Depression & Anxiety Bulletin

from Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service

In this edition:

  • Immersive VR therapy for young people: promising, but early days
  • England facing children’s mental health ‘crisis’ as referrals hit 1m
  • Is There an Association Between Poor Sleep and Worsened Mental Health Outcomes in Medical Students: A Systematic Review
  • Interventions for smoking cessation in inpatient psychiatry settings
  • Plus much more

ready for you to view at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/depression-anxiety/2026/07/6-july-2026/

Neurodiversity Bulletin

Welcome to the new Neurodiversity Bulletin!

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The latest Neurodiversity Bulletin is ready for you to view at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/neurodiversity/2026/06/3-june-2026-2/


In this edition:

  • First Impressions Count: A Systematic Literature Review Exploring Parents of Autistic Children’s First Encounters With Healthcare Professionals
  • ADHD and the female reproductive stages: menstruation, perinatal and menopause
  • Differentiating tics and functional tic-like behaviours in children and young people: personal and family mental health profiles and their clinical implications
  • New survey shows nearly two thirds of school staff worry about keeping children with SEND safe
  • Workplace Gaslighting Disproportionately Impacts Neurodivergent Professionals
  • School trips aren’t always accessible for autistic children – but they can bring huge benefits
  • Plus much more

Community Health Bulletin

The latest Community Health Bulletin is ready for you to view at  https://www.evidentlybetter.org/community-bulletin/2026/06/3-june-2026/

In this edition:

  • Prevention Starts Here: Health visitors, school nurses and children’s health in England
  • Young people with mental health conditions are now more likely to be NEET
  • Health Bill: summary – fact sheet
  • What would it take for the NHS to treat violence against women and girls as a public health emergency?
  • Trauma-informed care and racialised communities
  • Ageing with purpose: the surprising science of frailty reversal
  • Plus much more

Latest Depression & Anxiety bulletin

Dear all,

The latest Depression & Anxiety Bulletin from Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service is ready for you to view at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/depression-anxiety/2026/06/23-june-2026/

In this edition:

  • Suffering is not inevitable: a thematic analysis of a roundtable on ADHD and mental health
  • When staff wellbeing programmes backfire: lessons from a systematic review of mental health ward interventions
  • Should we wait until age 13 before giving our kids a smartphone?
  • Long-term disparities and mediators of psychological distress in mothers with and without out-of-home care experience: analysis of prospective cohort data
  • Plus much more

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Mental health: Using evidence to improve care.

Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP); 2026.

https://www.hqip.org.uk/news/mental-health-from-crisis-to-evidence-informed-improvement/


[HQIP’s CEO, Chris Gush, explains why data is pivotal to the national review of services and the transformation of mental health care.]
Freely available online

Mental health difficulties among young adults have doubled in past decade.

Centre for Longitudinal Studies; 2026.

https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/mental-health-difficulties-among-young-adults-have-doubled-in-past-decade/


[More than a fifth (22%) of generation Z in England report having a longstanding mental health condition in their early 20s, double the rate of millennials (10%) at a similar age ten years earlier, finds a new UCL study.]
Freely available online

July Community Health Bulletin

In this edition:

  • Ockenden review into maternity services at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust: final report
  • Government pushes forward with conversion practices ban to protect LGBT+ people from abuse
  • A shared heart: the story of Fleetwood’s community health hub
  • The danger of confusing AI mental health support with therapy
  • New funding from Forces in Mind Trust to improve mental health care for former Service personnel
  • Pioneering projects to transform obesity care, backed by £85 million from government and industry
  • Plus much more

Ready for you below.

30 June 2026

Webinar: IPC review of occupational therapy best practice in adult social care – review findings.

Date: 15th July, 2026, 10:00am-11:00am

This webinar is relevant for: Occupational Therapists (OT) (adults services); Adult social care managers for local authorities; and Health leaders in areas where there is a collaboration between health & the local authority for service delivery of adult OT services. In late 2025, an English local authority commissioned the Institute of Public Care (IPC) to support them to understand more about effective models for OT within adult social care responsibilities.

Online

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