Mental Health Bulletin 248 April 12th 2010

Mental Health & Social Care
Current Awareness
No. 248 April 12th 2010
NHS Eastern Counties Library&
Knowledge Services Alliance
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.
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CONTENTS LINKS
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH NEWS

NATIONAL NEWS INTERNATIONAL NEWS
RESEARCH
ADDICTIONS ANXIETY DEMENTIA
DEPRESSION DUAL DIAGNOSIS EATING DISORDERS
LEARNING DISABILITIES O/C DISORDERS POST TRAUMATIC STRESS
PSYCHOLOGY SCHIZOPHRENIA SOCIAL WORK
NEW PUBLICATIONS CONFERENCES
USEFUL WEBSITES JOURNALS TOC PAGES

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH NEWS
6th April
LEARNING DISABILITIES: HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING MATERIALS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
RESOURCES
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/D
H_115174
LEARNING DISABILITIES: HOUSING RIGHTS RESOURCE PACK

H_115224
VALUING PEOPLE NOW DELIVERY PLAN 2010-11

H_115173
PERSONALISATION THROUGH PERSON - CENTRED PLANNING

H_115175
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NATIONAL NEWS
2nd April
STOP WASTING MONEY ON SHORT PRISON SENTENCES, SAY MENTAL HEALTH
CHARITIES
Two leading mental health charities have joined forces to call for offenders with mental health
problems to be treated in the community rather than sent to prison.
http://www.scmh.org.uk/news/2010_wasting_money_on_short_sentences.aspx
7th April
TARGET TO CLOSE NHS CAMPUSES WILL BE MISSED
The government will miss its target to close NHS campuses for people with learning disabilities by
the end of 2010, a Department of Health report has revealed
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/04/07/114235/Target-to-close-NHS-campuses-will-
be-missed.htm
OFSTED SAYS SERIOUS CASE REVIEWS TAKE TOO LONG

Most serious case reviews are taking too long to complete, according to a recent report by
Ofsted.
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/04/07/114234/ofsted-says-serious-case-reviews-
take-too-long.htm
9th April
TOOLKIT TO HELP ADULT SOCIAL CARE MAKE ECONOMIC CASE FOR SUPPORT
A questionnaire for service users may make it easier for councils to make the economic case for
adult social care interventions.
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/04/09/114242/toolkit-to-help-adult-social-care-
make-case-for-support.htm
NSPCC SLAMS SERIOUS CASE REVIEW SYSTEM

The NSPCC has slammed the serious case review system claiming there is little evidence they
increase learning and "too often they do not say simply and clearly what went wrong
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/04/09/114245/nspcc-slams-serious-case-review-
system.htm
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
7th April
SURVEY FINDS GRANDPARENTS PLAY KEY ROLE IN LIVES OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM
the Interactive Autism Network (IAN),the nation's largest online autism research project,
announces results of the Grandparents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Survey,
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/184602.php
9th April
REVIEW CONFIRMS PTSD, OTHER SYNDROMES IN GULF VETS
Studies confirm that Gulf War veterans suffer disproportionately from post-traumatic stress
disorder and other psychiatric illnesses as well as vague symptoms often classified as Gulf War
Syndrome, a panel of experts reported on Friday
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6383RF20100409
RESEARCH
7th April
PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE MONITORING FOR PEOPLE WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS
Current guidance suggests that we should monitor the physical health of people with serious
mental illness and there has beensignificant financial investment over recent years to provide this.
http://www.library.nhs.uk/publichealth/ViewResource.aspx?resID=346316&tabID=289&catID=15196
ADDICTIONS
6th April
MEASURES OF GENETIC RISK FOR ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE SIMPLIFIED
While previous twin studies have consistently shown the importance of genetic influences on
various measures of alcohol consumption, a full diagnostic assessment can be complicated and
lengthy
CURBING PROBLEM DRINKING WITH PERSONALIZED-FEEDBACK INTERVENTIONS: A

META-ANALYSIS
The review concluded that single-session personalised-feedback interventions without therapeutic
guidance appeared to be a viable and cost-effective intervention for reducing problem drinking in
young people and adults.
GAMMA-HYDROXYBUTYRATE (GHB) FOR TREATMENT OF ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL AND

PREVENTION OF RELAPSES
Chronic excessive alcohol consumption may lead to dependence, and to alcohol withdrawal
syndrome (AWS) in case of abrupt drinking cessation.
HEPATITIS C TREATMENT FOR INJECTION DRUG USERS: A REVIEW OF THE AVAILABLE

EVIDENCE
This review assessed hepatitis C treatment outcomes, compliance and completion rates among
injecting drug users and concluded that injecting drug users can be successfully treated for both
chronic and acute hepatitis.
9th April
NEW EMPIRICAL MODEL QUANTIFIES AND GAUGES AN ALCOHOL ADDICT'S LEVEL OF
ENGAGEMENT IN AA-RELATED HELPING
ANXIETY
7th April
DOCTOR WARNS AGAINST ST. JOHN'S WORT FOR ANXIETY
In a broad-based review of studies focused on drugs that treat anxiety, a Saint Louis University
doctor found no evidence supporting the use of so-called "natural" treatments in combating the
effects of anxiety
GAZE DIRECTION DIFFERENTIALLY AFFECTS AVOIDANCE TENDENCIES TO HAPPY AND

ANGRY FACES IN SOCIALLY ANXIOUS INDIVIDUALS
Increasing evidence indicates that eye gaze direction affects the processing of emotional faces in
anxious individuals
doi:10.1016/j.brat.2009.11.008
DEMENTIA
5th April
ANTI-PSYCHOTIC DRUGS LINK TO PNEUMONIA WARNING
The use of anti-psychotic drugs in the elderly doubles the risk of potentially fatal pneumonia, say
Dutch researchers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8599443.stm
6th April
DEMENTIA CAN BE FOUGHT BY 'HEALTHY LIVING IN MIDDLE AGE'
Healthy living in middle age can help to prevent the onset of dementia in later life, researchers
have suggested
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/interactive/news/theme_news_detail.php?id=19704518&tab_id=116
7th April
WORSENING MEMORY ASSOCIATED WITH LATER ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
Subjective memory impairment, or mild deficits in memory that may or may not cause worry for an
individual, appear to predict progression to more advanced stages of cognitive impairment and
dementia
9th April
POTENTIAL NEW ALZHEIMER'S DRUGS ADVANCING IN CLINICAL TRIALS
After years of preparation and anticipation, scientists who discover and develop new medications
are about to answer a key question about Alzheimer's disease
DEPRESSION
5th April
BRAIN GLITCH MAY RAISE SOME GIRLS' ODDS OF DEPRESSION
Study finds neural deficit in processing rewards and pleasure
http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=637687
6th April
SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC, CLINICAL PREDICTORS OF BIPOLAR TREATMENT
NONADHERENCE IDENTIFIED
Poor treatment adherence in bipolar disorder is associated with a number of sociodemographic
and clinical factors including household income, ethnicity, and rapid cycling, report
http://www.medwire-
news.md/47/87089/Psychiatry/Sociodemographic,_clinical_predictors_of_bipolar_treatment_nonadherence_identified.html
BIPOLAR DISORDER-OCD MAY BE SEPARATE DISEASE ENTITY

Patients with bipolar disorder and comorbid obsessive-compulsive disorder present with more
depressive episodes and are at a greater risk for treatment-emergent mania than their peers with
bipolar disorder alone
http://www.medwire-news.md/47/87088/Psychiatry/Bipolar_disorder-
OCD_may_be_separate_disease_entity_.html
7th April
GIRLS AT RISK FOR DEPRESSION MAY NOT PROCESS REWARD AND LOSS PROPERLY
Young girls at high risk for depression, but who have not experienced any symptoms, show
differences in neural response patterns when processing the possibility of receiving a reward or
sustaining a loss
TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION 'CAN TREAT DEPRESSION'

Transcendental Meditation, the stress-busting technique popularised by the Beatles, can
successfully be used to treat depression, according to a new study.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7563648/Transcendental-meditation-can-treat-
depression.html
DocGuide TopAbstracts in Depression
• Escitalopram versus serotonin noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors as second step treatment for patients with
major depressive disorder: a pooled analysis - (Int Clin Psychopharmacol)
• Efficacy and Safety of Long-Term Fluoxetine Versus Lithium Monotherapy of Bipolar II Disorder: A
Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Substitution Study - (Am J Psychiatry)
• Genome-Wide Pharmacogenetics of Antidepressant Response in the GENDEP Project - (Am J Psychiatry)
• A randomized controlled trial of cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety and depression in COPD - (Respir
Med)
• Depressive symptoms in women seeking surgery for pelvic organ prolapse - (Int Urogynecol J)
8th April
GENOME COPY NUMBER VARIANT BURDEN NOT INCREASED IN BIPOLAR DISORDER
Bipolar disorder patients, unlike those with schizophrenia, do not have an increased burden of
copy number variants (CNVs) in their DNA, study results indicate
http://www.medwire-
news.md/47/87117/Psychiatry/Genome_copy_number_variant_burden_not_increased_in_bipolar_disorder.html
9th April
GDNF MAY BE PERIPHERAL MARKER OF BIPOLAR DISORDER
Patients with bipolar disorder have reduced serum levels of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic
factor, suggesting this neurotrophic factor plays a role in the pathophysiology of the condition
http://www.medwire-
news.md/47/87120/Psychiatry/GDNF_may_be_peripheral_marker_of_bipolar_disorder.html
DUAL DIAGNOSIS
8th April
POSSIBLE NEW WAYS IN THE PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF BIPOLAR DISORDER
AND COMORBID ALCOHOLISM.
About half of all bipolar patients have an alcohol abuse problem at some point of their lifetime.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20361060
EATING DISORDERS
6th April
CAN EXERCISE TREAT EATING DISORDERS?
This review concluded that exercise may improve a range of outcomes in patients with eating
disorders
DocGuide TopAbstracts in Eating Disorders
• Role of the neurotrophin network in eating disorders' subphenotypes: Body mass index and age at onset of
the disease - (J Psychiatr Res)
• Sodium oxybate in the treatment of binge eating disorder: An open-label, prospective study - (Int J Eat
Disord)
• Anorexia nervosa in an elderly woman - (Aust N Z J Psychiatry)
• Hormonal Profile Heterogeneity and Short-Term Physical Risk in Restrictive Anorexia Nervosa - (J Clin
Endocrinol Metab)
• Iatrogenic hyperammonemia after anorexia - (Arch Intern Med)
LEARNING DISABILITIES
4th April
ADHD: BEHAVIOURAL INCENTIVES MIMIC EFFECTS OF MEDICATION ON BRAIN SYSTEMS
Medication and behavioural interventions help children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
better maintain attention and self-control by normalising activity in the same brain systems
7th April
INTENSIVE TREATMENT FOUND TO BE HIGHLY-EFFECTIVE FOR CHILDREN WITH
ASPERGER'S AND HIGH-FUNCTIONING AUTISM
A unique treatment program at Canisius College offers hope to children with high-functioning
autism spectrum disorders (Asperger's, high-functioning autism,
SELECTIVE ABORTION FOR DOWN SYNDROME: THE RELATION BETWEEN THE QUALITY
OF INTERGROUP CONTACT, PARENTING EXPECTATIONS, AND WILLINGNESS TO
TERMINATE
This study examines the links between familiarity with individuals with Down syndrome (DS),
perceptions of parenting a child with DS, and willingness to consider selective termination
subsequent to a fetal diagnosis of DS
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/123328315/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0
9th April
MOTIVATIONAL INCENTIVES HELP KIDS WITH ADHD
Combining behavioral approach with medication boosts performance, study finds
O/C DISORDERS
6th April
BIPOLAR DISORDER-OCD MAY BE SEPARATE DISEASE ENTITY
Patients with bipolar disorder and comorbid obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) present with
more depressive episodes and are at a greater risk for treatment-emergent mania than their
peers with bipolar disorder alone
http://www.medwire-news.md/47/87088/Psychiatry/Bipolar_disorder-
OCD_may_be_separate_disease_entity_.html
TREATMENT OF OBSESSIONS: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL.

This study tested Rachman's cognitive behavioral method for treating obsessions not
accompanied by prominent overt compulsions
doi:10.1016/j.brat.2009.11.010
POST TRAUMATIC STRESS
7th April
EARLY PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS TO TREAT ACUTE TRAUMATIC STRESS
SYMPTOMS
The amelioration of psychological distress following traumatic events is a major concern. S
WHEN DO TRAUMA EXPERTS CHOOSE EXPOSURE THERAPY FOR PTSD PATIENTS? A

CONTROLLED STUDY OF THERAPIST AND PATIENT FACTORS
doi:10.1016/j.brat.2009.12.003
PSYCHOLOGY
4th April
THE MIDDLE-AGED ARE MOST CONFIDENT BUT SELF-ESTEEM DECLINES SHARPLY
AMONG OLDER ADULTS
Self-esteem rises steadily as people age but starts declining around the time of retirement,
according to a longitudinal study of men and women ranging in age from 25 to 104.
SCHIZOPHRENIA
7th April
AFFECT RECOGNITION IMPACTS ON OVERALL FUNCTION IN SCHIZOPHRENIA
A subgroup of patients with schizophrenia and relatively preserved affect recognition (AR) show
better functional outcomes than their peers with defective AR
http://www.medwire-
news.md/47/87108/Psychiatry/Affect_recognition_impacts_on_overall_function_in_schizophrenia.html
SELF-STIGMA COMMON IN SCHIZOPHRENIA, LINKED TO EMPOWERMENT

Around 40% of patients with schizophrenia or psychosis report moderate or high self-stigma,
according to a European survey of mental-health service users
http://www.medwire-news.md/47/87107/Psychiatry/Self-
stigma_common_in_schizophrenia,_linked_to_empowerment.html
8th April
SELF-REPORTED CHILDHOOD PSYCHOTIC SYMPTOMS ‘INDICATE IMPAIRED
DEVELOPMENT’
Self-reported psychotic symptoms in childhood are often a marker of an impaired developmental
process and should be actively assessed by clinicians
http://www.medwire-news.md/47/87118/Psychiatry/Self-
reported_childhood_psychotic_symptoms_‘indicate_impaired_development’.html
9th April
GLYCINE LINKS NMDA RECEPTOR DYSFUNCTION TO NEGATIVE SCHIZOPHRENIA
SYMPTOMS
Serum glycine levels are associated with the intensity of negative symptoms in patients with
schizophrenia
http://www.medwire-
news.md/47/87119/Psychiatry/Glycine_links_NMDA_receptor_dysfunction_to_negative_schizophrenia_symptoms.html
SOCIAL WORK
5th April
GOOD FOSTER CARE HELPS NEGLECTED KIDS THRIVE
Study of Romanian orphans shows that better diet, close attention makes all the difference
NEW PUBLICATIONS
(Hot off the press not yet in your library)
Valuing People Now: The Delivery Plan 2010-2011

http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/@dh/@en/@ps/documents/digita
lasset/dh_115254.pdf
Powder cocaine : how the treatment system is responding to a growing problem

http://www.nta.nhs.uk/publications/documents/ntapowdercocaine1march2010d.pdf
United Kingdom drug situation: annual report to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs
and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) 2009
http://www.cph.org.uk/showPublication.aspx?pubid=620
Positive Practice Positive Outcomes: A Handbook for Professionals in the Criminal Justice
System working with Offenders with Learning Disabilities
http://www.library.nhs.uk/LEARNINGDISABILITIES/ViewResource.aspx?resID=371596&tabID=288
Developing and Delivering Practice-based Evidence: A Guide for the Psychological

Therapies
Michael Barkham Wiley-Blackwell: 9th April ISBN: 9780470032350 £29.99
Emotion Focused Cognitive Therapy

Mick Power Wiley-Blackwell: 9th April ISBN: 9780470683231 £60.00
Managing Aggressive Behaviour in Care Settings: Understanding and Applying Low

Arousal Approaches
Andrew A. McDonnell Wiley-Blackwell: 9th April ISBN: 9780470512326 £75.00
Researching Intimacy in Families

Jacqui Gabb Palgrave Macmillan: 9th April ISBN: 9780230248090 £19.99
Children and Adolescents in Trauma: Creative Therapeutic Approaches
Chris Nicholson Jessica Kingsley Publishers: 15th April ISBN: 9781843104377 £22.99
Theory and Practice in Clinical Social Work: 2nd Revised edition

Jerrold R. Brandell SAGE Publications Inc: 16th April ISBN: 9781412981385 £56.00
CONFERENCES
(New additions are in green type)
WORKING WITH DRUG AND ALCOHOL USERS IN PRIMARY CARE 2010:

22nd April – 24th April: Glasgow
http://www.healthcare-events.co.uk/conf/booking.php?action=home&id=404
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
4th NATIONAL CONFERENCE: TREATING SCHIZOPHRENIA: 29th – 30th April: London

http://www.mahealthcareevents.co.uk/cgi-bin/go.pl/conferences/detail.html?conference_uid=144
NUTRITION AND ADDICTION: PROMOTING RECOVERY THROUGH NUTRITIONAL AND

LIFESTYLE INTERVENTIONS: 5th May: London
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
CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH: 6th May: Glasgow

http://www.rdlearning.org.uk/courseDetails.asp?ID=47596
FRED STONE MEMORIAL CONFERENCE: CHILD MENTAL HEATH & LAW:

7th May: Glasgow
STATE-OF-THE-ART TREATMENT FOR CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS:

11th May: Reading
Flyer
WHOLE AGAIN: DEALING WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF ABUSE FOR ADULTS WITH
LEARNING DISABILITIES: 12th May: London
SAFEGUARDING VULNERABLE ADULTS IN HOSPITAL: 13th May: London

7TH UK/EUROPEAN SYMPOSIUM ON ADDICTIVE DISORDERS: 13th – 15th May: London

QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH: 14th May: London

http://www.priorygroup.com/pg.asp?p=QualityImprovementForensicMentalHealth
ENHANCING QUALITY OF LIFE IN DEMENTIA - A ONE DAY CONFERENCE:

18th May: Glasgow
ETHNICITY AND USE OF THE MENTAL HEALTH ACT: 24th May: London
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE: MAKING INTEGRATED CARE IN THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM A REALITY: 25th May: London
ADULTS AND ADOLESCENTS WITH AUTISTIC SPECTRUM CONDITIONS: WHAT ARE THE
IMPORTANT ISSUES FOR RECOGNITION, DIAGNOSIS AND SUPPORT?: 9th June: Bristol
http://www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/autismbristol.php
SAFEGUARDING VULNERABLE ADULTS: 12TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE:

June 9th: Manchester
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
8TH ANNUAL SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN FORUM: ENCOURAGING EFFECTIVE MULTI-

DISCIPLINARY WORKING: 10th June: London
http://www.neilstewartassociates.com/kd182/
EARLY INTERVENTION IN AUTISM - FROM RECENT RESEARCH TO MULTIAGENCY

PRACTICE: 11th June: Manchester
http://www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/mancautism.php
IMPROVING CHILDREN'S SAFEGUARDING: 14th June: London

NATIONAL COMMISSIONING CONFERENCE: BEYOND EFFICIENCIES - DOING THINGS

DIFFERENTLY: 15th June: Manchester
RACE AND MENTAL HEALTH: MAINTAINING AND DEVELOPING SPECIALIST EXPERTISE

AND FOCUS TO ENABLE SOLUTIONS: 17th June: London
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS:

21st -24th June: Edinburgh
DISABILITY HISTORY GROUP 2010 CONFERENCE: 25th – 26th June: Preston

Flyer Booking Form
INTEGRATING APPROACHES TO TRAUMA IN PLAY THERAPY WITH CHILDREN:

25th – 26th June: Birmingham
REAL PEOPLE: THE SELF IN MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE:

28th – 30th June: Manchester
TRANSFORMING SERVICES IN CHALLENGING TIMES NATIONAL SOCIAL SERVICES

CONFERENCE FOR WALES 2010; 30th June: Llandudno
HOUSING CARE AND SUPPORT 16TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE: 30th June: Manchester
PSYCHOLOGY LEARNING AND TEACHING CONFERENCE 2010:

30th June – 2nd July: Edinburgh
http://www.psychology.heacademy.ac.uk/plat2010/
SOCIAL HISTORY OF LEARNING DISABILITY CONFERENCE: 1st – 2nd July: Milton Keynes
Link
ATP CONFERENCE 2010, TEACHING PSYCHOLOGY: CHANGING LIVES, CHANGING

MINDS: 2nd – 4th July: Staffordshire
http://www.atpconference.org.uk/
DIVISION OF COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2010:

8th July – 10th July: Glasgow
http://www.bps.org.uk/dcop2010/
5TH INTERNATIONAL CARERS CONFERENCE: NEW FRONTIERS IN CARING: 2010 AND

BEYOND: 8th – 11th July: Leeds
http://www.neilstewartassociates.com/sh259/
PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN SECTION ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2010:

14th – 16th July: Windsor
http://www.bps.org.uk/conferences-and-events/event-
listing/events$/2010/july/psych_wom_sec2010/psych_wom_sec2010_home.cfm?subsite
4TH ANNUAL SOCIAL WORK CONFERENCE: 14th September: London

16TH INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FOR PSYCHIATRIC NURSING RESEARCH (NPNR)

CONFERENCE: 22nd – 23rd September: Oxford
http://www.rcn.org.uk/newsevents/event_details/rcn_events/16th_international_network_for_psyc
hiatric_nursing_research_npnr_conference
3RD NATIONAL CONFERENCE: ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION:

30th September: 1st October: London
USEFUL WEBSITES
BRITISH INSTITUTE OF LEARNING DISABILITIES (BILD)

http://www.bild.org.uk/
The British Institute of Learning Disabilities is working to improve the lives of people in the UK
with a learning disability
CARE QUALITY COMMISSION

http://www.cqc.org.uk/
The Healthcare Commission, Commission for Social Care Inspection and the Mental Health Act
Commission ceased to exist on 31 March 2009.. The Care Quality Commission is the new health
and social care regulator for England.
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”
DRUG & ALCOHOL FINDINGS

Drug and Alcohol Findings bridges the divide between research on the effectiveness of responses
to drug and alcohol problems and the practitioners who provide those interventions, with a focus
on UK-relevant research
http://findings.org.uk/index.php
EASTERN DEVELOPMENT CENTRE

www.easterndc.org.uk
The Eastern Development Centre has a key role to support the NHS and social care to improve
the lives of those living in the East of England
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.”
ERPHO: MENTAL HEALTH

Mental health statistics and data in the East of England
http://www.erpho.org.uk/topics/mh/mental_health.aspx
HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE INFORMATION CENTRE - NHS website

http://www.ic.nhs.uk/
“Our role is to co-ordinate and streamline the collection and sharing of data about health and
social care. By simplifying data gathering, we aim to reduce the burden on frontline staff.”
INTEGRATED CARE NETWORK

“We aim to help frontline organisations to work together to deliver flexible services that help
people to remain in control and live independent lives.”
http://www.integratedcarenetwork.gov.uk/homepage.php
InPsychiatry.com
“The website for psychiatry professionals”
http://www.inpsychiatry.com/
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
MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk
Founded in 1949, the Mental Health Foundation is a leading UK charity that provides
information, carries out research, campaigns and works to improve services for anyone affected
by mental health problems, whatever their age and wherever they live.
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
MENTAL HEALTH UPDATE

Bethlem Librarian John Gale’s mental health blog
http://mentalhealthupdate.blogspot.com/
MINDING MATTERS
http://ephrumindingmatters.blogspot.com/
Essex Public Health Resourse Unit Library’s mental health blog
MYILIBRARY
Mental Health e-books
www.Myilibrary.com
NATIONAL CAMHS SUPPORT NETWORK

http://www.cypf.csip.org.uk/camhs/national-camhs-support-service-ncss.html
NHS EVIDENCE - LEARNING DISABILITIES

http://www.library.nhs.uk/learningdisabilities/
NHS EVIDENCE - MENTAL HEALTH

http://www.library.nhs.uk/mentalhealth/
NICE
Monthly newsletter for the National Institute for Clinical Excellence
http://www.nice.org.uk/page.aspx?o=e-newsletter
PARENTAL MENTAL HEALTH AND CHILD WELFARE NETWORK

The Parental Mental Health and Child Welfare Network is a unique national network for social
care and health workers who work with parents with a mental health problem or their children,
offering a wealth of information about local and national policies, services, publications and
events.
http://www.pmhcwn.org.uk/about.asp
PRINCESS ROYAL TRUST FOR CARERS PROFESSIONALS WEBSITE

“built specifically so that anyone working professionally with carers has access to the best
information available on the internet.”
http://www.carers.org/professionals
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CURBING PROBLEM DRINKING WITH PERSONALIZED-FEEDBACK INTERVENTIONS: A

GAMMA-HYDROXYBUTYRATE (GHB) FOR TREATMENT OF ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL AND

HEPATITIS C TREATMENT FOR INJECTION DRUG USERS: A REVIEW OF THE AVAILABLE

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Developing and Delivering Practice-based Evidence: A Guide for the Psychological

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WORKING WITH DRUG AND ALCOHOL USERS IN PRIMARY CARE 2010:

4th NATIONAL CONFERENCE: TREATING SCHIZOPHRENIA: 29th – 30th April: London

NUTRITION AND ADDICTION: PROMOTING RECOVERY THROUGH NUTRITIONAL AND

CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH: 6th May: Glasgow

FRED STONE MEMORIAL CONFERENCE: CHILD MENTAL HEATH & LAW:

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SAFEGUARDING VULNERABLE ADULTS IN HOSPITAL: 13th May: London

7TH UK/EUROPEAN SYMPOSIUM ON ADDICTIVE DISORDERS: 13th – 15th May: London

QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH: 14th May: London

ENHANCING QUALITY OF LIFE IN DEMENTIA - A ONE DAY CONFERENCE:

SAFEGUARDING VULNERABLE ADULTS: 12TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE:

8TH ANNUAL SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN FORUM: ENCOURAGING EFFECTIVE MULTI-

EARLY INTERVENTION IN AUTISM - FROM RECENT RESEARCH TO MULTIAGENCY

IMPROVING CHILDREN'S SAFEGUARDING: 14th June: London

NATIONAL COMMISSIONING CONFERENCE: BEYOND EFFICIENCIES - DOING THINGS

RACE AND MENTAL HEALTH: MAINTAINING AND DEVELOPING SPECIALIST EXPERTISE

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DISABILITY HISTORY GROUP 2010 CONFERENCE: 25th – 26th June: Preston

INTEGRATING APPROACHES TO TRAUMA IN PLAY THERAPY WITH CHILDREN:

REAL PEOPLE: THE SELF IN MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE:

TRANSFORMING SERVICES IN CHALLENGING TIMES NATIONAL SOCIAL SERVICES

PSYCHOLOGY LEARNING AND TEACHING CONFERENCE 2010:

ATP CONFERENCE 2010, TEACHING PSYCHOLOGY: CHANGING LIVES, CHANGING