Month: July 2025

The Library Newsletters Archive

We’re excited to share a new feature on our blog! A dedicated archive for all of our library newsletters!

You can now easily browse through past editions and catch up on the latest library updates, services, and resources in one convenient place. The archive is located under the ‘Keeping Up-to-Date’ tab on our blog, making it quick and easy to find whenever you need it.

Visit the Library Newsletter Archive here

Community Health Bulletin

Current Awareness Bulletin With thanks to our colleagues from Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust please find the latest bulletin attached. Some articles are freely accessible, others require an Open Athens account.

In this edition:

  • Older northerners struggle with “alarming” inequalities compared to people from the South
  • Understanding drivers of recent trends in young people’s mental health
  • Taking action on obesity: what do the public think?
  • Invest in better mental health support for people in the criminal justice system, say charities
  • Postnatal depression harming up to 85,000 new mums in England, warns RCPsych
  • Still the Government’s best-kept secret? Access to Work for people with mental health difficulties

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

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Learning Disabilities & Autism Bulletin

The latest Learning Disabilities and Autism bulletin from the Evidently Better team at Mersey Care NHS FT is now available.

In this edition:

  • An Ongoing Process: The Implementation of an Intervention for People With Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities Over Time
  • Sleep problems and sensory features in children with low-average cognitive abilities and autism spectrum disorder
  • Bereaved families demand answers on LeDeR report delay
  • Updated guidance on dementia and learning disabilities
  • Neurodivergent adolescents experience twice the emotional burden at school compared to their neurotypical peers
  • Study now recruiting: Improving Care Education and Treatment Reviews for people who are autistic or have learning disabilities

If you are unable to access any of the included articles please contact academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk.

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Supporting Alcohol Change UK

At the library, we believe in the power of information and community. That’s why we’re highlighting the work of Alcohol Change UK, a charity helping people rethink their relationship with alcohol without judgment.

Whether you’re cutting back, supporting someone else, or just curious, they offer tools like the Try Dry® app, expert advice, and honest, practical support.

We’ve also got books, and resources here in the library to help you explore health, wellbeing, and alcohol in a safe and supportive way.

Learn more at alcoholchange.org.uk

Community Health Bulletin

The latest Community Health Bulletin is ready for you to view at  https://www.evidentlybetter.org/community-bulletin/2025/07/15-july-2025/

In this edition:

  • 10 Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future
  • Review of patient safety across the health and care landscape
  • Big Questions in Psychiatry: Responsibility in psychiatry exploring blame, compassion and mental illness (CPD eLearning)
  • BPS publishes refreshed guidance on assessment, formulation and diagnosis
  • What’s stopping us from self-caring? New Self-Care Forum data exposes deep inequalities in self-care confidence and behaviour
  • Obesity care: why “eat less, move more” advice is failing
  • Plus much more

Please let us know if there are other people who you think might benefit from receiving this bulletin.


Thank you

Forensic Psychiatry Bulletin July 2025

With thanks to our colleagues at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation trust the latest Forensic Psychiatry 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.

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Learning Disabilities & Autism Bulletin

The latest Learning Disabilities & Autism bulletin is ready for you to view at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/learning-disability-autism/2025/07/16-july-2025/


In this edition:

  • Developing and testing of an assessment tool for appropriate psychotropic drug prescribing in people with intellectual disabilities
  • Understanding the child and adolescent eating disorder treatment experiences of autistic people and parents
  • The Phenomenon of Pain in Adults With Intellectual Disability: A Qualitative Systematic Review
  • “There is just too much going on there”: Nonverbal communication experiences of autistic adults
  • 10 Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future (easy read)
  • Understanding Brief Guides: Clear, accessible information for adults and carers
  • Plus much more

Please let me know if you think there are other people who would benefit from receiving this and I will add them to the mailing list.

Thank you

Suicide Prevention and Self Harm Bulletin

The latest Suicide Prevention and Self Harm Bulletin produced by the Mersey Care Evidently Better team is now available.

In this issue:      

  • Three Dads’ pride at suicide prevention lessons in schools
  • Provisional patient suicide data (2012-2024)
  • Effects of sandplay group therapy on children at risk of suicidal ideation
  • Suicide prevention starts before the crisis: intervention guidelines for university students
  • Work stress and its association with suicidal ideation, health and presenteeism during the COVID-19 pandemic: cross-sectional study in the UK health and university workforce
  • Plus much more

If you are unable to access any of the included articles please contact academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk.

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Perinatal Mental Health July 2025

With thanks to our colleagues at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation trust the latest Perinatal Mental Health 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.

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