MHCA Bulletin No. 3, 2012

In this issue:

1. Changes to Better Access

2. Depression is an illness, not a life choice

3. New diagnosis could confuse mental health care

4. National study shows majority of self-harming adolescents don’t receive a mental health assessment during emergency room visit

5. Implementation of mental health service recommendations in England and Wales and suicide rates, 1997—2006: a cross-sectional and before-and-after observational study

6. How a parent’s education can affect the mental health of their offspring

7. Atypical antipsychotic more effective than older drugs in treating childhood mania, but side effects can be serious

8. Naturally produced protein could boost brain repair

9. Emergency management trauma and resilience

10. Mental health patients release second album of uplifting music