Premenstrual exacerbation of mental health disorders: a systematic review of prospective studies.

Mental health disorders can be exacerbated during periods of hormonal fluctuation (e.g. pregnancy, menopause), and the risk factors for sensitivity to these fluctuations are similar to those of mental disorders (e.

The contribution of mental health services to a new strategic direction for sexual assault and abuse services.

A new strategy for sexual assault and abuse services was published by NHS England earlier this year. It called for better coordination of services along the Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) pathway following a sexual assault including mental health services for children, young people and adults. Previous research has highlighted the fact that up to two-thirds of those attending SARCs either have a history of mental health problems or are being currently treated for one.

History and First Descriptions of Autism: Asperger Versus Kanner Revisited.

When reading Michael Fitzgerald's chapter entitled 'Autism: Asperger's Syndrome-History and First Descriptions' in 'Asperger's Disorder' edited by Rausch, Johnson and Casanova, a while ago, one of us was struck by his contention that Kanner was guilty of plagiarism as well as non-attribution of Asperger's 1938 paper 'Das psychisch abnorme kind' (Fitzgerald in Asperger's disorder. Informa Healthcare, New York, 2008) published in a Vienna weekly. Steve Silberman has discovered evidence that Kanner rescued Asperger's chief diagnostician from the Nazis in 1944 so must have been aware of Asperger's work and conclusions.

How to advise and refer inpatients who smoke.

Patients who smoke are more likely to experience postoperative complications than non-smokers and up to one-third of all hospital patients are estimated to be smokers. Inpatients are receptive to an offer of stop-smoking support but are not always referred to stop-smoking services. A pilot of a acute care referral system trained staff to deliver very brief advice on smoking via a short online training module, and provided a streamlined electronic referral system to local NHS stop-smoking services.