Category: Depression

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 & 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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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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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/2026/05/11-may-2026/

In this edition:

  • Key target hit with 8,500 extra mental health workers in the NHS
  • Mental illness is pregnancy’s number one complication. It’s time to support those who suffer from it
  • Supported housing crisis costs NHS mental health services in England £102 million a year
  • MDMA-assisted therapy for depression: a promising but early first step
  • Plus much more

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Mental Health Report

Dear all,

Spiralling cost of mental health patients stuck in acute hospitals revealed.
HSJ: Health Service Journal 2026;(27 April):7041548.
[Hospital trusts are spending millions of pounds a year on expensive temporary staff to look after mental health patients stranded in emergency departments and acute wards, HSJ has learnt. Figures released to HSJ by 70 acute trusts showed several trusts in cities spent more than £1m each during 2025 on additional agency staffing to care for patients waiting for mental health treatment, and with no physical care need.]
Available with appropriate registration or membership

Prison leavers in substance misuse treatment: 4-week outcomes.
Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID); 2026.
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-leavers-in-substance-misuse-treatment-4-week-outcomes

[Analysis of mortality and re-incarceration rates within 4 weeks of release for prison leavers receiving substance misuse treatment in England.

The main report and accompanying data tables present information and findings from this analysis, including demographic and offending characteristics and mortality and re-incarceration rates for prison leavers receiving substance misuse treatment.]


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
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Latest Depression and Anxiety Bulletin

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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/2026/04/27-april-2026/

In this edition:

  • Active coping could protect young people from depression after adversity
  • The cost-effectiveness of predictive algorithm guided primary antidepressant treatment: economic evaluation of the multinational PReDicT randomised controlled trial
  • Four-fifths of UK mental health nurses say their workload is unmanageable
  • Even without social media, phones have a subtle, damaging effect on our mental health
  • Plus much more

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Eating Disorder Bulletin- April 2026

Please find the April Eating Disorder attached. We hope this helps to keep you up to date with current awareness in this area of clinical work. Some articles are freely accessible, others require access to Open Athens. You can create a free account here: OpenAthens | Registration or get back in touch with the library for any further support regarding accessibility to articles.

Eating Disorder Bulletin – April 2026 by Katie Roper

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

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