How to prevent abuse in the social care system: SCIE publish report on...
A new report published by the Social Care Institute for Excellence shares findings from research, policy and practice on prevention in adult safeguarding and presents a wide range of approaches that...
View ArticleKing’s Fund publish report on shared decision-making
Shared decision-making is a process in which clinicians and patients work together to select tests, treatments, management or support packages, based on clinical evidence and the patient’s informed...
View ArticleReading well books on prescription: public mental health in action
Public mental health and wellbeing has gathered greater currency following the publication of No Health without Mental Health in 2011. Public health is about improving the health of the population...
View ArticleWe ignore the rise of suicide in people with mental illness
Despite public campaigns to combat stigma around mental illness, people with mental health problems still face ongoing discrimination. And while some sections of the media focus on mental illness in...
View ArticleDigital innovation works best when users are involved at every stage
Digital mental health is thriving in 2013 and we are thrilled to be part of the growing community with our Mental Elf website and app. We have had time to reflect on the development of the Mental Elf...
View ArticleStigma of mental illness is (still) a barrier to care and help-seeking
Imagine the following scenario: you have been feeling really down for quite a while and think the time has come to get some help. You book an appointment with your doctor and tell her how you’re...
View ArticleSuicide in primary care: findings of the National Confidential Inquiry into...
The National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness was established in its current form at Manchester University in 1996. From 1991, prior to the move to...
View ArticleThe mental health of migrant mothers: focus needed on attitudes to mental...
The impact of ethnicity on treatment and engagement with mental health services is well documented. John Baker’s recent Mental Elf post highlights the damning evidence behind murmurs of institutional...
View ArticleMaking parity a reality: RCPsych launch manifesto to improve the nation’s...
The Royal College of Psychiatrists have launched a new manifesto today, which calls on the next government to ensure that mental and physical health are given equal value. André Tomlin summarises the...
View ArticleOne new drug a week: club drugs and novel psychoactive substances
Meg Fluharty summarises a recent report from the Royal College of Psychiatrists and explores why novel psychoactive substances and club drugs need a different response from UK treatment providers. The...
View ArticleRisk factors for dementia: separating the facts from the myths
We are grateful to Josephine Neale who has read the 104 page World Alzheimer Report 2014 and summarised it for us in this very readable blog. The report is a comprehensive analysis of the risk factors...
View ArticleUnderstanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia: a critique by Laws, Langford and Huda
Keith Laws, Alex Langford and Samei Huda provide a critique of the British Psychological Society Division of Clinical Psychology report published today. The post Understanding Psychosis and...
View ArticleMental health support for older adults needs to improve
Dave Steele summarises an NIHR funded mixed methods study that concludes we don't know much about how we should support older adults with mental health problems, except to say that we should be doing...
View ArticleDo perinatal mental health problems cost the UK £8 billion per year?
A recent report estimated the societal cost of perinatal mental health problems to be £8 billion, but should we believe it? Chris Sampson advises caution. The post Do perinatal mental health problems...
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