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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.
CONTENTS LINKS
RESEARCH
ADDICTIONS ANXIETY DEMENTIA
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH NEWS
5th January
MENTAL HEALTH PAYMENT BY RESULTS CURRENCY DEVELOPMENT
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Lettersandcirculars/Dearcolleagueletters/DH_0
92963
REGIONAL NEWS
2nd January
NEW WAVENEY BEDS FOR ANOREXIA PATIENTS
Anorexia sufferers from Waveney who need round-the-clock care could be given the chance to
stay in a hospital near their home, thanks to a pilot scheme.
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/News/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=ed
ponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED02%20Jan%202009%2017%3A33%3A29%3A630
NATIONAL NEWS
3rd January
ENVIRONMENTAL VOLUNTEERING CAN HELP MENTAL ILLNESS SUFFERERS
People with mental illness, learning difficulties or problems with social interaction can benefit from
volunteering to help protect the environment, the Wildlife Trusts said today
http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/information/news/?entryid17=66569
5th January
WARNING OVER YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH
Young unemployed adults need more help to deal with mental health problems, the Prince's Trust
charity has warned.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7810902.stm
7th January
MENTAL HEALTH AND LEARNING DISABILITIES CONTRACT UNDER FIRE FROM ADASS
A new standard contract for mental health and learning disability services in England will fail to
adequately support integration between health and social care, sector leaders have warned
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2009/01/07/110352/adult-social-services-directors-
critical-of-standard-contract.html
9th January
DEMENTIA DRUG DEATH RISK WARNING
Experts have condemned the commonplace prescribing of sedatives to people in the UK with
dementia.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7817583.stm
2nd January
MISSING IN ACTION: 'WHERE IS THE NEW NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH PLAN?' ASKS
SANE AUSTRALIA
Australians affected by mental illness are worried by repeated delays in producing a new National
Mental Health Plan
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/134232.php
6th January
1 IN 4 AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN HAVE A PARENT WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS
Almost a quarter of Australian children are living with a parent who has a mental illness, according
to new research
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/134463.php
7th January
NIDA RELEASES A NEW RESEARCH REPORT ON COMORBIDITY OF ADDICTION AND
OTHER MENTAL ILLNESSES
The National Institute on Drug Abuse, released a research report, Comorbidity: Addiction and
Other Mental Illnesses,summarizing the state of the science regarding the complex relationship
between substance abuse and other mental disorders
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/134560.php
RESEARCH
ADDICTIONS
25th December
TopAbstracts in Addictions
• The state of pharmacotherapy for the treatment of alcohol dependence - (J Substance Abuse Treat)
• Patterns of abuse among unintentional pharmaceutical overdose fatalities - (JAMA)
• Role of nicotine gum and pretreatment depressive symptoms in smoking cessation: twelve-month results of a
randomized placebo controlled trial - (Int J Psychiatry Med)
• Functional abnormalities underlying pathological gambling in Parkinson disease - (Arch Neurol)
• Benzodiazepine dependence: causalities and treatment options - (Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr)
7th January
'RECOVERY COACHES' EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING NUMBER OF BABIES EXPOSED TO
DRUGS
However, a groundbreaking study led by Joseph P. Ryan, a faculty member in the School of
Social Work at the University of Illinois, indicates that recovery coaches can significantly reduce
the number of substance-exposed births as well as help reunite substance-involved families,
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090105150833.htm
ANXIETY
5th January
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EXPECTANT BRAINS HELP PREDICT ANXIETY TREATMENT SUCCESS
A network of emotion-regulating brain regions implicated in the pathological worry that can grip
patients with anxiety disorders may also be useful for predicting the benefits of treatment
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/134359.php
7th January
TopAbstracts in Anxiety
• Anxiety and prevalence of psychiatric disorders among patients awaiting surgery for suspected ovarian
cancer - (J Obstet Gynaecol Res)
• Obsessive-compulsive symptoms in schizophrenia: prevalence, correlates and treatment - (Expert Rev
Neurother)
• Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder traits and personality dimensions in parents of children with
obsessive-compulsive disorder - (Eur Psychiatry)
• Duration effect of obsessive-compulsive disorder on cognitive function: a functional MRI study - (Depress
Anxiety)
• Objective and Subjective Measures in Recovery From a 35% Carbon Dioxide Challenge - (Can J Psychiatry)
DEMENTIA
25th December
TopAbstracts in Alzheimer’s
3rd January
IMPAIRED ENERGY METABOLISM LINKED WITH INITIATION OF PLAQUES IN ALZHEIMER'S
BRAIN
Scientists have identified an initiating molecular mechanism in sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081224215536.htm
6th January
SCIENTISTS SEE BRAIN AGING BEFORE SYMPTOMS APPEAR
UCLA scientists have used innovative brain-scan technology developed at UCLA, along with
patient-specific information on Alzheimer's disease risk, to help diagnose brain aging, often before
symptoms appear
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/134552.php
7th January
CLIOQUINOL INHIBITS ACTION OF THE CLK1 AGING GENE, MAY ALLEVIATE ALZHEIMER'S
Recent animal studies have shown that clioquinol - an 80-year old drug once used to treat
diarrhea and other gastrointestinal disorders - can reverse the progression of Alzheimer's, P
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/134583.php
8th January
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NEW STUDY SUPPORTS STATIN'S ANTI-DEMENTIA EFFECTS
In the largest cohort study to date, treatment with a cholesterol-lowering statin drug was found to
reduce new cases of Alzheimer's disease,
http://uk.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUKTRE5076T120090108
TopAbstracts in Alzheimer’s
• Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Compensatory Neural Recruitment in Aging and Risk for
Alzheimer's Disease: Review and Recommendations - (Dementia Geriatr Cognitive Disorders)
• Temporoparietal MR Imaging Measures of Atrophy in Subjects with Mild Cognitive Impairment That Predict
Subsequent Diagnosis of Alzheimer Disease - (Am J Neuroradiol)
• Associations between Patterns of EEG Abnormalities and Diagnosis in a Large Memory Clinic Cohort -
(Dementia Geriatr Cognitive Disorders)
• Fully-Automated Quantification of Regional Brain Volumes for Improved Detection of Focal Atrophy in
Alzheimer Disease - (Am J Neuroradiol)
• Diagnostic accuracy of 123I-FP-CIT SPECT in possible dementia with Lewy bodies - (Br J Psychiatry)
DEPRESSION
31st December
TopAbstracts in Depression
• Major depression as a potential trigger for Tako Tsubo cardiomyopathy - (Int J Cardiol)
• Are oestrogens useful for the treatment of depression in women? - (Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol)
• The BDI-II factor structure in pregnancy and postpartum: Two or three factors? - (Eur Psychiatry)
• Orbitofrontal Cortex Volumes in Medication Naïve Children with Major Depressive Disorder: A Magnetic
Resonance Imaging Study - (J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacology)
• A Review of Co-Morbid Depression in Pediatric ADHD: Etiology, Phenomenology, and Treatment - (J
Child Adolesc Psychopharmacology)
1st January
WELL-DEVELOPED COMMUNITY MENTAL-HEALTH SERVICES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH
LOWER SUICIDE RATES
Well-developed community mental-health services are associated with lower suicide rates than
are services oriented towards inpatient treatment provision in hospitals
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/134197.php
2nd January
CLINICIANS RELY TOO MUCH ON INTUITION WHEN DIAGNOSING BIPOLAR DISORDER
Newly presenting bipolar patients whose hypomania appears to coincide with them starting a
relationship with a new partner are often given a wrong diagnosis
http://www.medwire-news.md/47/79826/Psychiatry/Clinicians_rely_too_much_on_intuition_when_diagnosing_bipolar_disorder_.html
6th January
EARLY FAMILY DEPRESSION HAS LASTING EFFECTS ON TEENS, YOUNG ADULTS
The country's economic crisis could have lasting effects on children from families that fall into
poverty
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081223172743.htm
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TopAbstracts in Depression
• Ethyl-eicosapentaenoic acid for the treatment of psychological distress and depressive symptoms in middle-
aged women: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial - (Am J Clin Nutr)
• Paradoxical depression in renal transplant recipients - (Transplant Proc)
• Subjective memory symptoms in surgical and nonsurgical coronary artery patients: 6-year follow-up - (Ann
Thorac Surg)
8th January
SUBSYNDROMAL MANIA CLINICALLY RELEVANT IN BIPOLAR DEPRESSION
Subsyndromal manic symptoms during bipolar I or II depression are often overlooked but indicate
a more common, severe and complex clinical state than pure bipolar depression and should be
seen as a separate entity,
http://www.medwire-
news.md/47/79921/Psychiatry/Subsyndromal_mania_clinically_relevant_in_bipolar_depression.html
DUAL DIAGNOSIS
8th January
ALCOHOL, POLYSUBSTANCE DEPENDENCE INCREASE BIPOLAR HOSPITALIZATION RISK
Patients with bipolar disorder who have an alcohol use disorder or polysubstance dependence
face an increased risk for psychiatric hospitalization relative to their peers without comorbid
dependencies, study results show
http://www.medwire-
news.md/47/79920/Psychiatry/Alcohol,_polysubstance_dependence_increase_bipolar_hospitalization_risk_.html
EATING DISORDERS
7th January
BRAINS OF BULIMIA PATIENTS WIRED DIFFERENTLY
Study found regions related to impulse control were less active
http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=622809
LEARNING DISABILITIES
7th January
NEW DRUG SHOWS PROMISE FOR TREATMENT OF ADULTS WITH FRAGILE X
SYNDROME
A study by researchers has found that an oral drug therapy, called fenobam, shows promising
results and could be an effective new treatment for adults with fragile X syndrome
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/134616.php
8th January
GENETIC DETERMINANTS OF ADHD
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A new journal issue presents a comprehensive overview of the latest progress in genetic research
of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
http://psychcentral.com/news/2009/01/08/genetic-determinants-of-adhd/3599.html
O/C DISORDERS
6th January
RESEARCH REVEALS EXTENT OF TEENAGE SELF-HARMING
In the first ever study of its kind, new research reveals a worrying trend among Scotland's
teenagers. According to a leading medical journal, 14% of young people have self-harmed
http://news.stv.tv/scotland/68333-research-reveals-extent-of-teenage-self-harming/
8th January
METABOLIC SYNDROME A RISK FOR VETERANS WITH PTSD
Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are more likely to have metabolic syndrome
than veterans without PTSD
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/134698.php
PSYCHOLOGY
1st January
RELIGION MAY HAVE EVOLVED BECAUSE OF ITS ABILITY TO HELP PEOPLE EXERCISE
SELF-CONTROL
Self-control is critical for success in life, and a new study by University of Miami professor of
Psychology Michael McCullough finds that religious people have more self-control than do their
less religious counterparts
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081231005355.htm
6th January
TEEN BEHAVIORS ON SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES
A new study has found that 54 percent of adolescents frequently discuss high-risk activities
including sexual behavior, substance abuse or violence using MySpace.
http://psychcentral.com/news/2009/01/06/teen-behaviors-on-social-networking-sites/3584.html
8th January
'IT TAKES TWO TO KNOW ONE': SHARED EXPERIENCES CHANGE SELF-RECOGNITION
Looking at yourself in the mirror every morning, you never think to question whether the person
you see is actually you
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090107092720.htm
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19129344?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pub
med.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
SCHIZOPHRENIA
25th December
TopAbstracts in Schizophrenia
2nd January
SET SHIFTING DEFICITS IN BOTH SCHIZOPHRENIA AND BIPOLAR DISORDER
Bipolar disorder and schizophrenia patients have deficits in extra-dimensional set shifting (EDS)
and reversal learning (RL) that are unrelated to current symptoms
http://www.medwire-
news.md/47/79827/Psychiatry/Set_shifting_deficits_in_both_schizophrenia_and_bipolar_disorder.html
6th January
CRITICAL PERIOD OF ILLNESS CONFIRMED IN EARLY SCHIZOPHRENIA
Patients with schizophrenia experience a critical period of illness 4-5 years after the onset of
symptoms, during which time they deteriorate rapidly and then stabilize or improve slightly
http://www.medwire-
news.md/47/79875/Psychiatry/Critical_period_of_illness_confirmed_in_early_schizophrenia_.html
7th January
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY IMPAIRED IN SCHIZOPHRENIA
Patients with schizophrenia have difficulty recalling meaningful memories from their personal
past, report researchers who say this finding may underlie disturbances in patients' sense of
identity.
http://www.medwire-
news.md/47/79899/Psychiatry/Autobiographical_memory_impaired_in_schizophrenia_.html
8th January
TopAbstracts in Schizophenia
• Belgian Schizophrenia Outcome Survey - Results of a 2-year naturalistic study in patients stabilised on
monotherapy with olanzapine, risperidone or haloperidol - (Eur Psychiatry)
• Use of long-acting risperidone in psychiatric disorders: focus on efficacy, safety and cost-effectiveness -
(Expert Rev Neurother)
• Obsessive-compulsive symptoms in schizophrenia: prevalence, correlates and treatment - (Expert Rev
Neurother)
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• Treatment of schizophrenia in the 21st Century: beyond the neurotransmitter hypothesis - (Expert Rev
Neurother)
• An Agonist-Antagonist Interaction Model for Prolactin Release Following Risperidone and Paliperidone
Treatment - (Clin Pharmacol Ther)
SOCIAL WORK
2nd January
THE IMPACT OF FOSTER CARE AND TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES
(TANF) ON WOMEN'S DRUG TREATMENT OUTCOMES
This study assesses the impact of having a child in foster care and receiving cash benefits
through Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) on women's completion of a residential
drug treatment program.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19122866?ordinalpos=4&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pub
med.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
NEW PUBLICATIONS
(Hot off the press not yet in your library)
Findings Bulletin
http://findings.org.uk/docs/bulletins/Bull_17_12_08.php
Resource guide 14: Having a break: good practice in short breaks for families with children
who have complex health needs and disabilities
http://www.scie.org.uk/publications/resourceguides/rg14/index.asp
Helping Children With Complex Needs Bounce Back: Resilient Therapy for Parents and
Professionals
Kim Aumann Jessica Kingsley: 15th Jan ISBN: 9781843109488 £13.99
Psychology of Relationships
Emma Cuyler Nova Science: 1st Jan ISBN: 9781606922651 £59.50
CONFERENCES
(New additions are in green type)
RCN FORENSIC NURSING FORUM AND WOMEN’S MENTAL HEALTH GROUP JOINT
CONFERENCE: 22nd January: London
http://www.rcn.org.uk/newsevents/event_details/rcn_events/rcn_forensic_nursing_forum_and_wo
mens_mental_health_group_joint_conference
UNDERSTANDING & WORKING WITH IDENTITY CHANGE (workshop): 26th January: Ely
http://www.ozc.nhs.uk/default.asp?id=93
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http://www.healthcare-
events.co.uk/conf/booking.php?action=home&id=230&confbook=44f744138975dd318c57b975d7
dd4cba
SELF DIRECTED SUPPORT: DIRECT PAYMENTS AND INDIVIDUAL BUDGETS FOR PEOPLE
WITH LEARNING DISABILTIES: 24th February: London
http://www.pavpub.com/pavpub/conferences/showfull.asp?Conference=799
THE 2009 NATIONAL DRUG TREATMENT CONFERENCE: 19th – 20th March: London
http://www.exchangesupplies.org/conferences/NDTC/2009_NDTC/intro.html
RCN MENTAL HEALTH CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION 2009: 20th – 21st March: Edinburgh
http://www.rcn.org.uk/newsevents/event_details/rcn_events/rcn_mental_health_conference__and
__exhibition_2009
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SEXUAL LIVES: POLICY AND PRACTICE CHANGES AFFECTING THE SEXUAL LIVES OF
PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES: 25th March: Glasgow
http://www.pavpub.com/pavpub/conferences/showfull.asp?Conference=809
9TH IAFMHS ANNUAL CONGRESS: FACING THE FUTURE: FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES IN CHANGE: 24th -26th June: Edinburgh
http://www.iafmhs.org/iafmhs.asp
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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
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.”
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
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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
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
PSYCHIATRYSOURCE
http://www.psychiatrysource.com
“Psychiatry resource dedicated to delivering a time saving, valuable service through unbiased,
unfiltered information straight from the source.”
YOUNG MINDS
http://www.youngminds.org.uk/
Improving the mental well-being of children and young people
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EJOURNALS
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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
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 BULLETIN
http://pb.rcpsych.org/current.shtml
PSYCHIATRIC NEWS
http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/current.shtml
PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES
http://psychservices.psychiatryonline.org/current.shtml
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PSYCHIATRY
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PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
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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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