Category: Evidence-Based Practice

Perinatal Mental Health Bulletin

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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Making Every Contact Count

The most recent Make Every Contact count public heath bulletin looking at latest evidence around smoking cessation, alcohol, healthy weight, healthy eating and physical exercise is now available. The bulletin is produced by Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS FT Library staff. If you cannot access any of the articles included in the bulletin please contact academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk.

Smoking Cessation

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Alcohol

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Healthy Weight

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Healthy Eating

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Physical Activity

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Spirituality and Mental Health bulletin

Please find attached the latest Spirituality and Mental Health bulletin produced by the Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust library team. If you are unable to access any of the included articles please contact academic.library@lscft.nsh.uk.

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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:

  • Machine learning algorithms and their predictive accuracy for suicide and self-harm: Systematic review and meta-analysis
  • Incidence of suicide within two years of a first diagnosis of depression, anxiety, or mixed anxiety and depression: an exploratory cohort study in primary care using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink
  • Developing theory-informed implementation strategies to embed a suicide safety planning intervention app into a psychiatric emergency department: co-design study using the Behaviour Change Wheel
  • Umbrella review of psychosocial and ward-based interventions to reduce self-harm and suicide risks in in-patient mental health settings

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

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Eating Disorder Bulletin

The latest Eating Disorder Bulletin is now available to view or 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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Dementia Bulletin

The latest dementia bulletin from Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service has now been published at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/dementia/2025/09/3-september-2025/

In this issue:

  • Effects of a person-centered music-based intervention in the rehabilitation of older adults with mild to moderate dementia
  • The iADRS as an integrated measure of cognition and function: Psychometric evidence from recent clinical trials in early symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease
  • Co‐pathology in Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body disease and its association with neuropsychiatric symptoms
  • Alzheimer’s Society launches bold new brand advertising campaign, ‘A Personal Appeal’
  • UK trial launches to transform Alzheimer’s diagnosis with simple blood test

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

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:

  • Suicide and self-harm content still recommended ‘at industrial scale’ by TikTok and Instagram
  • ‘Sliding into an abyss’: experts warn over rising use of AI for mental health support
  • Youth Suicide Myths: Talking to Save Lives (Podcast)
  • Join the ZSA train-a-thon

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

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Dementia Bulletin

The latest dementia bulletin from Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service has now been published at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/dementia/2025/09/3-september-2025/

In this issue:

  • NHS supporting record numbers of people living with dementia
  • How AI is accelerating the race to understand dementia
  • Self-Reported Hearing Aid Use and Risk of Incident Dementia
  • World Alzheimer’s Report 2025 launch

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

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Exploring evidence regarding vision-based monitoring in inpatient mental health units

The Care Quality Commission commissioned a rapid evidence review to assess vision-based monitoring systems (VBMS) in inpatient mental health settings. The study examined 68 documents and conducted 11 interviews to understand how VBMS are used and their impact on safety and care.

Key insights include:

  • VBMS can track location, activity, vital signs, and support informed interventions, helping reduce sleep disturbances, self-harm incidents, restraint use, and operational costs.
  • Some evidence shows reductions such as a 44% drop in bedroom self-harm incidents and a 26% fall in restraint use, though findings are limited and mixed.
  • Significant concerns around consent, privacy infringement, diminished patient dignity, and risk of re-traumatisation were raised.
  • The report highlights gaps in regulation, policy guidance, and evidence quality—calling for clearer oversight, ethical safeguards, and further independent research to inform CQC’s stance.

Read the full report here: Exploring evidence regarding vision-based monitoring in inpatient mental health units – Care Quality Commission

Depression and Anxiety 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:

  • NHS talking therapy is less effective for younger adults
  • New Mental Health Foundation study shows 32-hour work week boosts staff wellbeing without harming productivity
  • Tackling poverty could be key to improving mental health in Wales, Mind Cymru report finds
  • Verbally abused children more likely to have poor mental health as adults, study finds

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

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