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Online resources – Mental Health Family Hour

Today’s resource is the hugely popular Mental Health Family Hour with Sam Tyrer (Change Talks) and Dave Cottrell (Mindset by Dave) and this episode is about suicide prevention.

Current awareness updates

Are we Improving Access to Psychological Treatment for everyone?
The Mental Elf; 2021.
[Bibire Baykeens reviews a general population cohort study which suggests that recent migrants are less likely to use the Improving Access to Psychological Treatment programme.]

Flu in prisons and secure settings.
UK Health Security Agency; 2021.
[This guidance, updated for 2021/22, details how to respond to cases of seasonal flu in prisons and other secure settings (e.g. immigration removal centres; secure training centres), including vaccination, treatment and managing outbreaks.]

Flu in the children and young people’s secure estate.
UK Health Security Agency; 2021.
[This guidance, updated for 2021/22, details how to respond to cases of seasonal flu in the children and young people’s secure estate (e.g. young offender institutions, secure training centres, secure children’s homes), including vaccination, treatment and managing outbreaks.]

Flu vaccination in schools.
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC); 2021.
[Flu vaccination guidance and resources for schools.]

Cold weather plan: action cards for cold weather alert service.
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC); 2021.
[These action cards summarise advice on how different organisations need to respond to cold weather alert levels 0 through 4.]

Access to palliative care: the primacy of public health partnerships and community participation.
Mills J. The Lancet Public Health 2021;:doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00213-9.
[This viewpoint highlights that palliative care is a public-health concern and the need to promote equity in access to palliative care through public-health partnerships that prioritise community development and participation in end of life care.]

Forthcoming UK asthma guidelines: an opportunity to improve asthma outcomes.
Bush A. The Lancet 2021;:doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02244-3.
[Comment proposes the guideline committees set SMART objectives, e.g. reporting of patients who access less than 80% of their inhaled corticosteroid requirements, suggesting adoption of their proposed strategies could help the guidelines group rise to the challenge of improving asthma outcomes.]

A public health approach to estimating the need for long COVID services.
Journal of Public Health; 2021.
[This paper illustrates how a public health approach was used to influence and inform the development of post-COVID services across two Integrated Care Systems (ICSs). The findings have been valuable in informing early service developments, engaging with managers and clinicians, and supporting applications for funding at a local level.]

Self-Care Readiness Index.
Global Self Care Federation; 2021.
[The Self-Care Readiness Index (SCRI) is a research and policy initiative by the Global Self Care Federation and supported by the World Health Organisation (WHO). It explores enablers of self care across the health systems of 10 countries, including the UK.]

Online services in general practice: patterns of use and barriers to uptake.
Public Health England (PHE); 2021.
[This project is in line with the national ambition to support the adoption of a range of technology initiatives in general practice. The aims were to understand the needs of the population relating to the effectiveness of online services to support general practice, and identifying groups and exploring barriers and enablers to the use of GP online services. The report is mainly intended for commissioners and providers of GP services.]

Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Health and Wellbeing Programme: An evaluation.
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC); 2021.
[An independent evaluation of the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Health and Wellbeing Programme.]

Best foot forward: exploring the barriers and enablers to active travel among 50–70 year olds.
Centre for Ageing Better; 2021.
[This report finds that too many people in their 50s and 60s will remain physically inactive unless we redesign our neighbourhoods to encourage walking and cycling. The report, which looked at the barriers people in this age group face to walking and cycling, says that action is needed from national and local government, service providers and health systems to get people moving.]

Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: October 2021.
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC); 2021.
[Experimental statistics on a range of topics including infection control measures, coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccinations and testing for COVID-19 in adult social care settings.]

Transport initiatives to increase uptake of breast screening programmes.
Carried out by Frankie Marcelline from Brighton and Sussex on 12/10/2021
[The evidence search report covers studies on the links between breast cancer screening uptake and ease of transport to appointments. In Tower Hamlets an initiative for encouraging uptake of breast cancer screening appointments includes transport-related support.]

Emotional Support

Online resources – Mental Health Family Hour

Today’s resource is the hugely popular Mental Health Family Hour with Sam Tyrer (Change Talks), and Dave Cottrell (Mindset by Dave) and this episode is about understanding anxiety.

Emotional Support

Online resources – Every Mind Matters

There are little things we can all do to help look after our mental health. Having good mental health helps us relax more, achieve more and enjoy our lives more.

The Every Mind Matters website has expert advice and practical tips to help you look after your mental health and wellbeing, it also has links for immediate support if required.

Emotional Support

Online resources – Mindset By Dave

Dave Cottrell regularly hosts the Master The Mind Master Anything podcast which offers advice on many different mindset and mental health topics.

In early life Dave was a victim, then he became a survivor, now he is something else, someone who could make a massive positive impact on those around him, a coach, a mentor, a role model.

He started to introduce mindset into his PT and nutrition business and suddenly he was helping people with things far beyond their weight.

Dave’s podcasts can all be found here.

Emotional Support

Online resources – Butterfly and Phoenix

The Butterfly and Phoenix Project has a team of counsellors supporting young people aged 11-18 in various areas across Lancashire. As part of n-compass, they are a trusted service with over 10 years’ experience in support and advice.

If any families need support with a young child age 11-19, this service can provide support via texts, phones calls and video links. They aim to help the young person cope better with difficult circumstances, preventing them from escalating into more serious issues.

For more information visit the website here.

Emotional Support

Sam Tyrer and Change Talks

Sam Tyrer is the Prevention and Engagement Lead here at Lancashire and South Cumbria Foundation Trust and is the founder of a service called Change Talks, which offers mental health education to 11-21 year olds. This service has reached over 55,000 young people since the beginning of 2018 and it continues to go from strength to strength.

Sam is also the co-host of a webinar series called the Mental Health Family Hour, which has recently received national recognition from the Prime Minister. The Points of Light Award was given to Sam and his co-host for their work throughout the lockdown to support people’s mental health through their weekly webinar series.

We will be featuring some of Sam’s work over the coming weeks on the library blog and Twitter page as well as some useful resources Sam recommends for helping us all to provide emotional support, both at work and at home.

Please email us at academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk to share your tips or advice for providing emotional support for your friends, relatives and colleagues.

Library Bulletin

Arts and Wellbeing

The current bulletin for Arts and Wellbeing, produced by Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust, is now available to view and download here

For support accessing any of the articles within the bulletin please contact: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

Covid 19

Current awareness updates

Protecting Nursing Homes and Long-Term Care Facilities From COVID-19: A Rapid Review of International Evidence.
Dykgraaf SH. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2021;22(10):1969-1988 .
[High-quality evidence of effectiveness in protecting LTCFs from COVID-19 was limited at the time of this study, though it continues to emerge. Despite widespread COVID-19 vaccination programs in many countries, continuing prevention and mitigation measures may be required to protect vulnerable long-term care residents from COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. This rapid review summarizes current evidence regarding strategies that may be effective.]

Coronavirus: lessons learned to date.
House of Commons Library; 2021.
[This inquiry looked at six key areas of the response to the pandemic in England: the country’s preparedness for a pandemic; the use of non-pharmaceutical interventions such as border controls, social distancing and lockdowns to control the pandemic; the use of test, trace and isolate strategies; the impact of the pandemic on social care; the impact of the pandemic on specific communities; and the procurement and roll-out of covid-19 vaccines.]

The Big Ask: The Big Answer.
The Children’s Commissioner; 2021.
[The Children’s Commissioner’s Big Ask set out to hear the voices of as many children in England as possible, to amplify them, and to deliver improved life chances for this generation and beyond, following recovery from the pandemic.]

The digital divide: Amplifying health inequalities for people with severe mental illness in the time of COVID-19. [Editorial]
Spanakis P. British Journal of Psychiatry 2021;219(4):529-531.
[People with severe mental illness face profound health inequalities (eg. a >20-year mortality gap). Digital exclusion puts this population at risk of heightened or compounded inequalities. This has been referred to as the ‘digital divide’. For new digital means introduced in clinical practice to augment healthcare service provision, issues of accessibility, acceptability and usability should be addressed early in the design phase, and prior to implementation, to prevent digital exclusion.]

Time use and mental health in UK adults during an 11-week COVID-19 lockdown: A panel analysis.
Bu F. British Journal of Psychiatry 2021;219(4):551-556.
[To examine the associations between specific activities (or time use) and mental health and well-being among people during the COVID-19 pandemic. Conclusions: These results are relevant to the formulation of guidance for people obliged to spend extended periods in isolation during health emergencies and may help the public to maintain well-being during future lockdowns and pandemics.]

COVID-19 vaccination: women of childbearing age, currently pregnant or breastfeeding.
UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA); 2021.
[Information for all women of childbearing age, those currently pregnant or breastfeeding on coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination. 8 October 2021: Updated ‘COVID-19 vaccination: a guide on pregnancy and breastfeeding’ and links to translated versions of the poster and social media cards.]

Delivering safe, face-to-face adult day care.
Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE); 2021.
[The latest updates to the guidance include: Isolation and vaccination info; Lifting of restrictions (Step 4); Webinar recording on day care; How to access testing; What to do in case of an outbreak; Free provider PPE until March 2022.]