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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
RESEARCH
ADDICTIONS ANXIETY DEMENTIA
3rd March
FULFILLING AND REWARDING LIVES’: THE STRATEGY FOR ADULTS WITH AUTISM IN
ENGLAND (2010)
http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/@dh/@en/@ps/documents/digital
asset/dh_113405.pdf
NATIONAL NEWS
1st March
CAMPAIGN WARNS OF DEMENTIA STIGMA
One in three people are uncomfortable around people with dementia, a government survey found.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8539744.stm
2nd March
RISE IN COCAINE USE ALARMS UK GOVERNMENT DRUG ADVISERS
Drug advisers are to review the effects of cocaine, amid concerns youngsters increasingly take it
in the mistaken belief it is "relatively safe".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8544648.stm
3rd March
MORE HELP FOR ADULTS WITH AUTISM
Plans have been published by ministers in England to tackle the "social exclusion" of adults with
autism.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8546264.stm
4th March
REALISM AND CARE REQUIRED WHEN DISCUSSING VIOLENCE IN MENTAL HEALTH
Commenting on the BBC's "Why did you kill my dad?" programme, , Steve Shrubb, director of the
Mental Health Network which represents the majority of NHS mental health organisations …..
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/181075.php
MINISTERS SETS TARGETS TO HELP PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS AND
LEARNING DISABILITIES
Ambitious new targets to help more people with mental health conditions and learning disabilities
in the workplace, are announced today by Minister for Disabled People Jonathan Shaw
http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/information/news/?entryid17=77135
5th March
ADULT CARE FACES CUTS AS COUNCILS PROTECT CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Cipfa figures find most councils are planning to cut adult care by average of 7%
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/03/05/113979/adult-care-faces-cuts-as-councils-
protect-childrens-services.htm
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1st March
LAUNCHING OF NEW GENETIC TEST FOR CAUSE OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
For the second time in as many months the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health has signed a
licensing agreement with US-based Athena Diagnostics Inc. to market a new genetic test.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/180684.php
3rd March
ADVERT FOR AUTISM CURE BANNED
An American programme that claimed to cure autism breached UK advertising guidelines, a
watchdog has ruled.
http://www.learningdisabilities.org.uk/information/news/?entryid17=34950
RESEARCH
1st March
OFFSPRING OF PARENT COUPLES WHO BOTH HAVE PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS HAVE
INCREASED RISK OF DEVELOPING MENTAL DISORDERS
Offspring of two parents with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder appear more likely to develop the
same illness or another psychiatric condition than those with only one parent with psychiatric
illness
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http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/180725.php
3rd March
LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL INDIVIDUALS RISK PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS FROM
DISCRIMINATORY POLICIES
A study examining the effects of institutional discrimination on the psychiatric health of lesbian,
gay and bisexual individuals found an increase in psychiatric disorders among the LGB population
living in states that instituted bans on same-sex marriage
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/180931.php
4th March
CHILDHOOD ADVERSITIES HAVE ADDITIVE EFFECT ON PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER ONSET
Childhood adversities (CAs) have significant subadditive associations with the onset of psychiatric
disorders throughout the life course
http://www.medwire-
news.md/47/86657/Psychiatry/Childhood_adversities_have_additive_effect_on_psychiatric_disorder_onset.html
ADDICTIONS
27th February
MARIJUANA USE CAN UP PSYCHOSIS RISK
Study found the longer teens smoked, the more their mental health suffered
http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=636476
3rd March
SERIOUS NEGATIVE IMPACT OF PRENATAL COCAINE EXPOSURE FOUND IN SUBTLE
AREAS OF ATTENTION, BEHAVIOR CONTROL
Children exposed to cocaine in the womb face serious consequences from the drug, but
fortunately not in certain critical physical and cognitive areas as previously believed
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/180891.php
4th March
INCREASE IN COCAINE-RELATED DEATHS IN WARM WEATHER
In a study published online in the journal Addiction, researchers in the United States have
discovered that accidental overdose deaths involving cocaine rise when the average weekly
ambient temperature passes 24 degrees Celsius (75 degrees Fahrenheit).
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/181058.php
ANXIETY
2nd March
ANXIETY DISORDERS IN OLDER ADULTS: A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW.
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This review aims to address issues unique to older adults with anxiety disorders in order to inform
potential changes in the DSM-V.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/123249833/abstract
DEMENTIA
3rd March
ALZHEIMER'S-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN MAY BE PART OF THE INNATE IMMUNE SYSTEM
Amyloid-beta protein -- the primary constituent of the plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer's
disease patients -- may be part of the body's first-line system to defend against infection.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100302201656.htm
4th March
NEW MODEL FOR TESTING ANTI-ALZHEIMER'S DRUGS: AT A PIER NEAR YOU
One of the characteristic changes in the brains of Alzheimer's patients is the accumulation of
plaques and tangles;
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/181050.php
DEPRESSION
28th February
VIDEO GAMES MAY HELP COMBAT DEPRESSION IN OLDER ADULTS
Research suggests a novel route to improving the symptoms of subsyndromal depression in
seniors through the regular use of "exergames" -- entertaining video games that combine game
play with exercise.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100225140910.htm
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1st March
INCREASE IN PEOPLE SELF-DIAGNOSING BIPOLAR DISORDER
The willingness of high-profile bipolar disorder sufferers to talk about their condition has led to
more people diagnosing themselves with the illness, researchers claimed today.
http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/information/news/?entryid17=77070
2nd March
DEPRESSIVE EPISODES IN BD LINKED TO BDNF POLYMORPHISM, STRESSFUL LIVE
EVENTS
Researchers have found an association between the worst depressive, but not manic, episode of
bipolar disorder (BD) and both the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) Val66Met
polymorphism and stressful life events (SLEs
http://www.medwire-
news.md/47/86627/Psychiatry/Depressive_episodes_in_BD_linked_to_BDNF_polymorphism,_stressful_live_events.html
3rd March
A NEW GENERATION OF RAPID-ACTING ANTIDEPRESSANTS?
Conventional antidepressant treatments generally require 3 to 4 weeks to become effective, thus
the discovery of treatments with a more rapid onset is a major goal of biological psychiatry
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/180885.php
4th March
PEOPLE WITH ASTHMA MORE LIKELY TO BE DEPRESSED
Asthma may affect more than your ability to breathe, it may also make you more prone to
developing psychological problems, new research suggests
http://www.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=news&id=126413&cn=5
5th March
BEHAVIORAL ADDICTIONS LINKED TO BIPOLAR DISORDER
Patients with bipolar disorder are at increased risk for behavioral addictions, say researchers
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http://www.medwire-
news.md/47/86664/Psychiatry/Behavioral_addictions_linked_to_bipolar_disorder.html
DUAL DIAGNOSIS
1st March
THE USE OF ALCOHOL AND DRUGS TO SELF-MEDICATE SYMPTOMS OF
POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER.
Self-medication has been proposed as an explanation for the high rates of comorbidity between
posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorders
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20186981
RECENT SEX TRADE AND INJECTION DRUG USE AMONG OPIATE AND COCAINE-
DEPENDENT PREGNANT WOMEN IN TREATMENT: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PSYCHIATRIC
COMORBIDITY
This study examined whether opioid and cocaine-dependent pregnant women with psychiatric
comorbidity were at elevated risk for infectious disease by virtue of recent sex trade and injection
drug use that overlapped with pregnancy
http://journals.lww.com/addictiondisorders/Abstract/2010/03000/Recent_Sex_Trade_and_Injectio
n_Drug_Use_Among.4.aspx
EATING DISORDERS
4th March
EXPLORING QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE EATING DISORDERS
The study aimed to investigate the impact of Body Mass Index, duration of illness and severity of
illness on quality of life within a sample of individuals in treatment for an eating disorder
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/123198210/abstract
LEARNING DISABILITIES
4th March
DESCRIPTION AND DEMONSTRATION OF CBT FOR ADHD IN ADULTS
ADHD in adulthood is a valid, prevalent, distressing, and interfering condition. Although
medications help treat this disorder, there are often residual symptoms after medication
treatment, and, for some patients, they are contraindicated
doi:10.1016/j.cbpra.2009.09.002
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There is a pressing need for the development of programs for the early identification and
treatment of depression in individuals with mild intellectual disability
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bsc/bld/2010/00000038/00000001/art00010
O/C DISORDERS
4th March
BEHAVIOR THERAPY FOR TOURETTE'S SYNDROME AND CHRONIC TIC DISORDER: A
WEB-BASED VIDEO ILLUSTRATION OF TREATMENT COMPONENTS
Tic disorders have traditionally been conceptualized as neurobiological conditions and
consequently within the purview of neurologists
doi:10.1016/j.cbpra.2009.09.001
4th March
INTRAOPERATIVE AWARENESS LINKED TO POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
Patients with confirmed episodes of consciousness during surgery have high rates of
psychological problems including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), even several years after
the incident,
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/181124.php
PSYCHOLOGY
1st March
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ANTHROPOMORPHISM AND DEHUMANIZATION
People talk to their plants, pray to humanlike gods, name their cars, and even dress their pets up
in clothing
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/180588.php
3rd March
CONCLUSIVE PROOF THAT VIOLENT VIDEO GAME PLAY MAKES MORE AGGRESSIVE
KIDS: ISU STUDY
A new study analyzing 130 research reports on more than 130,000 subjects worldwide, proves
conclusively that exposure to violent video games makes more aggressive, less caring kids -
regardless of their age, sex or culture.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/180886.php
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SCHIZOPHRENIA
2nd March
THERAPY TARGETING INSIGHT, SELF-AWARENESS MAY IMPROVE SCHIZOPHRENIA CBT
RESPONSE
Schizophrenia patients who have a poor response to routine cognitive behavior therapy for
psychosis (CBTp) may benefit from therapy targeting insight and self-monitoring skills
http://www.medwire-news.md/47/86628/Psychiatry/Therapy_targeting_insight,_self-
awareness_may_improve_schizophrenia_CBT_response.html
3rd March
ABNORMAL FACIAL EMOTION PROCESSING LINKED TO NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS AND
DEFICIT SCHIZOPHRENIA
Researchers have found that abnormalities in processing facial emotion are associated with the
negative symptoms and deficit subtype of schizophrenia.
http://www.medwire-
news.md/47/86640/Psychiatry/Abnormal_facial_emotion_processing_linked_to_negative_symptoms_and_deficit_schizophrenia_.html
4th March
SCHIZOPHRENIA PATIENTS SHOW CONSISTENT WORKING MEMORY IMPAIRMENTS
Schizophrenia patients have comprehensive deficits in working memory that are consistent in this
patient group and stable over time, researchers have found.
http://www.medwire-
news.md/47/86658/Psychiatry/Schizophrenia_patients_show_consistent_working_memory_impairments.html
5th March
INFANT TRAUMA COMMON IN PATIENTS WITH PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA
Infant trauma is common in patients with paranoid schizophrenia and appears to be linked to
specific psychopathology, particularly hostility, unnatural movements and posture, depression,
and preoccupation,
http://www.medwire-
news.md/47/86665/Psychiatry/Infant_trauma_common_in_patients_with_paranoid_schizophrenia.html
SOCIAL WORK
3rd March
ADOPTIVE MOTHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER THERAPY
AND ITS IMPACT ON FAMILY FUNCTIONING.
The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore adoptive mothers’ perceptions of attachment
therapy and its impact on family functioning
http://www.springerlink.com/content/j46x534250221780/
NEW PUBLICATIONS
(Hot off the press not yet in your library)
Autism’s False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure
Paul A. Offit Columbia University Press: 12th March ISBN: 9780231146371 £11.99
CONFERENCES
(New additions are in green type)
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR: FAMILIES, DRUGS AND ALCOHOL: INVOLVEMENT
OR SUPPORT?: 23rd March: London
http://www.pavpub.com/pavpub/conferences/showfull.asp?Conference=699
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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
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
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SAFEGUARDING VULNERABLE ADULTS IN HOSPITAL: 13th May: London
http://www.healthcare-events.co.uk/conf/booking.php?action=home&id=434
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
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
SOCIAL HISTORY OF LEARNING DISABILITY CONFERENCE: 1st – 2nd July: Milton Keynes
Link
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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Joseph Rowntree Foundation
http://www.jrf.org.uk/
“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
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
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ACADEMIC PSYCHIATRY
http://ap.psychiatryonline.org/current.shtml
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
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JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY & PSYCHIATRY
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showIssues&code=jcpp
JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY
http://www.ccspublishing.com/j_psych.htm
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http://www.haworthpress.com/store/Toc_views.asp?sid=PQDDG7NL7HPW9H98KR2J400MRKW
G65S9&TOCName=J079v32n02%5FTOC&desc=Volume%3A%2032%20Issue%3A%202
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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