Month: February 2020

Children’s Commissioner Report

The state of children’s mental health services

This report gives an overview of the provision of Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services (CYPMHS) in England. The briefing also looks ahead to assess whether current government plans go far enough to meet demand. It finds that while the NHS has made tangible progress in the provision of mental health services for children, the current system is still far away from adequately meeting the needs of all of the estimated 12.8 per cent of children in England with mental health problems – or the many more children who fall just below the threshold for clinical diagnosis.

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News

Older people encouraged to ditch “stiff upper lip” approach to mental ill health

NHS England and Age UK have joined forces in a campaign to encourage older people to access treatment for mental health conditions, as new analysis shows a majority of older people do not seek help.  New data reveals that more than six in 10 people in the UK aged over 65 or over have experienced depression and anxiety.

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Royal College of Nursing

Gender and nursing as a profession: valuing nurses and paying them their worth

This report explores and critiques the gendered construction of value within the nursing profession and evaluates how value is attributed to nursing, the value placed on individuals and the status of the profession.

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Systematic Review

Cognitive behaviour therapy for health anxiety: systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical efficacy and health economic outcomes

This systematic review looked at CBT and internet-based CBT (ICBT) use in helping to reduce health anxiety.  The review found that CBT is a highly efficacious and probably cost-effective treatment for health anxiety.  The authore recommend that ICBT is implemented more widely, and that health economic outcomes and ways of increasing response and remission rates are explored further.

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Canadian Study

Gender non-conformity: novel study reveals increased risk of mental health problems in young people

This post provides a summary and appraisal of a recent Canadian community based study, which examines emotional and behavioural difficulties in children experiencing gender non-conformity.

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Systematic Review

Pharmacy-based management for depression in adults

This Cochrane Systematic Review found that additional support given by the pharmacist was no better at reducing people’s depression than their treatment as usual.  The studies did show that people who received support from their pharmacy were more likely to take their antidepressants as prescribed.

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Randomised Controlled Trial

Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of a Self-Guided Internet Intervention for Social Anxiety Symptoms in a General Population Sample: Randomised Controlled Trial

For people with social anxiety symptoms who are not receiving other forms of help, this study suggests that the use of an online self-help tool based on cognitive behavioural principles can provide a small improvement in social anxiety symptoms compared with no intervention, although dropout rates were high.

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