Category: Anxiety Disorder

Depression & Anxiety Bulletin

from Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service

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In this edition:

  • Anxiety–depression interaction and somatic symptoms in functional gastrointestinal disorders: a retrospective cross-sectional study from gastroenterology outpatient clinics
  • Can a circadian rhythm app stop depression and bipolar relapse?
  • How prevalent is perinatal depression around the globe?
  • Mind publishes new resources on impact of generative AI on mental health
  • Plus much more
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The feasibility and acceptability of automated feedback and deliberate practice in psychological therapies for anxiety and depression.

Malins S. Digital Health 2026;12:Online First.

Automated feedback and deliberate practice become more acceptable to therapists through engagement, with potential to improve therapeutic skills and effectiveness. However, addressing client concerns about how technology is used for automated feedback is essential to enhance participation.

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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
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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
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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

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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

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