Monday 29 April 2013

Mental Health & Social Care Bulletin No. 390

Bulletin no. 390 you can find out the latest from the Department of Health. The Government has launched a care comparison website so everyone can look at both residential and home care that is available. On the Department of Health website there is also a link to the latest development in their dementia strategy.

Monday 22 April 2013

Mental Health & Social Care Bulletin No. 389

The new Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) section in Bulletin no. 389 has several interesting studies including an investigation in to the effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for depression and anxiety in both children and adolescents. Meanwhile the Department of Health has released its vision for the role of school nurses in the health and wellbeing of children

Monday 15 April 2013

Mental Health & Social Care Bulletin No. 388

Bulletin No. 388 is packed with research articles on the usual subjects, such as dementia, depression, schizophrenia. No news from the new Department of Health website this week

Monday 8 April 2013

Mental Health & Social Care Bulletin No. 387

NICE has been busy this week: after declaring that dementia care is patchy across the country they have published  a new guidance for support in dementia care and also a commissioning tool kit for dementia. Their guidance on the health and wellbeing of looked after children came out this week as well. All this and more in bulletin No. 387

Tuesday 2 April 2013

Mental Health & Social Care Bulletin No. 386

In bulletin this week's bulletin, no. 386, you can find information about the new NICE consultation on behaviour and conduct disorders in children. Also in the news is the question of whether Community Treatment Orders are effective in cutting readmissions to hospital for mentally ill people. It has also been mooted that the NHS has not been effectively supporting mental health patients in quitting smoking