after yesterdays agm statement the share price has risen 50% how much upside is left or is this another false dawn?
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/thewellnessshop.co.uk
womans hour link below.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/04/2008_08_mon.shtml

Are there transactions that cannot be seen here?
gb yes there has been sells to the m/makers that will not show up on the buys & sells, this is why the s/price has been in a down trend since earlier in the year once the overhang is cleared then it should start to recover.

Is it a big overhang ?

Thanks for the explanation Woodie - I am learning as I go here, can I ask how you are able to deduce where these shares are going day to day?

I am sure there are websites and other sources of info that I don't know about or is this just good old graft and poking around in previous threads and news announcements?

no probs the good news the overhang should clear soon but all depends on sellers/buyers that you see on the trading screens, but these can be manipulated by the mms ie vog today is a prime example shares down 30% but buys more then sells.even for seasoned investors/traders some of the action in the s/price does not make sense.hope that helps a bit

All help greatfully received!

The move up in price most welcome - any pundits care to comment if anything known - thanks
p/271

http://money.guardian.co.uk/work/story/0,,1812105,00.html
Stress therapy offer to ill jobless

David Hencke
Tuesday July 4, 2006
The Guardian


The government is to offer therapy treatment to people who have quit work because of stress and depression in its welfare reform bill, to be published today, which aims to cut the number of people claiming incapacity benefit.

Figures released by the Department for Work and Pensions yesterday show that 20 years ago, 27% of people claiming incapacity benefit were women. The latest figures show that 41% of claimants are women and 39.5% claim it because of stress and mental health problems.

John Hutton, secretary of state for work and pensions, said yesterday: "Mental health problems caused by stress at work may be as big a problem in this century as industrial injuries were in the last.

"That is why it is vital that we can focus resources on identifying mental health problems that impact on people's ability to work and finding better ways to help people overcome them."

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Publication in Primhe finds Beating the Blues is an effective treatment for depression

A recent publication by psychologists and counsellors from the Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust and Swindon PCT has clearly demonstrated that clients suffering from depression found that Beating the Blues led to significant improvements in depression and general health. The paper is published (page 4) in the Primhe Journal of Primary Care Mental Health.

johndoug & pension271 excellent finds, nice bounce in the share price over the last few days lets hope there is more to come.

http://www.psychiatrist.com/supplenet/v67s06/v67s0608.pdf

Ultrasis PLC
11 July 2006


Press release 11 July 2006


Ultrasis plc secures key service delivery contract

Ultrasis plc, the provider of computer-delivered, interactive healthcare
products and associated services, has secured two new pilot contracts to provide
computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (cCBT) to Condition Management
Programmes (CMP) in the Northwest of England. These pilot contracts will further
extend the involvement of Ultrasis in a key Government initiative aimed at
helping people claiming incapacity benefits return to work

Under the contracts, Ultrasis will license its treatment program for depression
'Beating the Blues' and will also provide the associated implementation and
delivery support to enable participants to complete the eight sessions of
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy recommended under the programme as an integral
component of their return to work package.

Beating the Blues, which was approved by the National Institute of Health and
Clinical Excellence (NICE) in February 2006, was previously delivered directly
by CMP Case Managers, and has demonstrated significant value in helping people
to better manage their depression and anxiety.

Jayne Thomas, CMP Manager for Lancashire, commented: 'We identified that it
would be far more efficient and cost effective use of our resources, to
commission Beating the Blues directly from Ultrasis, which will manage the whole
process from appointment through to programme completion alongside case
managers.

'Our Case Managers will then be free to concentrate on their core role'.

Neil Perris, CMP Manager for Liverpool & Wirral, said: 'The evidence around
Beating the Blues is compelling and we are now able to deliver it to our
customers in a more practical and efficient way, which will mean that we can
support more people to a successful return to work.'

These Department for Work and Pensions-funded initiatives, part of the Pathways
to Work scheme, have proved very successful in enabling people to better
understand and manage their health condition or disability, improve their
quality of life, regain control and realise their aspirations so they can return
to work either immediately or in the future.

Dr Fiona Ford, General Practitioner Senior Lecturer associated with the project,
said: 'Beating the Blues delivers excellent clinical outcomes, particularly for
people whose chronic incapacity has led to loss of confidence and self-esteem.
Previous methods of delivery have restricted access to the programme, and we
hope that this new pilot will make Beating the Blues widely accessible and easy
to use and deliver. It makes practical sense to have the program delivered by
Ultrasis, thus ensuring that participants have easy access to IT support as well
as clinical supervision from our team.'

Nigel Brabbins, Chief Executive of Ultrasis plc, said: 'This is a significant
development for the Company and introduces us to a new market.

'Having demonstrated for themselves the clinical benefits of Beating the Blues,
the PCT approached us to see if we could help obtain even better outcomes. We
anticipate that the solution we have proposed will help them to improve their
efficiency, widen participation, increase access and provide them with a total
solution that could easily be replicated in other places. It is a real pleasure
to be able to work in partnership with such a progressive and forward thinking
primary care trust.'

More good news !!!!- long term holders - hang on - this trend is going to continue. p/271

s/price not moved ahead much on yesterdays rns , roll on sept so we can see how much progress has been made over the last 6 months.

http://psychcentral.com/blog/index.php?Match=1&s=journal&x=0&y=0

Computerized CBT
By Sandra Kiume on July 10th, 2006

Yesterday I brought up automated e-therapy; this is another development in that area. Beating the Blues is computerized cognitive behavioural therapy (CCBT) software, a self-help system currently used for depression and anxiety.

During the 8-session programme users identify specific problems and realistic treatment goals. They work through cognitive modules which focus on the identification and challenge of automatic thoughts, thinking errors, distractions, core beliefs and attributional styles. Interwoven with these cognitive elements are problem directed behavioural components where patients can work on any two of activity scheduling, problem solving, graded exposure, task breakdown or sleep management according to their specific problems. The final module looks at action planning and relapse prevention.

Beating the Blues uses interactive modules, animations and voice-overs to motivate and engage the user. A major feature is a series of filmed case studies of fictional patients who model the symptoms of anxiety and depression and help demonstrate the treatment by cognitive behavioural therapy.

Developed in the UK, the Beating the Blues CCBT is recommended by NICE as a first-line treatment option, to be considered before medication. Only available through health care professionals (not online - yet), its also being used in the US, Canada and Australia.

The other CCBT software recommended by NICE is FearFighter (which is available online, but to users registered with professionals in the UK only) for treatment of anxiety and panic disorders, phobias, OCD, depression and PTSD.

Clinical efficacy has been demonstrated in a number of trials. Clinical efficacy of computerised cognitivebehavioural therapy for anxiety and depression in primary care: randomised controlled trial, British Journal of Psychiatry, Proudfoot et al, 2004 (free full-text article) results were: The computerised therapy improved depression, negative attributional style, work and social adjustment, without interaction with drug treatment, duration of preexisting illness or severity of existing illness. For anxiety and positive attributional style, treatment interacted with severity such that computerised therapy did better than usual treatment for more disturbed patients. Computerised therapy also led to greater satisfaction with treatment.

The market seems to have a very different opinion about ULT. I am inclined to agree with it.

http://www.ultrasis.com/news/article.jsp?article_id=103

yet another contract confirmed today
p/271

obliged to siouxe for posting this on advfn:-
http://www.hsj-communitymentalhealth.co.uk/homepage.asp

Transforming community Mental Health
With the shift away from inpatient mental health provision, community mental health now sits at the top of mental health service priorities.

To meet the demand for flexible and appropriate community mental health care, previous improvements must be sustained and new ways of joint-working developed. In addition to this, community services must be effectively commissioned and workforce roles remodelled to ensure that the needs of both users and carers are met. Developing the role of primary care and achieving true integration, must all be managed against a backdrop of financial constraint and government reform.

By showcasing practical examples of how community services can be reconfigured you will learn how these services can really fit into the big picture of the NHS modernisation agenda. Join your peers at this conference to share your experiences, develop ideas for best practice and truly deliver quality outcomes for service users.

Who should attend:

This conference is a must for all professionals involved in community mental health, across health and social care: Mental Health Trusts, PCTs, Social Services, Voluntary Sector Organisations, Independent Sector Providers, Local Government and SHAs.

Part of Programme - Thursday, 28th September 2006
15:20
Determining the success of psychological therapies to date and incorporating them into service development
Evaluating the link between providing psychological therapies and economic outcomes
Establishing appropriate environments for provision to maximise service user engagement
Ensuring that new therapies and roles integrate effectively with existing psychological services
Exploring the implementation and funding challenges of Computerised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Evaluating the progress of pilot sites and determining the implications for national roll-out
Matt Fossey, National Programme Manager for Improving Access to Psychological Therapies
CSIP
James Seward, National Programme Director for Choice and Improving Access to Psychological Therapies
CSIP

http://www.southmanchester.gov.uk/education/asp/service-info.asp?id=1245
Children's Services Directory

Hello jondoug
cannot access the site - is it possible to cut and paste the article?!!
thanks
p/271

http://www.doncastereastpct.nhs.uk/press/details.asp?ReleaseID=841
HEALTH MINISTER TO VISIT PIONEERING MENTAL HEALTH PROJECT Will meet talking therapies staff and patients in Doncaster

18 July 2006

HEALTH minister Rosie Winterton is set to meet the team that will help an extra 1500 Doncaster people a year get better and faster access to treatment for common mental health problems.

On Friday (21 July), Rosie, who as Minister of State has national responsibility for mental health issues, will visit Doncaster Chamber of Commerces Balby Carr Bank headquarters, the base for a pioneering new mental health treatment programme called Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT).

Doncaster is one of only two areas in the country chosen to pilot the project, which prescribes more counselling and less medication to treat common mental health problems such as depression and anxiety. The government is paying the 1.5 million cost of trialling the scheme in the town for 18 months.

During a one-hour visit, the Minister will meet some of the 21 staff involved in the project as well as project partners, patients and local members of the MIND charity who are also involved in delivering the service. She will also see some of the self-help materials patients can use to help them overcome their mental help problems, including the Beating the Blues computer programme.

The IAPT project targets people of working age and has potential to improve health and also save the Doncaster economy hundreds of thousands of pounds by helping people off incapacity benefit and back into employment. Research carried out in the town revealed that around 18,000 residents receive incapacity benefit, with 35 per cent over 6,000 people - unable to work because they suffer from mild to moderate mental health problems.

Project Director Heather Raistrick, said: The IAPT project will help Doncaster people who suffer from common mental health problems such as depression and anxiety to have quick access to talking therapies like Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). CBT is effective for treating depression and anxiety and can reduce the time people need to take off work due to mental ill health. It also acts as both an alternative or additional treatment option to relying on medication alone.

In Doncaster, a local partnership of NHS organisations, Department of Work and Pensions, Chamber of Commerce and voluntary sector, is working together to provide the service. Twenty case managers and cognitive behavioural therapists are currently being given specialist training by experts from the University of York.

One of the unique aspects of the programme is that, unlike most health care treatments, it will primarily be delivered in non-medical settings. Initially referrals will come from family doctors, but this will be extended to include referrals from community and voluntary agencies, Jobcentre Plus and occupational health departments.

The scheme will also link into other initiatives to help people once they start to recover, such as voluntary sector groups, occupational health services and Pathways to Work - the Department of Work and Pensions return to employment programme.

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Notes to Editors
Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) describes a number of therapies that all have a similar approach to solving problems, which can range from sleeping difficulties or relationship problems, to drug and alcohol abuse or anxiety and depression. CBT works by changing people's attitudes and their behaviour. The therapies focus on the thoughts, images, beliefs and attitudes that we hold (our cognitive processes) and how this relates to the way we behave, as a way of dealing with emotional problems.

For more information see http://www.mind.org.uk/