The latest Eating Disorder Bulletin is now available to view or download. Some articles are freely accessible, others require an Open Athens account. Please get in touch for support with this: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk.
Category: Current Awareness
Top New Books 2024
Our library is proud to present Our top picks of 2024! This year, we’ve expanded our offerings with carefully curated collections on critical topics like dementia care, coaching resources. These selections provide invaluable support for professionals, caregivers, and anyone eager to deepen their understanding. Explore these new additions and discover how they can empower and inform your journey.
Our Library Stats November 2024
We’ve had the pleasure of supporting all LSCFT staff this past month and are thrilled to see so many of you engaging with our resources. If you’re not yet a member, we’d love to have you join our community. Simply reach out to us at academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk.
Our Library Stats October 2024
We’ve had the pleasure of supporting all LSCFT staff this past month and are thrilled to see so many of you engaging with our resources. If you’re not yet a member, we’d love to have you join our community. Simply reach out to us at academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk.
Neurorehabilitation and Neuropsychiatry Bulletin October 2024
With thanks to our colleagues at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation trust the latest Neurorehabilitation and Neuropsychiatry Bulletin is now available to view and download. Some articles are freely accessible, others require an Open Athens account. Please get in touch for support with this: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk.
Tackling health inequalities: seven priorities for the NHS – The King’s Fund
Drawing on The King’s Fund’s five-year programme of work on health inequalities and tackling the worst health outcomes, which includes insights from stakeholders, partners and people with lived experience, this long read outlines what we think the anticipated 10-year health plan should focus on to help the NHS do more to tackle these challenges.
Tackling Health Inequalities | Seven Priorities For The NHS | The King’s Fund (kingsfund.org.uk)
Eating Disorder Bulletin October 2024
The latest Eating Disorder Bulletin is now available to view or download. Some articles are freely accessible, others require an Open Athens account. Please get in touch for support with this: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk.
Public Health
Current Awareness
Source: KnowledgeShare
The role that alcohol or drug use can play in increasing the risk of suicide.
Carried out by Frankie Marcelline from Sussex Health on 27/9/2024
https://www.knowledgeshare.nhs.uk/index.php?PageID=literature_search_request_downloader&RequestID=52844
[This evidence search report aims to support a conference on suicide. This search focusses on the role that dependent or problematic patterns of alcohol and drug use, can play in increasing the risk of suicide. Results include a good number of very recent high-level studies on the risks of alcohol and drug use on suicide.]
Teens, screens and mental health.
World Health Organization (WHO); 2024.
https://www.who.int/europe/news/item/25-09-2024-teens–screens-and-mental-health
[New data from the WHO Regional Office for Europe reveals a sharp rise in problematic social media use among adolescents, with rates increasing from 7% in 2018 to 11% in 2022. This, coupled with findings that 12% of adolescents are at risk of problematic gaming, raises urgent concerns about the impact of digital technology on the mental health and well-being of young people.]
Digital health and equitable access to care.
Shaw J. PLOS Digital Health 2024;:10.1371/journal.pdig.0000573.
[This research uses a framework by Levesque et al on patient-centered access to care and the World Health Organization’s framework on digitally enabled health systems to generate insights into the ways that digital solutions can support access to needed health care for structurally marginalized communities.]
Keeping children and young people with mental health needs safe: the design of the paediatric ward.
Health Services Safety Investigations Body; 2024.
https://www.hssib.org.uk/patient-safety-investigations/keeping-children-and-young-people-with-mental-health-needs-safe-the-design-of-the-paediatric-ward/investigation-report/
[This investigation looks at the care of children and young people with mental health issues who are admitted to a paediatric ward in an acute hospital – that is, a ward for children and young people in a hospital that typically treats physical health conditions. Specifically, it focuses on the risk factors associated with the design of paediatric wards in acute hospitals caring for children and young people with mental health needs.]
Our Library Stats September 2024
We’ve had the pleasure of supporting all LSCFT staff this past month and are thrilled to see so many of you engaging with our resources. If you’re not yet a member, we’d love to have you join our community. Simply reach out to us at academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk.
