Depression & Anxiety Bulletin

Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service

Ready for you to view at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/depression-anxiety/2026/07/20-july-2026/

In this edition:

  • Psychological safety on mental health wards: more than preventing harm
  • Applying cultural psychiatry to non-pharmacological interventions
  • Reintegration programmes for people with severe mental illnesses released from correctional institutions: systematic review
  • Plus much more

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/

Latest Depression and 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/2026/05/26-may-2026/

In this edition:

  • Government to transform mental health care with new strategy
  • UK’s ‘anxious generation’ of young people struggling to adapt to workplace
  • Half a million children attended A&E in mental health crisis, as RCN calls for wider roll-out of mental health A&Es and for action on social determinants
  • Ethnic minority carers’ experiences of in-patient mental healthcare: qualitative study
  • Plus much more

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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/2026/04/31-march-2026/

In this edition:   Can crisis planning reduce repeat sectioning? FINCH feasibility trial Prevalence and related factors of anxiety symptoms in patients with major depressive disorder and a history of recent suicide attempts: cross-sectional study Preconception mental health and developmental vulnerability at school entry: population based cohort study Plus much more
Please let us know if there are other people who you think might benefit from receiving this bulletin.

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/2026/04/31-march-2026/

In this edition:

  • Can crisis planning reduce repeat sectioning? FINCH feasibility trial
  • Prevalence and related factors of anxiety symptoms in patients with major depressive disorder and a history of recent suicide attempts: cross-sectional study
  • Preconception mental health and developmental vulnerability at school entry: population based cohort study
  • Plus much more

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

Depression and Anxiety Bulletin

January 2026

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/2026/01/20-january-2026/

In this edition:

  • Resilience and its external determinants: cross-sectional survey and network analysis of parenting, trauma and stress in college students
  • Childhood adversities and post-traumatic stress: predictive pathways through acute stress disorder
  • Mental health impacts of sexual violence in older adults: a qualitative study
  • Is depression a cause or consequence? Using genetics to untangle causal relationships
  • Plus much more

Depression & Anxiety Bulletin

The current bulletin for Depression & Anxiety, produced by Merseycare NHS Foundation Trust, is now available to view and download. 

In this edition:

  • Youth Matters: A new national strategy and a critical moment for young people’s mental health
  • Mental health services in the UK in 2025: what the latest NHS Benchmarking survey tells us
  • Mental health support in prisons must recognise the impact of childhood trauma, says Centre for Mental Health
  • Third of UK citizens have used AI for emotional support, research reveals

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

Depression & Anxiety Bulletin

The current bulletin for Depression & Anxiety, produced by Merseycare NHS Foundation Trust, is now available to view and download. 

In this edition:

  • Is intolerance of uncertainty in preschool children a risk factor for later anxiety?
  • Unsafe, unsupported, unseen: The hidden mental health costs of poor housing for people seeking asylum
  • Weighing the risks: new review ranks antidepressants by their physical health side effects
  • Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy proves cost-effective for hard-to-treat depression

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

Depression & Anxiety Bulletin

The current bulletin for Depression & Anxiety, produced by Merseycare NHS Foundation Trust, is now available to view and download. 

In this edition:

  • Ketamine, depression and childhood trauma: new evidence from a community study
  • The genetic link behind sleep problems, cognitive dysfunction, and neuroticism in ‘treatment-resistant depression’
  • Mind responds to annual mental health act statistics
  • More research needed into psychedelics as potential treatments for mental disorders, calls RCPsych

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

Depression & Anxiety Bulletin

The current bulletin for Depression & Anxiety, produced by Merseycare NHS Foundation Trust, is now available to view and download. 

In this edition:

  • Ketamine, depression and childhood trauma: new evidence from a community study
  • The genetic link behind sleep problems, cognitive dysfunction, and neuroticism in ‘treatment-resistant depression’
  • Mind responds to annual mental health act statistics
  • More research needed into psychedelics as potential treatments for mental disorders, calls RCPsych

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