Category: Mental Health

Care Quality Commission

Monitoring the Mental Health Act in 2018/19

The Mental Health Act 1983 is the legal framework that provides authority to detain and treat people who have a mental illness and need protection for their own health or safety, or for the safety of other people. The latest monitoring report finds there has been an improvement in the number of people being given information about their rights and being offered the support of an independent mental health advocate (IMHA). However, services need to do more to ensure that they are complying with their human rights duties.

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News

NHS may use people’s phone data to predict mental health issues

Following a successful trial, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is considering the roll-out of an app with a machine-learning algorithm that uses mobile phone data to predict who is at risk of having a mental health crisis.

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Systematic Review

Air pollution (particulate matter) exposure and associations with depression, anxiety, bipolar, psychosis and suicide risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis

This review found that although there was a limited amount of literature available, the findings supported the hypothesis of a link between long term particulate exposure and depression.  Higher quality studies are needed to investigate this further.

The review can be found here

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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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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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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Consultation on the rehabilitation of adults with complex psychosis and related mental health

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a new draft guideline for consultation on the rehabilitation of adults with complex psychosis and related mental health conditions. The consultation closes on 5 February 2020.

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