Mental Health & Social care Bulletin No. 369

Bulletin No. 369 has several reports again. There are two on learning disabilities; from the NHS Confederation and the Learning Disabilities Observatory. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation's report is on advocacy for dementia and there are further reports on liasion psychiatry and the mental health ward

Mental Health & Social Care Bulletin No. 368

Bulletin 368 is packed as usual with all the disciplines of the mental health sphere. There are several communications from the Department of Health and items referring to the Winterbourne scandal

Mental Health & Social Care Bulletin No. 367

The Publication section in Bulletin No. 367  has seven reports this week, ranging from information on self harm, dementia, care homes to drug use

Mental Health & Social Bulletin No. 366

All the usual sections in Bulletin no. 366  including the publications section where a new report from the Centre for Mental Health on effective family interventions can be found.   A chance to change: delivering effective famiily programmes to transform lives "sets out the findings of a project on the implementation of evidence-based parenting programmes for children with, or at risk of developing, serious behavioural problems"

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