If you missed the BBC radio 4 series Is Psychiatry Working? it is available on BBC Sounds and an intriguing listen. Writer Horatio Clare (who himself had a breakdown a few years ago) and psychiatrist Professor Femi Oyebode discuss the issues and concerns around crisis, detention, diagnosis, medication, therapy and healing and recovery.
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Forensic Psychiatry and Rehabilitation and Recovery bulletins
Please find the latest Forensic Psychiatry and Rehabilitation and Recovery bulletins produced by Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust. If you have difficulties accessing any of the articles please contact the library on academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk.
Do you use grey literature? Health Education England need your help!
Health Education England is carrying out a survey into NHS library and knowledge service users’ use of grey literature. Do you routinely use source materials that are not published in journals (example unpublished research, conference papers, service evaluation reports, government documents, posters and QI projects) or do you actively avoid them? Fil in the survey to help Health Education England know what you use and need from such resources.
US research suggests slowing, not stopping, Alzheimer’s should be the goal for clinical drug trials
Slowing progression of, rather than stopping, Alzheimer’s disease has measurable benefits for patients and families and may be a more realistic goal for clinical drug trials, a new report by the American Alzheimer’s Association has suggested.
The report‘s authors call for a “reframing” of how researchers define “clinically meaningful” in randomized controlled trials, adding that they consider it is time to adjust expectations of outcomes from relatively short clinical trials.
The report was published by an expert work group convened by the Alzheimer’s Association. It was prompted, in part, by the US Food and Drug Administration’s controversial decision to grant aducanumab (Aduhelm) accelerated approval, which came over the objection of an advisory panel that found the drug was ineffective.
Slowing, Not Stopping, Alzheimer’s a Better Goal for Drug Trials? (medscape.com)
Digital Mental Health bulletin
Please find the latest Digital Mental Health Bulletin, produced by Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust. If you have difficulties accessing any of the articles please contact the library on academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk.
Is CBD the future of antipsychotic drugs? A new global study investigates
The Wellcome Trust is funding a new study and clinical trial that will further investigate the effectiveness of cannabidiol (CBD) in treating people with psychosis. Work carried out by Oxford University and King’s College London will look at whether CBD can be used not only to treat established psychosis, but also to prevent the onset of psychosis in people at high risk of developing it.
Is CBD the future of antipsychotic drugs? | News | Wellcome
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Lancs and South Cumbria doctor publishes research
Lancashire and South Cumbria FT older adults psychiatrist Dr Qutub Jamali has recently published an article on biomarkers for vascular dementia. For more work published by Dr Jamali and other LSCFT staff, look out for the forthcoming LSCFT Research Bulletin, compiled by LSCFT Library staff.
Cultural change needed to improve medicines safety, Patient Safety Commissioner says
In a review of her first 100 days in the role, England’s Patient Safety Commissioner Dr Henrietta Hughes outlines how Dr Hughes has heard from patients, families, healthcare professionals and senior leaders on what needs to change to improve the safety of medicines and medical devices. In it, she calls for a cultural change throughout the health system and sets out her plans for the future.
Electronic prescriptions have become the norm, new figures confirm
Electronic prescriptions have become the default method for prescribing and dispensing in primary care in England, new figures from NHS Digital have confirmed.
The number of items issued electronically to community pharmacies has almost doubled in the past five years – from 532 million in 2016-17 to 996 million in 2021-22, NHS Digital said. In the latest year, 95% of items were prescribed and dispensed via the electronic prescription service (EPS).
Keep vapes put of the sight of children, local government urges
The Local Government Association (LGA) is calling for strict new measures to regulate the display and marketing of vaping products in the same way as tobacco, in plain packaging and with age-of-sale signage.
Councils are especially concerned by the marketing of vapes with fruity and bubble gum flavours and colourful child-friendly packaging.
The LGA says there has been a sharp increase in incidents where shops have been caught selling vapes to youngsters and councils have had to step in. It adds there should be a ban on free samples of vaping products being given out to people of any age.
