Child welfare resources

A couple of resources on child protection and welfare have been highlighted this week...

The Playfield Institute at NHS Fife have developed the "HandsonScotland" website in collaboration with Barnandos and Dundee University and publicised it to healthcare libraries in Scotland. The website is aimed at anybody working with children and young people and is a "one-stop shop for practical information and techniques on how to respond helpfully to children and young people's troubling behaviour, build up their self-esteem, and promote their positive mental wellbeing".


The Scottish Executive have released Child Protection Statistics for 2006/07. Amongst the headline messages are the statistics that in 2006/07, there were 11,960 child protection referrals in Scotland and that 39% of the referrals resulted in an inter-agency case conference.

New books this week

Here's a list of new items added to library stock in the last week.....


British Occupational Health Research Foundation. Workplace interventions for people with common mental health problems : evidence review and recommendations, WM100 WOR 2005

Glasgow Anti Stigma Partnership. Mosaics of meaning : full report : exploring stigma and discrimination towards mental health problems with black and minority ethnic communities in Glasgow, WA305 MOS 2007

Health Offender Partnerships. Best practice guidance : specification for adult medium-secure services, WM35 BES 2007

Lee, M. Improving services and support for older people with mental health problems : the second report form the UK Inquiry into Mental Health and Well-Being in Later Life, WT27 LEE 2007

National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse. Good practice in care planning, WM270 GOO 2007

NHS Scotland. A guide to postgraduate speciality training in the UK : the gold guide, W21 GUI 2007

SACDM Methadone Project Group. Reducing harm and promoting recovery : a report on methadone treatment for substance misuse in Scotland, WM270 RED 2007

Scottish Government. Skills for Scotland : a lifelong skills strategy, HD7395 SKI 2007

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network. SIGN 50 : a guideline developers' handbook, W20.5 SIG 2004

Still open....

Just a short note that the library is open as usual from 9am - 5pm on Monday 24 September, despite the public holiday.

World's Biggest Coffee Morning, Friday 28th September

You are invited to the Maria Henderson Library on Friday 28th September for tea, coffee and tasty biscuits.

You can take part in the raffle, with great prizes (5 tickets for £1), with proceeds going to Macmillan Cancer Relief. Any overdue fines paid from now until 28th will also be donated to Macmillan.

Can’t make it? The event is continued in the Boardroom from 2pm onwards. There are also collecting boxes at reception and in the Library.

All are welcome. Why not drop by for a coffee, and donate money to a good cause.

Further information about this national event is available on the Macmillan website here.

BMA Book Competition winners 2007

The British Medical Association has just announced the winning books in its annual BMA Medical book competition. The competition aims to encourage and to reward excellence in medical publishing. The competition is administered by the BMA Library for the BMA's Board of Science.

Prizes are awarded in 26 categories, with an overall BMA Medical book of the year award made from the category winners.

The list of winning and commended books on mental health are here. Many of them are available from the Maria Henderson Library, or are on order.

New books this week.

Only a few new books added this week....

Greenhalgh, T. How to read a paper : the basics of evidence-based medicine, W20.5 GRE 2006

NHS Quality Improvement Scotland. Healthcare associated infection (HAI). Draft standards, August 2007, WX167 HEA 2007

Scottish Parliament. Mental health services in Scotland. SPICe briefing, 3 August 2007, W32.5 PAY 2007

Straus, S. E. Evidence-based medicine : how to practice and teach EBM, W20.5 STR 2005

Symington, N. The making of a psychotherapist, WM420 SYM 1996


Also, a leaflet on resources for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services staff has been added to the Resources page of the Library website collections section .

New books this week

A few more new books than usual this week....


Baker, D. Overcoming depersonalization & feelings of unreality, WM BAK 2007

Carr, A. The handbook of intellectual disability and clinical psychology practice, WM300 CAR 2007

Casey, P. Fish's clinical psychopathology : signs and symptoms in psychiatry, WM100 CAS 2007

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, Change management : a critical perspective, HD31 HUG 2006

Cooperrider, D. L. Appreciative inquiry handbook : the first in a series of AI workbooks for leaders of change, HD31 COO 2005

Creek, J. Contemporary issues in occupational therapy : reasoning and reflection, WB555 CRE 2007

Daniel, B. Child development for child care and protection workers, WA320 DAN 1999

Freeman, C. Research methods in psychiatry., WM20 FRE 2006

Hamlin, B. Organizational change and development : a reflective guide for managers, trainers and developers, HD31 HAM 2001

Horwath, J. The child's world : assessing children in need, WA320 HOR 2001

Howe, D. Child abuse and neglect : attachment, development and intervention, WA320 HOW 2005

Jones, S. The psychology of bipolar disorder : new developments and research strategies, WM207 JON 2006

Olumoroti, O. J. Patient management problems in psychiatry, WM18 OLU 2005

Osborne, S. P. Managing change and innovation in public service organizations, HD31 OSB 2005

Persuad, R. The mind : a user's guide, WM100 PER 2007

Scottish Executive Social Research, The early impact of administration of new compulsory powers under the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003, W32.5 ATK 2007

Sambrook, S. Human resource development in the public sector : the case of health and social care, WX158 SAM 2006

Smith, R. The trouble with medical journals., W20.5 SMI 2006

Stacey, R. D. Complexity and the experience of managing in public sector organizations, HF5341 STA 2006

Valnet, J. The practice of aromatherapy : a classic compendium of plant medicines & their healing properties, WB890 VAL 1990

Wolkowitz, O. M. Psychoneuroendocrinology : the scientific basis of clinical practice, WM172 WOL 2003

The Scottish Executive have published two new documents on the Mental Heath (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003.

One is a research report "The early impact of the administration of new compulsory powers under the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003". It's produced by the
Scottish Executive Social Research unit and, according to the Scottish Government site it "provides a detailed overview of the administration required by the new compulsory powers and assesses the impact of this work on the workload, roles and responsibilities of relevant professional groups. The report also offers recommendations on how practice can be improved".

The other report is a "The new mental health act : an easy read guide" which was written by the Scottish Consortium for Learning Disabilities and is aimed at service users and carers.

Copies of both reports will be added to the library and online versions are available from the links above.

This week's new books

New books added to the library collection in the last week :


Cloitre, M. Treating survivors of childhood abuse : psychotherapy for the interrupted life, WA320 CLO 2006

Creek, J. Contemporary issues in occupational therapy : reasoning and reflection, WB555 CRE 2007

Daniel, B. Child development for child care and protection workers, WA320 DAN 1999

Freeman, C. Research methods in psychiatry, WM20 FRE 2006

Hersen, M. Adult psychopathology and diagnosis, WM141 HER 2007

Horwath, J. The child's world : assessing children in need, WA320 HOR 2001

Howe, D. Child abuse and neglect : attachment, development and intervention, WA320 HOW 2005

Miller, B. L. The human frontal lobes : functions and disorders, WL307 MIL 2007

Roberts, G. Enabling recovery : the principles and practice of rehabilitation psychiatry, WM29.1 ROB 2006

Schaverien, J. Gender, countertransference and the erotic transference : perspectives from analytical psychology and psychoanalysis, WM62 SCH 2006

Valnet, J. The practice of aromatherapy : a classic compendium of plant medicines & their healing properties, WB890 VAL 1990