Study Adds To Evidence That Autism Has Genetic Basis

Although there is no known cause of autism, studies have shown that mutations in several
genes are associated with the developmental brain disorder.

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 Gastrointestinal Problems Common In Children With Autism
Parents of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders sometimes report that their
children suffer from gastrointestinal symptoms

Assoiciation Between Sleep Disturbances And Behavior Problems In Children With

Autism
Reports have suggested that sleep problems in children and adolescents with autism spectrum
disorders (ASDs) are associated with challenging daytime behaviors.

Children With Autism Frequently Receive Psychotropic Medications

Behavioral interventions typically are the first line of treatment to manage unwanted behaviors
in children with autism spectrum disorders

Treatment Plan For Children With Autism Often Includes Complementary Therapies
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is becoming a popular treatment for a variety
of conditions

Children with intellectual disability: A gain not a loss: Parental beliefs and family life
Raising a child with intellectual disability has significant consequences for parents and family

Imaging Study Discovers Brain Development Differences in Kids With Fragile X

Syndrome
Fragile X syndrome is the most common cause of inherited intellectual disability and autism

Obsessive Compulsive
Disorders

Refining the diagnostic boundaries of compulsive hoarding: A critical review

Like most human behaviors, saving and collecting possessions can range from totally normal
and adaptive to excessive or pathological.

Getting Closer to Cause of Tourette Syndrome

Finding hints at new treatments for the disorder that causes verbal and motor tics

Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Suicide Risk: A Systematic Review

There is a gap in the literature regarding suicide risk among traumatized individuals with post-
traumatic stress disorder and this article aims to systematically review literature on the
relationship between PTSD and suicidal behavior and ideation

Survivors Of Childhood Cancers 4 Times More Likely To Develop Post-Traumatic Stress

Disorder
Young adult survivors of childhood cancers are four times more likely to develop PTSD than
their control group siblings, a Childhood Cancer Survivors Study has found

Trauma-Induced Changes to Genes May Lead to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

A study by researchers suggests that traumatic experiences "biologically embed" themselves in
select genes, altering their functions and leading to the development of PTSD

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 Psychology

No Simple Explanation For Why Adolescents Take Risks

Conventional wisdom holds that adolescents are susceptible to drug use and other risk-taking
behavior.

Aggression In Boys May Be Triggered By Earlier, Later Puberty

Puberty that arrives earlier or later in adolescent boys relative to their peers can trigger
chemicals that are related to antisocial behavior

Early Childhood Experiences Have Lasting Emotional And Psychological Effects

Experiences between birth and age 5 matter significantly to children's long-term emotional and
psychological health, and changing these experiences for the better pays dividends

Schizophrenia

DocGuide TopAbstracts in Schizophrenia

First Symptoms Of Psychosis Evident In 12-Year-Olds

Children normally experience flights of fancy, including imaginary friends and conversations with
stuffed animals, but some of them are also having hallucinations and delusions which might be
the early signs of psychosis.

rTMS shows benefits for negative symptoms in schizophrenia

Prefrontal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) may be a beneficial treatment for
negative symptoms in patients with schizophrenia, meta-analysis findings suggest.

Schizophrenia and high functioning autism share social cognition deficits

Patients with schizophrenia and people with high functioning autism (HFA) both display
impairments in a range of social cognitive tasks relative to mentally healthy controls

Social Work

Towards Integrated Participation: Involving Seldom Heard Users of Social Care Services
Using information from interviews with forty-one service users and thirty-two staff from eight
organizations, a practice model is developed to show how those typically excluded from user
participation be included into everyday participation to develop services and policies

Social Work and Disabled Children's Childhoods: A Foucauldian Framework for Practice
Transformation
This paper examines how social work operates as a system of exclusion and inclusion and
influences disabled children's childhoods

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Books, Conferences,
Websites & Journal Tocs

NEW PUBLICATIONS
Books and reports hot of the press
Click the title to connect to the website entry

An evaluation of mental health service user involvement in the recommissioning of day

and vocational services
Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health report

Implementing Recovery: A methodology for organisational change

Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health guide

Doing Therapy With Children and Adolescents With Asperger Syndrome

Treating Traumatic Stress in Children and Adolescents: How to Foster Resilience

Through Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Competency

Need, Risk and Protection in Social Work Practice

Law for Social Workers: 11th Revised edition

Relationship-based Social Work: Discovering the Heart of Practice

Treating Personality Disorder: Creating Robust Services for People with Complex Mental
Health Needs

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CONFERENCES
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CONFERENCES

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USEFUL WEBSITES

JOURNAL TOC PAGES

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JOURNAL TOCs

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