Mental Health & Social Care Bulletin No. 365

Bulletin 365, as well as all the usual sections, contains two reports on the effects of high alcohol intake. The first report: Over the Limit: The Truth about Families and Alcohol from the charity 4Children highlights the drinking habits of middle class parents behind closed doors. The second report from Alcohol Concern is in the form of an interactive map: Alcohol Harm Map, which allows you to see the statistics for alcohol usage in different parts of the country

Mental Health & Social Care Bulletin No. 364

In Bulletin 364 you can find information from the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse regarding illegal drug use in England. Among other statistics included is: the number of 18 -25 adults seeking treatment has dropped; which is taken to mean that the number of addicts is in this age group is decreasing

Mental Health & Social Care Bulletin No. 363

Today is Worldwide Alzheimer's Awareness Day and in Bulletin No. 363  you will find links to Alzheimer's Disease International's: World Alzheimer Report 2012: Overcoming the stigma of dementia. Also the Department of Health has published its Dementia Campaign in conjunction with the Alzheimer's Society to coincide with the awareness day

Mental Health & Social Care Bulletin No. 362

In Bulletin 362 there is a link to the in depth assessment of the results from the Care Quality Commission's survey of mental health users. 1500 users over 18 years old were asked about their experiences of using community mental health services

Mental Health Bulletin No. 361

Today is worldwide Suicide prevention day. For more information follow the IASP link in bulletin no. 361 . Meanwhile here at home as a consequence of the Winterbourne scandal the Care Quality Commission plans to regulate homes acccording to the level of risk to their service users

Mental Health Bulletin No. 360

Bulletin No 360 includes a report: reducing the cost of assessments and reviews: an adult social care briefing for councils published by the Audit Commission. and indicates that better assessment methods will lead to major savings

Mental Health Bulletin No. 359

Bulletin No. 359 is another large edition with all the usual sections. In the publications section is a new report from the Department for Communities and Local Government: Making every contact count: a joint approach to preventing homelessness  which will be of interest to everyone in both mental health and social care

Mental Health Bulletin No. 358

Bulletin No. 358 is a bumper issue and includes no less than three NICE consultations: dementia, looked after children and conduct disorders in children. Also large sections on all the usual specialities

Mental Health Bulletin No. 357

Reports abound this week following the investigation of Winterbourne View. South Gloucestershire council initiated an independent serious case review. Hot on it's heels Mencap has published a report Out of Sight on the abuse and neglect of people with learning disabilities. Read all this and more in this week's bulletin, no. 357

Mental Health Bulletin No. 356

All quiet on the Department of Health front this week. Quite a few interesting news items on children's mental health and services. For all this and all aspects of mental health and social care download bulletin no. 356