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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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News from all corners of
the world
Department of Health
Regional News
National News
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One in five liver transplants go to recovering alcoholics
New figures show that one in five liver transplants goes to a person with alcoholic liver disease
SeeAbility launches New Eyecare Factsheets for People with Learning Disabilities
Following Learning Disability Week, SeeAbility has launched a new series of easy read
factsheets on eye care and vision for people with learning disabilities
New research suggests that abnormalities in the process of blood clot formation may
contribute to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease
Services for people with learning disabilities, stroke and HIV/Aids and social care IT schemes
are at risk this year after the government announced today that ring-fencing would be removed
from the grants funding them
Munro Review to look at children’s social work and frontline child protection practice
The Secretary of State for Education has written to Professor Eileen Munro to invite her to
conduct an independent review of children’s social work and frontline child protection practice
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Mental Health Media Awards open for entries
Broadcasters and journalists contribute to the way we understand mental distress and have the
power to change hearts and minds.
International News
Brain Imaging Technique Can Track Build-Up Of Plaques Associated With Early Stages
Of Alzheimer's Disease
Research revealed at SNM's 57th Annual Meeting is furthering efforts to use molecular imaging
as a means of early detection of Alzheimer's disease
Local Additions
Items added by your local library
The association between percieved interpersonal social support and physical and mental
health: results from the national epidemiological survey on alcohol and related conditions
Moak ZB & Agrawal A
Journal of Public Health. 2010; 32(2):191-201
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Addictions
Substance abuse, alcoholism
Genes Influence Development Of Gambling Disorders In Men And Women Suggests New
Study
From studying Australian twins, new research says that genetic factors appear to influence the
development of gambling disorders in both men and women
Anxiety Disorders
Health-related Quality of Life across the anxiety disorders: Findings from a sample of
primary care patients
Previous studies have not compared Health-related Quality of Life (HR-QoL) across all DSM-IV
anxiety disorders and comorbid conditions
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Dementia
Alzheimer’s
New Molecular Imaging Agent May Help Visualize Early Stages of Alzheimer's Disease
A multinational clinical trial presents a novel imaging agent that could be the next major
breakthrough for the early detection of Alzheimer's disease
People with dementia living alone: what are their needs and what kind of support are
they receiving?
In the U.K. about 141,460 people with dementia (PWD) live alone
Depression
Bipolar disorders
First Study To Show That Highly Variable Sleep Schedules Predict Elevated Suicide Risk
Highly variable sleep schedules predict an elevated risk for suicide independent of depression
in actively suicidal young adults
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DocGuide TopAbstracts in Depression
Dual Diagnosis
Eating Disorders
Learning Disabilities
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Babies born a week early at greater risk of autism
Babies born just one week early are at a greater risk of developing health problems such as
autism and deafness, a study has shown
Health checks in primary care for adults with intellectual disabilities: how extensive
should they be?
Routine health checks have gained prominence as a way of detecting unmet need in primary
care for adults with intellectual disabilities and general practitioners are being incentivised in the
UK to carry out health checks for many conditions through an incentivisation scheme known as
the Quality and Outcomes Framework
Placement, relocation and end of life issues in aging adults with and without Down's
syndrome: a retrospective study
Aging adults with Down's syndrome experience more relocations and other life events than
adults with intellectual disabilities aged 50 and older without
Obsessive Compulsive
Disorders
Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder
Sleep Disturbances In Soldiers With Combat PTSD Improved By Bright Light Therapy
Bright light therapy has significant effects on sleep disturbances associated with combat-related
post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a research abstract
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Psychology
Psychological Intervention Provides Enduring Health Benefits For Women With Breast
Cancer
Stress-reducing psychological intervention helps to increase survival and quality of life among
women with recurrent breast cancer over the long-term
Schizophrenia
Psychosis
Molecular Link Between Diabetes and Schizophrenia Connects Food and Mood
Defects in insulin function -- which occur in diabetes and obesity -- could directly contribute to
psychiatric disorders like schizophrenia
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Social Work
Walks, Home Visits and Atmospheres: Risk and the Everyday Practices and Mobilities of
Social Work and Child Protection
Research into social work practice and inquiries into cases in which practitioners are deemed to
have failed to protect children and vulnerable adults are predominantly focused on examining
and changing organisational systems and inter-professional communication
Risk, Instrumentalism and the Humane Project in Social Work: Identifying the Informal
Logics of Risk Management in Children's Statutory Services
This paper addresses growing professional discontents with the increasing formalisation of
social work practice exerted through systems of risk management and audit
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Books, Conferences,
Websites & Journal Tocs
NEW PUBLICATIONS
Books and reports hot of the press
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Common mental health problems at work: What we now know about successful
interventions. A progress review
SCMH report
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CONFERENCES
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CONFERENCES
WEBSITES
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USEFUL WEBSITES
JOURNAL TOCs
DISCLAIMER
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DISCLAIMER
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