Mental Health & Social Care Bulletin No. 408

In the past week there has been a focus on eating disorders research which you can view in Bulletin No. 408. In Scotland the differences between urban and rural adolescent eating disorders has been explored and in two other studies the impact of excessive exercise and feeding methods in anorexia nervosa was investigated. The efficacy of cognitive behavioural therapy  for bulimia nervosa is reported in the International Journal of Eating Disorders.

Mental Health & Social Care Bulletin No. 407

In Bulletin 407 there is the usual array of research and news. The Health Secretary is urging employers to give working carers flexible hours.  He maintains keeping carers in employment is an economic necessity for the long term wellbeing of the UK economy. In the wake of Winterbourne, David Williams the head of the Ability Housing Association comes out against group living for the learning disabled 

Mental Health & Social Care Bulletin No. 406

The Department of Health has announced that it is extending its street triage scheme of sending out mental health nurses with police officers on the beat to five new areas. The department has also announced that it will use its presidency of the G8 summit to highlight dementia by holding a dementia summit. Meanwhile NICE has launched a guideline consultation on psychosis and schizophrenia. All this and more in Bulletin 406. 

Mental Health & Social Care Bulletin No. 405

In Bulletin No. 405 there is a mix of mental health and social care news this week. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has reported that the use of ritalin for ADHD has risen by 50% in the last years. Winterborne raises its head again, as the CQC states that noncompliance with putting managers in place in residential homes for the  learning disabled will result in action that could be either prosecution or closure.



Mental Health & Social Care Bulletin No. 404

The Department of health have announced that the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme for children and young people is to be extended with 24 new sites being added. It is hoped that by the end of the year over half of under 19's will have access to the programme which offer each person a course of six evidence-based therapy sessions. Bulletin 404 is a bumper 17 page edition.

Mental Health & Social Care Bulletin No. 403

The Winterbourne scandal has not left our conciousness; charities are warning that the initiative, post Winterbourne, to move learning disabled out of hospitals is excluding a great number of disabled.  In Bulletin No. 403 there are futher articles that cover the wide range of learning disabilities

Mental Health & Social Care Bulletin No. 402

There is a large section this week in Bulletin No. 402 on eating disorders. There is a new systematic review on the effect of motivation on treatment outcome. There were two articles on the parent equation in eating disorders; one focussing on the relationship with the therapist and the other examined the difference between parent-child reporting of symptom severity. Back at the Depatment of Health a consultation has been launched to help resolve the problem of a fair funding system for social care.

Mental Health & Social Care Bulletin No. 401

A new charity: MindFull, which provides online counselling to 11- 17 year olds, is urging schools to put mental health on the timetable. Their first report emphasises that not enough is being done to support teenage children. Meanwhile NHS Western Isles, at the other end of the age spectrum, is delivering dementia care via robots to sufferers in remote areas. Also on dementia in Bulletin 401 is the news that hospitals fail to make adequate tests on patients with dementia.

Mental Health & Social Care Bulletin No. 400

We are now 400, yes this bulletin is now in its 400th incarnation. NICE have issued their quality standard on self-harm.  There is new information from the government about plans for the delivery of social care and there is a report out on the data for homicide and suicides anong the mentally ill

Mental Health & Social Care Bulletin No. 399

An Alcohol Matrix has been developed to help commissioners and practitioners get easy access to research that will support them in their alcohol treatment services. The Substance Misuse Skills Consortium has been quoted as saying that this is a key resource. Bulletin 399 has access to this information and much much more, including news on social care provision.