Category: Evidence-Based Practice

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:

  • Impulsivity and aggression in suicide across age and sex: case–control study
  • Differential neural activity associated with emotion reactivity and regulation in young adults with non-suicidal self-injury
  • The relationships among the meaning of life, coping styles, and suicidal ideation: a network analysis
  • Using network analysis to personalize treatment for individuals with co-occurring restrictive eating disorders and suicidality: a proof-of-concept study

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

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Dementia 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 issue:

  • Air pollution raises risk of dementia, say Cambridge scientists
  • AI performs as well as traditional methods at identifying Alzheimer’s risk genes
  • Starting conversations about dementia
  • Pain Reliever Tied to Higher Dementia Risk
  • Peer support groups for younger people launch in Sefton and Liverpool

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

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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:

  • GenAI chatbots can treat clinical level mental health symptoms
  • Black maternal mental health – interconnected issues at the heart
  • NHS launches first ever review to tackle LGBT+ health inequalities
  • Feeding the mind: early signs that keto could help with bipolar disorder
  • GLP-1 receptor agonists and the brain: could these medications boost more than metabolism?

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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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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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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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Eating Disorder Bulletin May 2025

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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Making Every Contact Count May 2025


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

Alcohol May 2025Download

Healthy Weight & Healthy Eating

Healthy Weight Healthy Eating May 2025Download

Physical Activity

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