The Implementation Framework to support organisations to achieve the 6 'high level objectives' of the National Mental Health strategy No Health without Mental Health has been published. The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Care Services Minister Paul Burstow called upon employers to take 3 simple steps to improve the mental health of their workforce: Time to Change: end mental health discrimination Get First Aid training for staff and raise awareness in your company of mental health issues Call for Help: Medium and small businesses can use the new work advice-line for
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Tagged alcohol-concern, clients, health, implementation, little-explicit, mental-health, minister-nick, national, national-mental, recovery
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Aim Among patients with substance dependence and comorbid major depressive disorder (MDD) receiving treatment in a controlled trial, we examined if group differences in depression were mediated by 12-step involvement, and if the effects of 12-Step involvement on future alcohol and drug use were mediated by reductions in depression. Design Controlled trial of Twelve-Step Facilitation (TSF) and Integrated Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (ICBT), delivered in outpatient groups for 6 months with adjunct pharmacotherapy. Setting Outpatient dual diagnosis clinic in Veteran’s Affairs Healthcare Center.
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Tagged depression-were, drugs-assessed, Dual Diagnosis, effects, future-drinking, greater-12-step, meetings-reduce, mental-health, population, predicted-lower, treatment-group, veteran
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
DrugScope have published a consultation response calling for inclusion of specific references to alcohol and drugs within the Commissioning Outcomes Framework (COF). They call for a specific indicator for dual diagnosis (co-morbidity), and ask for alcohol and drug problems to be recognised as long-term conditions.
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Tagged been-produced, commissioning, Dual Diagnosis, evidence-based, expected-later, Guidance, health, includes, outcomes, outcomes-framework, pdf, priorities, public-health, such-as-health, the-priorities
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Recent research from the drug and alcohol Bank : Alcohol Interventions in the British Criminal Justice System Unmet need for alcohol services in English prisons Prison inspections and surveys of prisoners and staff in England reveal what HM Inspectorate of Prisons called a depressing picture of very limited services for problem drinking inmates, leaving them with poor prospects on release. Scottish prisons leave many problem drinkers without help
An event for health and social care workers exploring 'Alcohol and drug use among older people and people with mental ill health'
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Tagged drugs-special, Evidence Base, happy-memories, health, manchester, medical-school, mental-health, older-drinkers, social, social-workers, southw, treatment, university, year
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Review of mental illness among offenders urged – 23/02/2010 – Community Care.
‘A report out today recommends a review of the prevalence of mental health problems among offenders after revealing that only half who would benefit from treatment are sent to secure hospitals.
The report, commissioned by Laing and Buisson, said the cost to the taxpayer of [...]
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Sunday, February 21, 2010
Family under the microscope | Life and style | The Guardian.
A straightforward and accessible review of the links between psychosis and skunk use – but then makes a leap to argue that families and nurture are the significant factors. “it is widely accepted’ he says ‘based on 13 studies” but doesn’t source them.
Monday, February 15, 2010
DSM-V Draft Includes Major Changes to Addictive Disease Classifications.
DSM is the most influential classification system of pyschiatric conditions in the world. Bob Curley writes:
“The first draft of the American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) latestDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V)eliminates the disease categories for substance abuse and dependence and replaces it with a new “addictions [...]
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Study Examines Relationship between Chronic Stress and Substance Abuse – Drug Addiction.
“Research from Purdue University finds that personality traits associated with chronic worrying can lead to earlier death, at least in part because these people are more likely to engage in unhealthy behaviors such as smoking, drinking, and drug abuse.
“Research shows that higher levels of [...]
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Saturday, February 13, 2010
Reducing PTSD Severity May Improve Substance Abuse Outcomes.
“Reducing severity of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms is more likely to improve substance use outcomes, a finding that suggests that requiring patients with these comorbid disorders to be abstinent from drugs or alcohol before treating PTSD may be the wrong approach.”
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