Category: Finding the Evidence

CYPMH Evidence Based Bulletin

Dear all,

please find the Children and Young People’s Mental Health (CYPMH) evidence based bulletin attached. We hope this helps to keep you up to date with current awareness within your department. Please feel free to share and disseminate with colleagues. Some evidence is freely available, others require an Open Athens account to access. Please get in touch with the Library team should you need any support accessing the material.

You can also find the link to this bulletin here: CYPMH Evidence Based bulletin April 2026

If you need any further help or support regarding embedding evidence into your practice, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the library team: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

CYPMH Evidence Based bulletin April 2026 by Katie Roper

Evidence Informed Practice in NHS Settings

Accessing research for practitioners

Research in practice work with and for professionals within social care, health, criminal justice and higher education to offer resources, learning opportunities and expertise. Anyone with a Trust email can sign up to start accessing their resources.

Research in practice brings together: research evidence, practice wisdom, and lived experience. Turning this into practical, accessible resources and learning opportunities that fit real‑life professional needs. [researchin…ice.org.uk]

At its heart, Research in Practice is about equipping professionals with the confidence and tools to use evidence well. Take a read of how one of our colleagues reflects on the similarities and differences of working in the NHS and local authority settings:

Evidence-informed practice in NHS settings | Research in Practice

How did we help you?

An overview of some evidence searches completed last month

Take a look at some of the literature searches we completed last month. The outcomes help to support clinical decision making, inform patient care or plan for service developments.

If you would like to request a literature search, please complete the form below and send it back to academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

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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.

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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Education Bulletin

With thanks to our colleagues at Mid-Cheshire NHS Foundation trust the latest Education 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.

Education Bulletin August 2025Download