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Mentall Heallth & Sociiall Care Current Awareness Bulllletiin Menta Hea th & Soc a Care Current Awareness Bu et n
No 318 No 318

d Octtober 3rrrd 2011 Oc ober 3 d 2011

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CONTENT CONTENT
News from all corners of the world

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Preparations for winter planning and reporting 2011/12

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National News

Poor grasp of Mental Capacity Act impeding outcomes People with profound and multiple learning disabilities have too little say over their lives because professionals lack understanding of the Mental Capacity Act 2005, says Mencap New rehab clinic targets addicts of 'club drugs' A new NHS clinic dedicated to treating those addicted to so-called club drugs has opened in London Anti-depressant usage rises in Scotland The number of people prescribed anti-depressants in Scotland has continued to rise in the past year despite a government pledge to reduce usage Cuts 'could deny independence' to learning disabled people More people with learning disabilities could be denied their wish to live independently because of government welfare cuts and a shortage of housing for the client group, Mencap has warned

Asylum-seeking children and family support suffer most cuts Asylum-seeking children and children in need will suffer the biggest cuts in spending over the next year, according to statistics that reveal for the first time how much councils plan to spend on children's social care in England during 2011-12 More children on protection plans The number of children on child protecton plans in England has risen by 8% since last year, while the number of children in care has gone up by 2% Spending on child death reviews set to double Spending on serious case reviews and child death overviews will more than double over the next year, according to council budget data Adoptions continue to fall as children in care rise The number of adoptions has again plummeted in England, according to figures from the Department for Education
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Disabled children's services see spending increases Council spending is set to increase on services for disabled children despite initial fears they could be vulnerable after the ending of ring-fenced budgets Social care providers' excellence award to be ditched The government is to drop the planned excellence award for social care providers after it was universally rejected by the sector Research points to flaws in social work leadership training Employers should invest more in local social work leadership programmes rather than sending frontline managers on generic courses, according to research Students' mental health 'at risk', psychiatrists warn Doctors are warning that the current generation of students has a greater risk of anxiety and depression than previous ones Serious case reviews adding to paperwork overload study finds Serious case reviews are adding to the overload of paperwork and bureaucracy surrounding social workers and other professionals involved in child protection, according to a study published today Care chiefs to discuss how to cut fees without damaging care Talks are to start with councils to relieve the pressure on care home providers which are required to maintain service quality despite real-terms fee cuts

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International News

Psychological Interventions Can Alleviate Chronic Pain And Improve Quality Of Life Psychology: Talking can help against chronic pain if done properly Award-Winning Research Points Toward Alzheimer's Vaccine An accomplice to the protein that causes plaque buildup in Alzheimer's disease is the focus of a potential new treatment, according to research by a Georgia Health Sciences University graduate student Laughter good medicine for dementia patients:study Australian humor therapist Jean-Paul Bell was originally a clown doctor working with sick children, but now he makes the elderly laugh through a programme called Play-Up Giving Child Victims Of Domestic Violence A Voice Over half of the residents of battered women's shelters in the United States are children (National Network to End Domestic Violence, 2010

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RESEARCH RESEARCH

Reports Of Mental Health Disability Increase In U.S. The prevalence of self-reported mental health disabilities increased in the U.S. among nonelderly adults during the last decade Exercise and physical activity in mental disorders Exercise and physical activity have been shown to prevent or delay the onset of several mental disorders and to have therapeutic effects in different groups of psychiatric disorders

Demands, control, supportive relationships and well-being amongst British mental health workers Staff well-being is considered to be a potential problem within mental health occupations, and its variability is in need of investigation

Addictions
Substance abuse, alcoholism,

The relationship between childhood depressive symptoms and problematic alcohol use in early adolescence: findings from a large longitudinal population-based study. Alcohol problems in depressed boys and girls Depressive symptomatology can increase risk of development of alcohol problems in young people Cocaine Users Have 45 Percent Increased Risk of Glaucoma A study of the 5.3 million men and women seen in Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinics in a one-year period found that use of cocaine is predictive of open-angle glaucoma, the most common type of glaucoma Alcohol-Related Behavior Changes: Blame Your Immune System When you think about your immune system, you probably think about it fighting off a cold. But new research suggests that immune cells in your brain may contribute to how you respond to alcohol

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Anxiety Disorders

Milnacipran in panic disorder with agoraphobia and major depressive disorder: a case report A 51-year-old woman had panic disorder with agoraphobia and major depressive disorder sequentially Remitted BD patients have high levels of social anxiety Patients with bipolar disorder who are in remission have high levels of social anxiety, which is associated with self-stigmatization and low self-esteem White matter alterations in social anxiety disorder White matter architecture in patients with social anxiety disorder has rarely been investigated, but may yield insights with respect to altered structural brain connectivity

Dementia
Alzheimers

Pain assessment in patients with dementia Recent literature demonstrates that pain in patients with dementia is often undertreated Nerve Cells In Nose Destroyed By Alzheimer's Protein: Animal Study May Suggest Way To Rescue Cells From Disease A protein linked to Alzheimer's disease kills nerve cells that detect odors, according to an animal study Study Suggests Link Between Sleep Deprivation, Alzheimer's Risk Body seems to use brain's downtime to clear away disease-related material, researchers say In The Last 90 Days Of Life, Dementia Patients Face Burdensome Transitions A new study reports that nearly one in five nursing home residents with advanced dementia experiences burdensome transitions in the last 90 days of life, such as moving to a different facility in the last three days of life or repeat hospitalizations for expected complications of dementia in the last 90 days of life Pregnancy Protein Detected In Older People Destined For Alzheimer's Disease In an advance toward a much-needed early diagnostic test for Alzheimer's disease, scientists have discovered that older women destined to develop AD have high blood levels of a protein linked to pregnancy years before showing symptoms

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Depression
Bipolar disorders Clinical and pharmacologic perspectives on the treatment of major depressive disorder Major depressive disorder (MDD) is commonly encountered in clinical practice but is often underdiagnosed and undertreated, in part because many patients present only with vague somatic complaints instead of typical depressed symptomatology The management of bipolar disorder in the perinatal period and risk factors for postpartum relapse The perinatal period is a time of high risk of relapse for women with a history of bipolar affective disorder Depression symptom dimensions as predictors of antidepressant treatment outcome: replicable evidence for interest-activity symptoms Symptom dimensions have not yet been comprehensively tested as predictors of the substantial heterogeneity in outcomes of antidepressant treatment in major depressive disorder FOXO3A gene variants linked to bipolar disorder Three single nucleotide polymorphisms in the forkhead box O3 gene (FOXO3A) are significantly associated with bipolar disorder susceptibility, but not with suicidal behaviour in patients with the mood condition Identifying Mothers with Postpartum Depression Early: Integrating Perinatal Mental Health Care into the Obstetric Setting With prevalence rates of postnatal depression as high as at least 7%, there was a need for early detection and intervention of postpartum mental illness amongst Singaporean mothers Postpartum depression predicts offspring mental health problems in adolescence independently of parental lifetime psychopathology Postpartum depression follows 5-15% of the life births and forms a major threat to the child's mental health and psychosocial development. However, the nature, continuance, and mediators of the association of postpartum depression with the child's mental health are not well understood Genetic link between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder confirmed Researchers have identified genetic variants that are associated with an increased risk for both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder Increased Caffeinated Coffee Consumption Associated With Decreased Risk of Depression in Women, Study Finds The risk of depression appears to decrease for women with increasing consumption of caffeinated coffee, according to a report in the Archives of Internal Medicine Remitted BD patients have high levels of social anxiety Patients with bipolar disorder who are in remission have high levels of social anxiety, which is associated with self-stigmatization and low self-esteem Second generation antipsychotics in the treatment of bipolar depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis Depressive symptoms and episodes dominate the course of bipolar disorder A primary care focus on the diagnosis and treatment of major depressive disorder in adults
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Major depressive disorder, a highly prevalent psychiatric condition, is encountered in 1 of every 10 to 20 patients seen in the primary care setting Amygdala volumetric progression abnormalities in youth with BD Results from a US study suggest that young people with bipolar disorder do not exhibit the increases in amygdala volume that normally occur during healthy adolescent neurodevelopment

Dual Diagnosis

Impact of Depressive Symptoms on Future Alcohol Use in Patients with Co-Occurring Bipolar Disorder and Alcohol Dependence: A Prospective Analysis in an 8-Week Randomized Controlled Trial of Acamprosate Bipolar disorders and alcohol use disorders commonly co-occur, yet little is known about the proximal impact of bipolar symptoms on alcohol use in patients with this comorbidity Cocaine-related attentional bias following trauma cue exposure among cocaine dependent in-patients with and without post-traumatic stress disorder Although the co-occurrence of post-traumatic stress disorder and cocaine dependence is associated with a wide range of negative clinical outcomes, little is known about the mechanisms that underlie this association Substance Use Disorder Among People With First-Episode Psychosis: A Systematic Review of Course and Treatment People experiencing a first episode of psychosis frequently have co-occurring substance use disorders, usually involving alcohol and cannabis, which put them at risk for prolonged psychosis, psychotic relapse, and other adverse outcomes

Eating Disorders

Rapid response predicts 12-month post-treatment outcomes in binge-eating disorder: theoretical and clinical implications The study examined rapid response in obese patients with binge-eating disorder in a clinical trial testing cognitive behavioral therapy and behavioral weight loss The Use of a Nonimmersive Virtual Reality Programme in Anorexia Nervosa: A Single Case-Report People with anorexia nervosa experience high levels of fear and anxiety related to eating The role of imagery-based techniques in cognitive-behavioural therapy for adults with eating disorders Disorder-specific and transdiagnostic cognitive-behavioural models and treatments primarily target surface-level maintaining factors in order to effect symptom change

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Forensic Psychiatry

Psychometric evaluation of the Forensic Inpatient Observation Scale (FIOS) in youngsters with a judicial measure In this article, the psychometric properties of the Forensic Inpatient Observation Scale (FIOS) were examined A multi-centre study of adults with learning disabilities referred to services for antisocial or offending behaviour: demographic, individual, offending and service characteristics This study was carried out as part of a larger study commissioned by the UK Department of Health to investigate the service pathways for offenders with learning disabilities

Learning Disabilities

ADHD Symptoms May Add to Burden of Autism Untreated inattention, hyperactivity further diminish quality of life, researchers say Gauging Autistic Intelligence: Asperger Syndrome Autism spectrum disorders, including Asperger syndrome, have generally been associated with uneven intellectual profiles and impairment, but according to a new study of Asperger individuals, this may not be the case Learning Disabilities In Patients With Neurofibromatosis May Be Treated With Common Cholesterol Drug Researchers have found that a cholesterol-lowering statin drug appears to be safe in children with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and may improve learning disabilities, including verbal and nonverbal memory Children With Autism Benefit from Early, Intensive Therapy A primary characteristic of autism spectrum disorders is impairments in social-communication skills. Children and adolescents with social-communication problems face difficulty understanding, interacting and relating with others Dyslexia Isn't a Matter of IQ, fMRIs Show The study could have an important impact on both the diagnosis and education of poor readers

Nursing Research

What makes community psychiatric nurses label non-psychotic chronic patients as difficult: patient, professional, treatment and social variables A questionnaire was designed and administered to 1,946 CPNs in the Netherlands. Logistic regression was used to design models that most accurately described the variables that
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contributed to perceived difficulty Clinician views of referring people with negative symptoms to outcome research: A questionnaire survey This paper reports on a survey of mental health clinician views of including people with psychosis and negative symptoms in outcome research

Obsessive Compulsive Disorders


Forgetting what you have checked: A link between working memory impairment and checking behaviors in obsessive-compulsive disorder Compulsive checking behaviors are common in obsessive-compulsive disorder Early versus late onset obsessive-compulsive disorder: Evidence for distinct subtypes The distinction between early versus late onset is important for understanding many different kinds of disorders

Occupational Therapy

Trauma Symptoms of Individuals with Mental Illness at Risk for Homelessness Participating in a Life Skills Intervention This study investigated 1) trauma symptom changes following the implementation of a life skills intervention; 2) the relationship between demographic characteristics, cognitive functioning, life skill knowledge and changes in trauma symptoms; and 3) predictive factors of trauma symptoms during housing transitions Mothers in Recovery: An Occupational Perspective The purposes of this study were to discover the stories of mothers regarding their journeys to addiction and through recovery, to explore the impact of addiction on the occupational performance of mothers and to identify the factors perceived by these mothers as important in their treatment

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Mediators of initial acute and later posttraumatic stress in youths in a pediatric intensive care unit Youths in a pediatric intensive care unit and their parents may experience initial symptoms of acute stress disorder and later symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder
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Resilience as a predictor of treatment response in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder treated with venlafaxine extended release or placebo This post-hoc analysis evaluated resilience as a predictor of treatment response in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder

Psychology

Single Dose Of Hallucinogen May Create Lasting Personality Change A single high dose of the hallucinogen psilocybin, the active ingredient in so-called "magic mushrooms," was enough to bring about a measureable personality change lasting at least a year in nearly 60 percent of the 51 participants in a new study First Time Evidence Links Over Interpretation Of Social Situations To Personality Disorder In Teenagers an associate professor and director became interested in the way people think, how they organize thoughts, execute a decision, then determine whether a decision is good or bad

Schizophrenia

Tobacco use not linked to earlier age at psychosis onset Tobacco use is not associated with an earlier age at psychosis onset, a review and metaanalysis of published studies shows Antipsychotics get mixed review for unapproved use Newer antipsychotic drugs are often prescribed for conditions they aren't approved to treat, with questionable benefits, according to a study Genetic link between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder confirmed Researchers have identified genetic variants that are associated with an increased risk for both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder ECT effective for treatment-refractory schizophrenia Electroconvulsive therapy is an effective treatment for severely ill patients with schizophrenia who have failed to respond to other treatments Mortality rates increased among ATPD patients Patients with acute and transient psychotic disorders have increased all-cause mortality rates compared with the general population Neural pain processing pattern abnormal in schizophrenia patients Patients with schizophrenia and mentally healthy individuals have similar levels of pain tolerance, but they differ significantly regarding neural pain processing patterns Duloxetine as adjunctive treatment to clozapine in patients with schizophrenia: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial
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Antidepressant drugs have often been used as an augmentation strategy for those patients who have demonstrated a suboptimal response to clozapine

Social Work

Predictors of Parenting and Infant Outcomes for Impoverished Adolescent Parents Adolescent mothers and their children are at risk for a myriad of negative outcomes Integration of Supportive Psychotherapy with Case Management for Older Adults with Borderline Personality Disorder This article attempts to demonstrate how supportive psychotherapy may serve as a companion therapeutic modality for case management activities with older adult clients suffering with borderline personality disorder

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NEW PUBLICATIONS
Books and reports hot of the press Click the title to connect to the website entry A study of recommendations arising from serious case reviews 2009-2010 UEA & DE

Hearing Voices: Qualitative Inquiry in Early Psychosis Narrative Exposure Therapy: A Short-Term Treatment for Traumatic Stress Disorders: 2nd Revised edition The Psychiatric Interview: 3rd Revised edition Social Determinants & Mental Health The Older Adult Psychotherapy Treatment Planner: 2nd Revised edition Behavioral Assessment and Case Formulation Invitation to Community Music Therapy Integrative Assessment of Adult Personality: 3rd Revised edition
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