This document is intended to assist commissioners (including practice-based commissioners), to deliver Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services that are effective and appropriate for ...

A total of 3 systematic reviews concerning 'psychiatry' and diabetes were identified from the 2008 Diabetes Annual Evidence Update. All three are related to antipsychotics and blood glucose levels.

This year, National Stress Awareness Day is focusing on the pressures we create ourselves - in particular the 'worrying' habit. Worrying undermines our natural ability to cope and most people admit it ...

This conference organised jointly by NIACE and Pavilion Publishing, with the support of the National Social Inclusion programme, will look at existing good practice in supporting people with mental health ...

From 3 November 2008 most of the remaining provisions of the Mental Health Act 2007 – with the exception of deprivation of liberty safeguards, advocacy and age-appropriate environments for those under ...

This good practice guidance focuses on the process to identify the needs of young people requiring specialist substance misuse treatment. That is, those young people (under the age of 18) who experience ...

The document gives detailed guidance for practice which is consistent with the 'Code of ethics and conduct' of the society (British Psychological Society, 2006). It represents agreed guidelines for practice ...

This commissioning guide is a resource to help health professionals in England to commission effective antenatal and postnatal mental health services.

This story reviews a small study of 17 children who were taken for 20-minute walks in a city park, and then tested for any improvements in their concentration.

People with dementia have spoken out about the impact and stigma a diagnosis has on their lives in a new Alzheimer's Society report called Dementia: Out of the Shadows.

As part of the SLEH National Knowledge Week 2008 on Ethnicity and Health, the team have produced an article on People with learning disability and mental health care: influence of ethnic background.

This report aims to present a broad picture of health issues relating to smoking in England and covers topics such as smoking habits, behaviours and attitudes among adults and school children, smoking-related ...

The “Choice and Medication” website offers users and carers access to comprehensive information and advice on mental health conditions and medication groups. The website is the result of collaboration ...

Four leading experts talk about diagnosing and treating depression in this 50 minute long podcast. Dr Alan Cohen, Prof Nicol Ferrier, Prof John Geddes and Dr Tim Kendall were all interviewed by Andre Tomlin ...

The Mental Health Foundation has produced a booklet on how to look after your mental health, to coincide with World Mental Health Day (Friday 10th October).

The Cardiovascular Diseases specialist library has produced an Annual Evidence Update on Heart Failure, which includes the evidence on depression and anxiety in people with heart failure.

The Depression Annual Evidence Update 2008 presents the highest-quality evidence which has been published between January 2007 and August 2008.

This guideline makes recommendations for the diagnosis and management of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children, young people and adults. (The guideline does not cover the management ...

This report contains the latest available statistics on the numbers of people subject to guardianship under Sections 7 and 37 of the Mental Health Act 1983.

The aim of this guide is to set out the main provisions of the Act and the associated secondary legislation, as they will stand at 3 November 2008 (which is when the majority of the amendments made by ...