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Scientists seek dementia solutions with stem cells

Researchers at Cambridge University have developed a new technique to track the progress of Alzheimer's disease by comparing the stem cells of healthy people and those with Down's syndrome.

Fetch some support with Dementia Dogs

Four students at Glasgow School of Art have designed a scheme to train dogs to respond to alarms for people who forget to take medication due to memory loss.

Time to Change launches new grants scheme

Mental health anti-stigma campaign, Time to Change, is launching a grants scheme that will see £2.7 million awarded to local community groups.

Increasing alternative therapies for dementia

There is a pressing need for more research into the Government's recommended method of alternative treatment for dementia, according to a new joint study by the Universities of Hull and Maastricht.

Childhood abuse may stunt emotional mental growth

A new study from Harvard University has shown that key parts of the hippocampus are generally smaller in those people who report childhood maltreatment.

Wellbeing

Seventy-five per cent worry about telling a partner about a mental health problem

Three quarters of people would worry about telling a partner for the first time that they had a mental health problem, a new survey has revealed.

Research & Policy

New guides to improve mental health commissioning published

Four practical guides to help current and future commissioners plan and deliver mental health services have been published.

Services

Campbell donates hacking damages to charity

Former Downing Street director of communications Alastair Campbell has chosen to give the "substantial damages" he received as a settlement from News Group Newspapers over phone hacking to various charities including Rethink Mental Illness and Mind.

Dementia

Scientists believe predictable patterns make dementia curable

New findings from the Mount Sinai Alzheimer's Disease Research Center in the US have shown that Alzheimer’s disease moves along synapses in a similar way to infections meaning that the process could be stopped from spreading early on.

Children

Sharp rise in self-harm admissions

More than 100,000 youngsters could be hospitalised each year because of self-harm, the charity YoungMinds has warned after figures were obtained in a parliamentary question by Liberal Democrat MP Jo Swinson.

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Editorial Feature

Getting heard

A recent report by the Care Quality Commission and the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council examines the views of patients appearing before mental health tribunals in England. Penny Letts explains

Sleep and mental health

Sleep and mental health are interlinked, and treating problems with one can help the other, but this link is still under-recognised

Press Releases

Medicure Provides Update on TEND-TD Phase II Clinical Trial

Medicure is pleased to provide an update and announce the addition of a site in India for its ongoing Phase II Clinical Trial, Tardoxal^TM for the Treatment of Tardive Dyskinesia.

AD Challenge 2012: Seeking New Tools To Help Improve Care

New Challenge Seeks Simple, Widely-Adaptable Tools to Track Alzheimer’s Progression and Support “Triple Aim” of Better Care and Better Health at Lower Cost

Capio Nightingale Hospital awarded unique BACP Accreditation

Hospital is the only private acute mental health hospital to be accredited for its counselling and psychotherapy services

VENVANSE Marketing Application accepted for review in Europe

Global specialty biopharmaceutical company Shire have announced the acceptance for review of their once-daily ADHD medicinal product VENVANSE by the Medicines Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

Sidestep dementia by avoiding animal protein advises leading psychotherapist

Psychotherapist advises against meat consumption in order to combat dementia

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