Here is the Children and Young People’s Mental Health (CYPMH) evidence-based bulletin. 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.
Category: Mental Health
Children and Young People’s Mental Health (CYPMH) evidence-based bulletin
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Child and Adolescent Mental Health & Learning Disabilities current awareness bulletin
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BJ Psych Bulletin
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NHS Alliance calls for new mental health waiting time target for children and young people
National Health Executive
Here is the latest on mental health for children and young people.
from the CPD Magazine
Artificial intelligence (AI) Report
Dear all,
Please see below the latest report study on Mental Health Research.
Artificial intelligence-enabled predictive modelling in psychiatry: overview of machine learning applications in mental health research.
Lewin G. BJPsych Advances 2026;32(3):169-175.
[This article provides an overview of current machine learning applications in mental health research, synthesising literature identified through targeted searches of key databases and expert knowledge to examine research developments and emerging applications of AI-enabled predictive modelling in psychiatry. The article appraises both the potential applications and current challenges of AI-based predictive modelling in psychiatric practice and research]
Available with an NHS OpenAthens password for eligible users
Improving emergency care for people in mental health crisis: actions for change.
The NHS Alliance; 2026.
https://thenhsalliance.org/resources/improving-emergency-care-for-people-in-mental-health-crisis-actions-for-change
[This guidance offers key actions for change for clinical, operational and improvement leaders across acute trusts, mental health providers, ICBs and voluntary sector partners who wish to strengthen joint working, reduce friction at the MH and ED interface and accelerate practical improvement locally.]
Freely available online
Latest Community Health Bulletin
Dear all,
The latest Community Health Bulletin is ready for you to view at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/community-bulletin/2026/06/16-june-2026/
In this edition:
- Changes to the definition of deprivation of liberty
- Lord Mann review on antisemitism and other forms of racism in the NHS
- Supporting people with frailty outside hospitals
- Embedding co-design and participation in early years services
- Dismissed, siloed and misunderstood: Our mental health system is failing women
- A new Online NHS Trust for specialist care
- Plus much more
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Thank you

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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Mental health: Using evidence to improve care.
Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP); 2026.
https://www.hqip.org.uk/news/mental-health-from-crisis-to-evidence-informed-improvement/
[HQIP’s CEO, Chris Gush, explains why data is pivotal to the national review of services and the transformation of mental health care.]
Freely available online
