March 2008 - Learning Disability Evidence Bulletin March 2008

  Learning Disability Evidence Bulletin March 2008 from the NLH Specialist Library, Learning Disability
The LDSL brings together and makes available best current evidence to support decision makers in supporting people with learning disabilities.  
Key articles which add important new knowledge to the field are presented here with links to extended summaries on the LDSL site.

If you [...]

Dementia - Living with Dementia Magazine March 2008

  Living with Dementia Magazine March 2008, from the Magazine of the Alzheimer’s Society
Living with Dementia Magazine
March 2008

Life goes on
Partners in care
One day at a time
The helmet heading for success?

Current Awareness in Mental Health from Lancashire Care

     feb2008-vol-1-issue-2-current-awarenessi-n-mentalhealth.pdf
The second bulletin from Lancashire Care Library & Information Service.  Keeping you uptodate with Current Information in Mental Health. Helping lift the lid on mental health information.
If you would like full-text of the journal articles please email susan.jennings@lancashirecare.nhs.uk

Well - Bi-Annual Magazine on Improving Mental Health & Wellbeing

Well?       is the bi-annual magazine on improving mental health and wellbeing in Scotland. The Autumn/Winter 2007 issue highlights behaviour and culture as key to shaping our attitudes and approach towards mental health and wellbeing.

In the Autumn/Winter 2007 issue:

Changing behaviour

What does it take?
A flourishing population
Moving towards positive mental health
Modern culture
Healthy or harmful?
Learning skills for life

Behind the Headlines - Mental Health News Stories

Behind the Headlines from NLH. Click on the links below to get straight to the story
Pregnancy, Stress and Schizophrenia (05/02/0
MMR vaccine ‘does not cause autism’ (05/02/0
Man’s memory returns (30/01/0
Ineffective use of antipsychotic drugs (04/10/0
Sex hormones and anorexia (02/01/0
Anorexics are ‘wired’ differently (17/12/07)
Osteoporosis and depression (10/12/07)
OCD [...]

Lancashire Care Library & Information Service Launches it’s Own Currents

8-final-draft-newsletter-feb08-1st-draft-escap-people-us-on.pdf   The New Mental Health Current Awareness Bulletin from Lancashire Care Library & Information Service, February 2008
The new bulletin will be issued fornightly, keeping you up-to-date with new reports, journal articles and more…
The new bulletin also calls for you to get involved, if you can think of a better name, please let us know.  The [...]

2 Articles from the Journal - Health & Social Care in the Community

Health & Social Care in the Community, January 2008, Vol 16 (1)
To access the full text of this journal you’ll need an Athens password if you would like to apply for an Athens this link will let you apply for one.
Effects of housing circumstances on health, quality of life and healthcare use for people with [...]

Current Awareness for Learning Disabilities

Learning Disability Evidence Bulletin, January 2008
Evidence Bulletin Archive is available from: National Library for Health (NLH) Learning Disabilities Specialist Library
The LDSL brings together and makes available best current evidence to support decision makers in supporting people with learning disabilities.  Key articles which add important new knowledge to the field are presented here with links to [...]

Parkinson’s News - Current Awareness for Parkinson’s Disease

     Parkinson’s News: A Quarterly Bulletin for Health and Social Care Professionals, Autumn 2007
‘Parkinson’s News’ is a quarterly current awareness bulletin produced by the PDS (Parkinson Disease Society) for health and social care professionals, to keep them up-to-date on research and events related to Parkinson’s. The bulletin includes:

Parkinson’s research news

Recently published journal articles

New and updated [...]

Forensic Friday

      Articles of interest - by Forensic Mental Health Nurses, about Forensic Mental Health
3 of the articles below are available full-text, just click on the title to gain access.
If you would like any of the articles below emailing, please contact susan.jennings@lancashirecare.nhs.uk
Compiled from the IAFMHS Nursing Newsletter March 2007

Bowring-Lossock, E. (2006). The forensic mental health nurse [...]

More Currents from Central & North West London

   Current Awareness Bulletin Dec 2007
Includes a helpful guide to reference tools,  and a whole range of current journal articles in a variety of topic areas, from Bipolar, Self Harm, Occupational therapy, and more ……

Mental Health Current Awareness Bulletin

   Mental Health Current Awareness Bulletins
from West Sussex Hospital. Current Issue January 2008 to October 2007. This service is checking selected internet sites for reports and news items of interest to staff working in the Mental Health and Health & Social Care Sectors. In addition, the bulletins will provide information on research, imminent conferences, training, [...]

Good Current Awareness

  Research Digest Blog
From the British Psychological Society, a comprehensive collection of current uptodate journal articles in a variety of disciplines. Covers mental health, forensic, cognition and more, take a look

Intute & OT’s are Best Buddies

Intute     has a special section just for OT’s how cool is that, click on the link and discover how clever Intute has compilied a list of top sites, journals, leafltes and many great links.  There are 76 records to look through, so make yourself comfy and enjoy the discovery.
Don’t forget after looking at the OT resources to [...]

Current Awareness for Forensics

Current Awareness Bulletin: Forensic Mental Health Services Issue 1 August 2007
Current Awareness Bulletin: Forensic Mental Health Services Issue 2 November 2007
NHS Scotland: Forensic Mental Health Services Managed Care Network (Forensic Network) website.
The bulletins cover the following topic areas listed below.  Please be aware some of the links will not always link directley to full-text.  For full-text please note down the [...]

Forget ‘Currents’ we are talking ‘BIG Sultanas’

   Click on here -  librarybulletindec-07.pdf   The all new singing and dancing Current Awarenss Bulletin from Lancashire Care Library & Information Service.
Looking for a list of current journal articles on Psychosis, ADHD, look no further… Also includes the latest list of new E-Books available from this blog, click on the Tab at the top.

Current Bytes

  Current Bytes December 2007
The last Current Bytes of the year from Mersey Care,  produced fortnightly by the Knowledge & Libraries team. It’s main aim is to to keep you up to date on all the latest health news, with a strong emphasis on mental health. 

Current Awareness Bulletin

  The CEBMH’s e-CAB is a fortnightly bulletin containing selected news items on mental health issues, including clinical news, health and social care guidance, policy and publications.
An easy way to keep up-to-date in Mental Health.

Any Relation to Ben & Jerry!

 Doc brings corpses on tour 
Dr Gunther von Hagens’ Body Worlds is a travelling showcase of preserved cadavers and body parts that are prepared using plastination - a special technique that reveals the network of muscles, tendons and vessels in the body. 

Schizophrenia Reference Sheet

Schizophrenia Reference Sheet 2006 from the National Prescribing Centre
This is a great source of information for schizophrenia, it lists for example recommended journal articles, reports etc and remember if you need full text articles please contact susan.jennings@lancashirecare.nhs.uk and I will be able to email you the results.

BIGPOLAR on BIPOLAR

  National Knowledge Week on Bipolar Disorder from the NLH
National Knowledge Week is scheduled for this week 10-14 December 2007
The 2007 Bipolar Disorder Annual Evidence Update is a collection of the latest research on developments in bipolar disorder that has arisen over the past year. The Annual Evidence Update follows on from our Bipolar Disorder Knowledge [...]

Learning Disabilities - Current Awareness Nov 2007

Learning Disabilities Evidence Bulletin November 2007
Each month this brings you the latest LD Evidence. This issue looks at mental ill health in people with profound intellectual disabilities, factors influencing the use of hearing aids, and the impact of group CBT on sexually abusive behaviour of men with intellectual disabilities.
If you would like to look at the Archive [...]

Research Digest Blog

Bit about the author of the Research Digest  BLOG - Dr Christian Jarrett BSc MSc PhD
I’m a writer/editor specialising in psychology and the neurosciences.
I work full-time for the British Psychological Society as inaugural editor/writer of their Research Digest blog and I’m staff journalist on their magazine The Psychologist, which involves writing monthly news, conference reports [...]

Latest Copy of Current Bytes

Current Bytes  Volume 9, Issue 4, November 6th 2007
Keeping you up to date on all the latest health news, with a strong emphasis on mental health. 

Current Bytes - Mental Health

Vol.9_4 06 November 2007.pdfLatest edition hot off the ferry from Mersey Care NHS trust. Electronic Health Knowledge Awareness