Daily Psychology and Mental Health News Feeds: At a Glance

News From NHS Mental Health Specialist Library

• Working towards Women's Well-being - Unfinished business
  Wed, 17 Mar 2010Working Towards Women's Well-being is a progress report measuring the extent of policy and mental health organisational progress since the publication of 'Into the Mainstream', women's mental health strategy in 2002 and implementation guide 'Mainstreaming Gender and Women's Mental Health' in 2003.
• Paths to Personalisation - launched today
  Tue, 16 Mar 2010This guide has been produced to help all those involved understand how things will need to be done differently to make personalisation a reality for people with mental health needs.
• Dementia 2010
  Wed, 03 Feb 2010The Alzheimer's Research Trust has commissioned the Health Economics Research Centre at the University of Oxford to produce a report on the economic cost of dementia to the UK, and the country's investment in research to find new treatments, preventions and cures.
• Improving dementia services in England - an interim report
  Tue, 02 Feb 2010This report evaluates progress in the adoption of the Department of Health's dementia strategy 'Living well with dementia' and states there has not yet been a robust approach to implementation.
• Non-pharmaceutical management of depression - new SIGN guidance launches today
  Fri, 29 Jan 2010This guideline provides an assessment of, and presents the evidence base for, the efficacy of non-pharmaceutical therapies, encompassing psychological therapies, structured exercise and lifestyle interventions, and a range of alternative and complementary treatments, many of which are not routinely available within the NHS.
• The standard NHS contracts for acute hospital-mental health-community and ambulance services and supporting guidance
  Mon, 18 Jan 2010The NHS standard contracts for Mental Health and Learning Disability and Ambulance Services are published today. The contracts support the NHS Operating Framework for 20010-2011: The contracts should be read in conjunction with the Principles and Rules for Co-operation and Competition and the PCT Procurement Guide.
• Improving care and saving money - learning the lessons on prevention and early intervention for older people
  Mon, 18 Jan 2010This document provides the key learning from the national Partnerships for Older People Projects (POPP) programme.

News From Psychology Today

• Nice Genes!
  Thu, 18 Mar 2010

  Did great-great-grandma help you choose your mate?
• Teenagers in Love
  Thu, 18 Mar 2010

  Why young love is important
• Mating Intelligence
  Thu, 18 Mar 2010

  How you pick who to pair up with
• Building a Soulmate
  Thu, 18 Mar 2010

  Five ways to transform your partner into your perfect mate
• Happy Go Lucky
  Wed, 17 Mar 2010

  Imagining lucky events never happened can boost your mood.
• Tempt Luck Your Way
  Wed, 17 Mar 2010

  Personality influences how lucky you are.
• Lucky Charms
  Wed, 17 Mar 2010

  Superstitious rituals actually do improve performance.

News From Medical News Today

• Stand Up For Autism On World Autism Awareness Day, UK
  Thu, 18 Mar 2010The UK Autism Foundation is 'Standing Up For Autism' on the United Nations World Autism Awareness Day on 2nd April 2010. UKAF is urging world leaders not only to stand up for autism but also to provide better public services in education, health, specialist speech therapy and respite care for parents, carers, children and adults with autism and Asperger's Syndrome in every nation...
• Mind Is Offering Funding For Community Projects, UK
  Wed, 17 Mar 2010Funding is now available to residents who wish to run community projects, but hurry as there are less than 40 days left to apply and competition is tight. Grants scheme Ecominds is offering up to £20,000 to help fund initiatives that improve the local environment and involve people with mental health problems...
• OptumHealth Honors "Forgotten" Mental Illness Patients, Recognizes Important Progress In Behavioral Health Care
  Wed, 17 Mar 2010OptumHealth Inc. is supporting a national memorial being built to honor people nationwide who died in state psychiatric hospitals and are buried in unnamed graves. While noting the significant advancements in behavioral health care that today are helping millions find paths to recovery, OptumHealth unveiled a traveling fund-raising display for the memorial and presented a $50,000 donation...
• Study Of Combined Depression-Alcoholism Treatment Shows Higher Abstinence Rate
  Tue, 16 Mar 2010Combining the antidepressant sertraline with the alcohol dependence treatment naltrexone produced a 54 percent abstinence rate in patients with both major depression and alcohol dependence, whereas the rates were only 21 to 28 percent for patients taking a placebo, sertraline only, or naltrexone only...
• What Is Sexual Addiction (Nymphomania)? What Causes Sexual Addiction?
  Tue, 16 Mar 2010Sexual addiction, also called sexual dependency, hypersexuality, nymphomania, compulsive sexual behavior and sexual compulsivity, refers to the phenomenon in which individuals report being unable to manage their sexual behavior...
• Statement From The Department Of Health & Human Services Regarding The Decisions Of The U.S. Court Of Federal Claims In The Omnibus Autism Proceeding
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010As these latest cases illustrated, there's no doubt that autism and autism spectrum disorders place a heavy burden on many families. We know that autism and related disorders are conditions that present many special challenges to all families touched by these disorders. That is why the U.S...
• What Is Prader-Willi Syndrome? What Causes Prader-Willi Syndrome?
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010Prader-Willi syndrome, also known as PWS is an uncommon genetic disorder (present at birth) in which seven genes (or subsets) on chromosome 15 are deleted or unexpressed. Patients with PWS may have physical, mental and behavioral problems - the main one being an unrelenting feeling of hunger...