Mental Health & Social Care Bulletin No. 340

This week's bulletin, no. 340, now available to download, has social care in the forefront of the news

Damned if you do, damned if you don't - if you are a woman

In the wake of recent research that confirms too much red meat, particularly processed, is bad for our health and raises the population incidence of cancer, comes a new study. This time it concentrates on the interplay between red meat and mental health. The Australian study in the journal Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics concluded that too little red meat increased the occurence of anxiety and depression - but only if you are a woman.

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Mental Health Bulletin No. 339 in Down's Syndrome Awareness Week

This week is Down's Syndrome Awareness Week. Go to the Association's website for more information. Download no. 339 of the mental health bulletin

Mental Health Bulletin No. 338

Ahead of schedule, bulletin no. 338 can be downloaded now. More journal TOCs added since last week.

Mental Health Bulletin No. 337

A bumper issue of the bulletin, no 377, packed with research. The TOC page has been updated and new journal titles added.

Mental Health Bulletin No. 336

Yet another bulletin packed with news, research, publications and conferences. You can download bulletin 336 now

DSM-5 causes controversy

With the publication of the DSM-5, the psychiatrists' "bible", imminent, controversy is raging amongst UK mental health professionals. The new edition of the American diagnostic manual has introduced categories of illness that were not listed in the previous edition. Psychiatrists and Psychologists here feel it will be giving labels of mental health illness to conditions that were considered to be normal before.

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Mental Health Bulletin No. 335

This week is Eating Disorders Awareness Week.
Download this week's mental health bulletin, no. 335, to view articles on this subject

Mental Health Bulletin No. 334

Another bulletin packed with the latest news, research, publications, conferences on every aspect of mental health and social care. You can download no. 334 now

Long-term conditions and mental health

A new report, jointly published by the King's Fund and the Centre for Mental Health gives new insight into the consequences of long term conditions.
The publication Long-term Mental Health Conditions: the Cost of Co-morbidities concludes that these conditions, such as heart disease, can increase the likelihood of mental health problems by 30 - 50%. Furthermore the failure to address these co-existing health problems adds billions of pounds to the NHS bill.

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