Improving The Physical Health and Wellbeing of Adult Users of Mental Health Services Through Multi-Agency Working (Adobe Acrobat document)
"A number of recommendations arising from a research project exploring perceptions of the physical health of adults with serious mental health problems have been implemented in the Cambridge locality of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, in England over the last two years. This project reported on findings from parallel focus groups discussions with service users and carers plus interviews with front-line inpatient and community mental health staff..."
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
AScribe Newswire press release reprinted at PsycPORT - "Researchers at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center recently concluded an observational study to test the theory that antidepressant use by teens put them at increased risk for attempting suicide. The UCDHSC study that is published this month in the international journal CNS Drugs, found no correlation between antidepressant use and suicide attempt in teens after adjusting for many related factors. The study was completed by observing a sample of managed care enrollees across the United States, ages 12 to 18, who were newly diagnosed with major depressive disorder between January 1997 and March 2003..." See also the CNS Drugs abstract of the study, which is available at no charge (full text is available for a fee).
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Medscape Psychiatry & Mental Health "expert interview" with Daniel Z. Lieberman, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University; Director, Clinical Research Center; Washington, DC. [Viewing Medscape resources requires registration, which is free].
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Current Opinion in Psychiatry article at Medscape - "The paper outlines the beginning dialogue of neuroscience and psychotherapy by reviewing neurobiological research relevant for therapeutic concepts, presenting recent neuroimaging studies on psychotherapy effects, and discussing some conceptual problems." [Viewing Medscape resources requires registration, which is free].
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Reuters Health story at Medscape - "Frequent mental distress (FMD) is relatively common among adults with asthma and is associated with unhealthy behaviors that raise the risk of disease flare-ups, according to a report in the December issue of Chest. This suggests that clinicians treating asthmatics should not overlook their mental health status. Previous reports have shown a strong association between depressive disorders and asthma. However, the link between depressive symptoms and asthma-related risk behaviors in adult asthmatics has not been studied." "med"
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Brief article at Join Together - "The FY2005 labor, education, and health and human services budget passed by Congress last month has mostly good news for alcohol and other drug-related programs: significant dollar increases for most programs tempered only somewhat by a .83-percent across-the-board reduction ordered by lawmakers... "
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Story at 4NI - "A report released today by the Law Centre (NI) has highlighted severe gaps in mental health legal advice and information services in Northern Ireland. ‘Unmet Need’, which is the result of a research by the School of Social Work at Queen’s University, commended the support work of many organisations and individuals but pointed out the lack of specialist independent advice and information services for mental health users and carers. The research also showed a desperate need for the voices of mental health patients and their carers to be heard by health care professionals and tribunals..."
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