Mentall Heallth & Sociiall Care Current Awareness Bulllletiin Menta Hea th & Soc a Care Current Awareness Bu et n

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CONTENT CONTENT
News from all corners of the world

Department of Health

Webchat on autism Invitation to Tender: the piloting of supervised injectable Opioid Treatment

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National News

St Ebba's patient treated for 'rodent bite' An investigation is being carried out after a patient with learning disabilities suffered a suspected rodent bite at a hospital in Surrey Child mental health: Government invests 22m The government in England has said it will invest 22m in child mental health services to help deliver more counselling and talking therapies Huge rise in pregnant drug addicts as methadone bill soars to 28m SCOTLANDS crippling relationship with drugs has been laid bare in new figures which reveal a record 28 million a year is being spent on methadone programmes Fundamental change needed to improve elderly care, says report Residents and relatives should be given a direct say in the running of care homes, according to a report examining how care for the elderly could be improved College of Social Work condemns 12-month adoption target The College of Social Work has become the latest body to condemn Ofsted's 12-month adoption target and advise the watchdog to scrap the proposal Many deprived of liberty without safeguards, warn experts Many vulnerable service users are being deprived of their liberty without safeguards because of the narrow scope of the law, experts have warned Post-CQC council standards regime 'needs DH cash to function' Annual government funding is needed to support the sector-led adult care performance regime that has replaced Care Quality Commission assessments of councils, says the man charged with implementing it Mind welcomes Health Bill amendment which protects vital aftercare for people who have been sectioned
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The amendment will ensure that people returning to the community after a stay in psychiatric hospital receive the support from health and social care services they need Charity launches new tools to help mental health professionals deal with physical health The charity Rethink Mental Illness has launched a comprehensive range of new tools to help mental health professionals address the physical health needs of the people they work with Charities call for new public health body to drive the integration of mental health and substance misuse services With just one month to go before the new national body, Public Health England, is established in April to implement national public health policy, three national charities are calling for a greater degree of integration between services to support people with a dual diagnosis of mental illness and drug and alcohol problems Cheap acne antibiotic could alleviate symptoms of schizophrenia A cheap antibiotic usually used to treat acne could alleviate the symptoms of schizophrenia, international studies have found. The National Institute for Health Research will start 175 recruiting patients for a 1.9m UK trial of the drug, minocycline, next month
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International News

UK's drug problems rival those in Brazil and Mexico, claims narcotics expert A United Nations narcotics expert has called for improved drug prevention and treatment programmes in the UK, after likening the drug problems in some cities to Brazil or Mexico
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RESEARCH RESEARCH

Mentally ill 'at high risk of being victim of violence' Mentally ill people are four times more likely to be a victim of violence, according to an international study To Prioritize Action On Global Mental Health, A New Mental Health Framework Is Needed For mental health to gain significant attention, and funding from policymakers globally, it is not enough to convince people that it has a high disease burden but also that there are deliverable and cost-effective interventions How do methods of non-fatal self-harm relate to eventual suicide? Methods used at an index episode of non-fatal self-harm may predict risk of future suicide. Little is known of suicide risk associated with most recent non-fatal method, and whether or not change in method is important Sleep and other factors associated with mental health and psychological distress after intensive care for critical illness Some patients who survive intensive care unit (ICU) treatment report psychological sequelae
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Addictions
Substance abuse, alcoholism, Methadone and Perinatal Outcomes - a Prospective Cohort Study Aims-Methadone use in pregnancy has been associated with adverse perinatal outcomes and neonatal abstinence syndrome Drug-Free Housing Helps Heroin, Oxycontin Addicts Recover Study found higher abstinence rates with housing, day treatment Ecstasy Use During Pregnancy May Harm Fetus: Study Babies exposed to ecstasy in utero had poorer motor skills, coordination at 4 months Interactive Influences of Neighborhood and Individual Socioeconomic Status on Alcohol Consumption and Problems To assess cross-level interactions between neighborhood and individual socioeconomic status on alcohol consumption and problems, and investigate three possible explanations for such interactions, including the double jeopardy, status inconsistency and relative deprivation hypotheses A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial Assessing the Efficacy of Levetiracetam Extended-Release in Very Heavy Drinking Alcohol-Dependent Patients Despite advances in the development of medications to treat alcohol dependence, few medications have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Cannabis memory effects examined Scientists believe they are closer to understanding how taking cannabis disrupts short-term memory

Anxiety Disorders

Treatments for anxiety and depression in patients with COPD: a literature review Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a serious contemporary health issue. Psychological co-morbidities such as anxiety and depression are common in COPD Anxiety sensitivity cognitive concerns predict suicidality among smokers Anxiety along with anxiety-related risk factors is receiving increased attention in regard to its role in elevated suicidality Different measures of impulsivity in patients with anxiety disorders: A case control study The relationship between anxiety and impulsivity is controversial and not well explored. The present investigation aims to compare impulsivity, measured by different rating tools, in patients with anxiety disorders vs. healthy controls

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Characterizing the association between parenting and adolescent social phobia Characterizing the association between parenting and offspring social phobia (SP) contrasting maternal versus paternal contributions, putative predictors of unfavorable parenting behaviors and its specificity for SP is warranted to delineate targeted prevention and intervention strategies Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SAS-A): Measuring Social Anxiety Among Finnish Adolescents The aim of this study was to investigate symptoms of social anxiety and the psychometric properties of the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents among Finnish adolescents, 1316 years of age

Dementia
Alzheimers Gesture comprehension, knowledge and production in Alzheimer's disease Although apraxia is a typical consequence of Alzheimer's disease (AD), the profile of apraxic impairments is still subject to debate Survival in a large elderly population of patients with dementia and other forms of psychogeriatric diseases Dementia and other psychogeriatric diseases in elderly patients bring an increased risk of death Influence of Emotional Content and Context on Memory in Mild Alzheimer's Disease Healthy subjects remember emotional stimuli better than neutral, as well as stimuli embedded in an emotional context Polyphenol-Rich Foods in the Mediterranean Diet are Associated with Better Cognitive Function in Elderly Subjects at High Cardiovascular Risk Brain oxidative processes play a major role in age-related cognitive decline, thus consumption of antioxidant-rich foods might help preserve cognition Semantic Dementia Versus Nonfluent Progressive Aphasia: Neuropsychological Characterization and Differentiation Early progressive nonfluent aphasia may be difficult to differentiate from semantic dementia in a nonspecialist setting Alzheimer's-Like Memory Loss Reversed in Mice But any application for humans remains years away, researchers stress

Depression
Bipolar disorders Addressing Both Depression and Pain in Late Life: The Methodology of the ADAPT Study To describe the methodology of the first NIH-funded clinical trial for seniors with comorbid depression and chronic low back pain Treatments for anxiety and depression in patients with COPD: a literature review Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a serious contemporary health issue. Psychological co-morbidities such as anxiety and depression are common in COPD
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Statin use tied to lower risk of depression: study People with heart disease who take cholesterol-lowering statins may have a lower risk of depression than those who don't take the drugs, according to a new study from California Smoking not linked to illness course in bipolar disorder patients Smoking is not associated with a worsened illness course in patients with bipolar disorder, although it is linked to an increased risk for alcohol and cannabis use disorders among adolescents with the mood condition Allergy link to bipolar depression severity confirmed Scientists have demonstrated that a complex relationship exists between bipolar I disorder and allergic disease, which results in worsening symptoms of depression Early and late onset depression in young and middle aged adults: Differential symptomatology, characteristics and risk factors Early onset depression and late onset depression may be different phenomena. In this study, differences between EOD and LOD in symptomatology, psychiatric characteristics and psychosocial/somatic factors were examined Activity scheduling as a core component of effective care management for late-life depression Activity scheduling is an established component of evidenced-based treatment for late-life depression in primary care Facial perception bias in patients with major depression This study used a morphed categorical perception facial expression task to evaluate whether patients with depression demonstrated deficits in distinguishing boundaries between emotions The effectiveness of antenatal interventions to prevent postnatal depression in high-risk women The aim of this review was to examine the effectiveness of antenatal interventions designed to prevent postnatal depression in high-risk women Deep brain stimulation effective for bipolar and unipolar depression Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an effective intervention for treatment-resistant depression in patients with either bipolar II disorder or major depressive disorder Omega-3 supplements may help reduce bipolar depression symptoms from a systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials support the adjuvant use of omega3 supplements in the treatment of bipolar depression, but not mania

Dual Diagnosis

Borderline Personality Symptoms in Short-Term and Long-Term Abstinent Alcohol Dependence Comorbidity of borderline personality disorder and substance and alcohol use disorders and is very high Do Co-morbid Anxiety Disorders Predict Drinking Outcomes in Women with Alcohol Use Disorders? It is unclear whether co-morbid anxiety disorders predict worse drinking outcomes during
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attempts to change drinking behavior

Eating Disorders

Exercise Electrocardiography Extinguishes Persistent Junctional Rhythm in a Patient with Severe Anorexia Nervosa Among psychiatric conditions, anorexia nervosa carries the highest mortality, in part due to the propensity for rhythm disturbances among patients with advanced disease Figured world of eating disorders: Occupations of illness The biomedical diagnosis of eating disorders signifies a mental illness with complex physical symptomology. The socio-cultural determinants and impact of eating disorders on daily occupations are not adequately addressed in this classification Weight Suppression as a Predictor of Weight Gain and Response to Intensive Behavioral Treatment in Patients with Anorexia Nervosa Previous studies have documented that weight suppression (a persons highest adult weight minus current weight) predicts weight gain and disordered eating symptoms during treatment of bulimia spectrum disorders, but no research has examined weight suppression in individuals with anorexia nervosa Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Eating Disorders Interpersonal psychotherapy is a leading evidence-based treatment for those eating disorders in which binge eating is a feature Striatal dopamine in bulimia nervosa: A pet imaging study Bulimia nervosa (BN) has been characterized as similar to an addiction, though the empirical support for this characterization is limited Neuropsychological weaknesses in anorexia nervosa: Set-shifting, central coherence, and decision making in currently ill and recovered women The purpose of this study is to examine set-shifting, central coherence, and decision making in women currently ill with anorexia nervosa, women recovered from AN, and healthy control

Forensic Psychiatry

Are patients deemed dangerous and severely personality disordered different from other personality disordered patients detained in forensic settings? In 1999, the UK government initiated a programme for the assessment and treatment of individuals deemed to have dangerous and severe personality disorder (DSPD). After over 10years of specialist service development, it is not clear whether DSPD patients represent a distinct group Milestones to recovery: Preliminary validation of a framework to promote recovery and map progress through the medium secure inpatient pathway Forensic mental health care in the UK has undergone a rapid expansion since the late 1990s. In medium secure units (MSUs), there is growing emphasis on developing care pathways without
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much theoretical underpinning

Learning Disabilities

A systematic review of two outcomes in autism spectrum disorder - epilepsy and mortality has been reported that rates of epilepsy and mortality are higher among the population with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) than in the general population For Children With Autism, Variability In Successful Social Strategies Revealed By EyeTracking In a study colleagues used eye-tracking technology to measure the relationship between cognitive and social disability in children with autism spectrum disorders and the ability of children with ASD to pay attention to social interactions Children With Autism Behavior Problems Benefit From Parental Training Children with autism spectrum disorders who also have serious behavioral problems responded better to medication combined with training from their parents than to treatment with medication alone The Pharmacology and Clinical Outcomes of Amphetamines to Treat ADHD: Does Composition Matter? Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) treatment options include pharmacological and nonpharmacological approaches Understanding and Treating the Cognitive Dysfunction of Down Syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease Down syndrome is the most common genetic disorder in live born children arising as a consequence of a chromosomal abnormality

Nursing Research

Exploring Barriers to Primary Care For Patients with Severe Mental Illness: Frontline Patient and Provider Accounts The goal of this study was to obtain in-depth descriptions of barriers to primary care for adults with serious mental illness (SMI) and to provide solutions to these barriers Doing the Best I Can Do: Moral Distress in Adolescent Mental Health Nursing The purpose of this research was to explore the process used by mental health nurses working with adolescents to ameliorate the experience of moral distress

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Obsessive Compulsive Disorders

Sensory phenomena associated with repetitive behaviors in obsessive-compulsive disorder: An exploratory study of 1001 patients A substantial number of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) report compulsions that are preceded not by obsessions but by subjective experiences known as sensory phenomena Cross-sectional comparison of the clinical characteristics of adults with early-onset and late-onset obsessive compulsive disorder Age at onset in obsessive compulsive disorder may differentiate genetically and clinically heterogeneous subtypes. The current cross-sectional study compared the characteristics of early-onset OCD and late-onset OCD

Occupational Therapy

Physical health parameters: comparison of people with severe mental illness with the general population Obesity is commonly associated with severe mental illness (SMI). Physical activity has been shown to reduce morbidity and mortality from chronic conditions Dance as a complex intervention in an acute mental health setting: a place 'in-between' There is little research on dance in acute mental health settings in the National Health Service. This study evaluated a dance programme in an acute setting. Occupational therapists collaborated with a professional dancer to facilitate the programme Sensory processing and ADHD in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder Sensory processing problems are prevalent in children who have fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. It is unclear to what degree these problems are distinct from attention deficits as measured during the diagnostic process in these children Figured world of eating disorders: Occupations of illness The biomedical diagnosis of eating disorders signifies a mental illness with complex physical symptomology. The socio-cultural determinants and impact of eating disorders on daily occupations are not adequately addressed in this classification

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Peritraumatic distress and the course of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: a meta-analysis To examine how peritraumatic distress modulates the severity of posttraumatic stress disorder according to the timing of the PTSD symptom assessments Tones Inferior to Eye Movements in the EMDR Treatment of PTSD Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an effective treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder
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Psychology

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy: theory and practice Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) incorporates elements of cognitive-behavioural therapy with mindfulness-based stress reduction into an 8-session group program Unethical Behavior More Prevalent In The Upper Classes According To New Study In seven separate studies researchers consistently found that upper-class participants were more likely to lie and cheat when gambling or negotiating; cut people off when driving, and endorse unethical behavior in the workplace

Schizophrenia

QTc interval and its variability in patients with schizophrenia and healthy subjects: implications for a thorough QT study We compared heart rate-corrected QT interval (QTc) and its within- and between-subject variability, in ECGs recorded several days apart for 207 patients with schizophrenia (age range 19-60 yr) with age- and gender-matched healthy controls Memory-related neural activation linked to outcomes in schizophrenia Patients with first-episode schizophrenia (FES) who later achieve remission differ from those who do not regarding neural activation patterns in response to a memory task Eye movement test may help identify schizophrenia patient subgroup The exploratory eye movement test may be effective for identifying a subgroup of patients with schizophrenia who have high levels of excitement/hostility, negative, and disorganization symptoms Associations between cognitive biases and domains of schizotypy in a non-clinical sample Schizotypy is a non-clinical manifestation of the same underlying biological factors that give rise to psychotic disorders Cognitive control components and speech symptoms in people with schizophrenia Previous schizophrenia research suggests poor cognitive control is associated with schizophrenia speech symptoms Group Art Therapy Not Found to Be Helpful in Schizophrenia No significant improvement in global functioning, mental health, or health-related outcomes Digital Cognitive Training Improves Brain Function And Behavior For People With Schizophrenia People with schizophrenia who completed 80 hours of intensive, computerized cognitive training exercises were better able to perform complex tasks that required them to distinguish their internal thoughts from reality

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Predictors of QoL identified in Japanese inpatients with schizophrenia Results from a Japanese study show that increased negative symptoms, psychological discomfort, and resistance (uncooperativeness) are significantly associated with reduced quality of life (QoL) among inpatients with schizophrenia Psychosis patients show increased stress-induced dopamine release Patients with schizophrenia and those at clinical high risk for psychosis exhibit increased levels of dopamine in response to stress compared with mentally healthy individuals Decreased glutathione levels predict loss of brain volume in children and adolescents with first-episode psychosis in a two-year longitudinal study Progressive loss of cortical gray matter, as measured by magnetic resonance imaging, has been described early in the course of first-episode psychosis. This study aims to assess the relationship between oxidative balance and progression of cortical GM changes in a multicenter sample of first-episode early-onset psychosis (EOP) patients from baseline to two-year followup

Social Work

Children's antisocial behavior, mental health, drug use, and educational performance after parental incarceration: A systematic review and meta-analysis Unprecedented numbers of children experience parental incarceration worldwide. Families and children of prisoners can experience multiple difficulties after parental incarceration Any Indication for Bias due to Participation? Comparison of the Effects of a Parent Management Training Rated by Participating and Non-Participating Parents Ratings of parents that have participated in a parent training for child externalizing behaviour problems might be biased
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Critical Introduction to DSM Dyslexia & Mental Health: Investigations from Differing Perspectives Mental Health & Anomalous Experience Advances in Relational Competence Theory: With Special Attention to Alexithymia Maximising The Benefits of Psychotherapy: A Practice-Based Evidence Approach A Handbook for The Assessment of Children's Behaviours Psychobiological Approaches for Anxiety Disorders: Treatment Combination Strategies Cognitive Deficit in Mental and Neurological Disorders
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