Press: Mental Health Breakthrough?

Breakthrough?

An investigation into the care and treatment of Ms R

Ms R was an older woman who was subject to guardianship and had suspected cervical cancer. She died in 2011, after refusing treatment. This investigation looks at the care and treatment she received in the years leading up to her death.
Click here to read The Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland's report.

Half of Learning Disability Services in England failing to meet minimum standards

Click here to read the Care Quality Commission report.

Two New Free to Download .pdf Publications

The Avenue Guide to Wellbeing and Happiness by Neil Thompson is free to download from www.avenuemediasolutions.com. Go to the site and search for The Avenue Guide to Wellbeing and Happiness.

Beyond Belief: Alternative ways of working with delusions, obsessions and unusual experiences by Tamasin Knight is published by Peter Lehmann and is available to download at www.peter-lehmann-publishing.com/beyond-belief.htm. This 50pp booklet with a focus on practice should be a very valuable resource for students.

Effective Practitioner

If you are a nurse, midwife or allied health professional, Effective Practitioner will help you to: demonstrate your value; apply the latest evidence-based care; develop your role and maximise work-based learning.

From the Press: Anders Breivik believes court will rule this week that he is sane

Click here to read the Guardian piece

Dementia Awareness Week 18th - 24th June

There are 82,000 people in Scotland who have a dementia - get aware

East Dunbartonshire Assets-based Approach to mental well being

Click here to read about this project

Mental health services 'shocking.' NHS managers in England are accused of "shocking discrimination" in commissioning mental health services by a group of leading experts.

From the Press: Click here to read this report

From the press: Anorexic must be force-fed to save life

Click here to read this report from The Independent

Next Week 18th-24th June is Dementia Awareness Week so despite it having been around for a while I'm adding "Promoting Excellence: Informed about Dementia: Improving practice" and asking "How aware are you?"

Promoting Excellence is a knowledge and skills framework developed by NHS Education for Scotland and the Scottish Social Services Council to support delivery of the aspirations and change actions outlined in the Dementia Strategy. The Framework was launched on the 6 June 2011.
These videos support all staff working with people with dementia their families and carers

Chapter 1: Promoting Excellence: Informed about Dementia: Improving practice
Chapter 2: Promoting Excellence: Informed about Dementia: Improving practice
Chapter 3: Promoting Excellence: Informed about Dementia: Improving practice
Chapter 4:Promoting Excellence: Informed about Dementia: Improving practice
Chapter 5:Promoting Excellence: Informed about Dementia: Improving practice
Chapter 6: Promoting Excellence:Informed about Dementia: Improving practice

Keep up to date by joining the Dementia Managed Knowledge Network at http://www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk/dementia.aspx

Introducing GG&C New Homeless Mental Health Service

Following GG&C NHS review of Homelessness Health services the  Homeless Mental Health Team will work with people with both severe and enduring and mild to moderate mental health problems.  The team is a merge of the previous Homeless Mental Health and Primary Care Mental Health Teams and will be in place from the 2nd July.

Referral criteria are as follows:

1. Currently homeless: rough sleeping; destitute; in emergency accommodation; in Bed & Breakfast accommodation; in short term accommodation; in temporary furnished flat for less than 3 months; or have a history of repeat homelessness and complex needs

                    and

2. Person aged 16 or over

                        and

3. Person with known or suspected mental illness

                     or

   Person with mild to moderate mental health problem

Contact details:

Shivali Fifield

Homelessness Service Manager

Homelessness Health and Resources Services

55 Hunter St

Glasgow

G4 0UP

0141 553 2801

Reminiscence and dementia (use of music)

Interesting meet with Gary Thorpe from 'Silver Memories' in Brisbane Australia. Possibilities for future collaboration / cooperation there I think. Have a closer look here.

Physical Activity in the Treatment of Depression

A pragmatic randomised controlled trial to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a physical activity intervention as a treatment for depression: the treating depression with physical activity (TREAD) trial.
http://www.hta.ac.uk/fullmono/mon1610.pdf

http://www.hta.ac.uk/fullmono/mon1610.pdf

www.hta.ac.uk

Scotland's Suicide Rate

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-18374755

Call for action on suicide rate

www.bbc.co.uk

Researchers say action is needed to reduce suicide rates in Scotland - which are higher than in other parts of the UK.

NES Effective Practitioner Resources

If you are a nurse, midwife or allied health professional, Effective Practitioner will help you to: demonstrate your value; apply the latest evidence-based care; develop your role and maximise work-based learning.
http://www.effectivepractitioner.nes.scot.nhs.uk/practitioners/home.aspx