Category: Mental Health

Inclusion Bulletin (April 2026)

Dear all,

Please click on the link below for the latest forwarded Inclusion current awareness bulletin from the Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust Knowledge and Library Service. Full credit to their team. 

Inclusion Bulletin (April 2026).pdf

Please use the links provided in the bulletin. Some articles are Open Access and can be downloaded directly. Others may require you to sign in with your GMMH OpenAthens account. In some cases, only an abstract is available and if you need the full text, please request it from our GMMH Library by replying to this email. 

If you do not already have a GMMH OpenAthens account, you can self‑register via the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub: https://www.library.nhs.uk/GMMH. Brief guides to registering and using the Hub are attached. 

Please email all library enquires to library@gmmh.nhs.uk. 

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

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/2026/04/27-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

Please let us know if there are other people who you think might benefit from receiving this bulletin.

Mental Health

Dear all,

The Mental Health Awards 2026.
The Mental Health Awards; 2026.

https://thementalhealthawards.com/
[The Mental Health Awards are a celebration of successful interventions and inspirational stories of people who have experienced recovery. Since 2019, organisations, services and individuals have been awarded for their relentless work toward making a difference in their communities. Deadline: 30 May 2026.]

Scrolling for answers: how reliable is mental health and neurodivergence-related information on social media?.

The Mental Elf; 2026.
https://www.nationalelfservice.net/treatment/digital-health/scrolling-answers-reliable-mental-health-neurodivergence-related-information-social-media/


[Imagine the following scenario. You’re lying in bed, phone in hand, scrolling through TikTok. A video pops up on your For You feed: “5 signs you have ADHD.”

Another video claims trauma rewires your brain in ways therapists won’t tell you about. It feels relatable, perhaps even reassuring – but is it accurate, and can it be trusted? A new systematic review finds that mental health and neurodivergence-related misinformation is highest on TikTok, but quality varies widely across all platforms.]
Freely available online

From crisis to chronic shortage: the future of adult social care workforce recruitment in the UK.
Centre for Care; 2026.
https://centreforcare.ac.uk/updates/2026/04/from-crisis-to-chronic-shortage-the-future-of-adult-social-care-workforce-recruitment-in-the-uk/
[This working paper examines the evolving immigration compliance pressures facing social care providers in the United Kingdom. These pressures have been situated within broader policy shifts around migration, workforce governance and post-Brexit regulation. Drawing on existing literature and informal stakeholder interviews, this working paper highlights how these administrative and ethical challenges have persisted and intensified for the social care sector.]
Freely available online

Perinatal Mental Health Bulletin  

Dear all,

Please click on the below link for the latest edition of this current awareness bulletin on the Trust Library webpage. The links to abstracts have been activated in this bulletin and if you click on the title, it will take you to either the abstract or a full text version.  

Perinatal Mental Health Bulletin March 2026

Some of the articles contained in the bulletin may be an Open Access article, which will be available for you download and some may be available to download via a GMMH Athens Account login. Some of the articles may be an abstract only, and the full text will have to be requested directly from the library.  

For faster, one-click access to articles you can link our resources to your device browser using LibKey-Nomad www.libkeynomad.com and following the onscreen instructions.

If you would like to subscribe to any of our other GMMH Current Awareness Bulletins, you can sign up using the GMMH Library and Knowledge Service Current Awareness Bulletin Request Form.

The Curve Library (Prestwich site) is open 8.30am-4.00pm Monday to Friday. Please email all library enquires to library@gmmh.nhs.uk.

Latest Learning Disabilities Bulletin

Dear all,

Welcome to the new Learning Disabilities Bulletin!

To ensure that you continue to receive the appropriate bulletin(s) please complete this very brief form LD + ND Mailing lists – Fill in this form

The latest Learning Disabilities Bulletin is ready for you to view at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/learning-disability/2026/04/21-april-2026-3/


In this edition:

  • Factors Associated With Restraint Application in Children and Adolescents With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Displaying Severe Challenging Behavior
  • Mental Health Effects of Bullying in Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review
  • Minimum standards for keyworking services for autistic children and young people and children and young people with a learning disability
  • Working together with parents who have learning disabilities: the role of Adult Services
  • My journey through NHS Talking Therapies
  • Social care inequities hub launched by SCIE
  • Plus much more

Please let us know if there are other people who you think might benefit from receiving this bulletin.

Thank you

LSCFT Research Bulletin

The latest LSCFT Research bulletin is now available to view and download. Some articles are freely accessible however others may require an Open Athens account. If you are having issues accessing the articles, please get in touch with the library team: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

LSCFT Research Bulletin by Katie Roper

Community Health Bulletin

Dear all,

The latest Community Health Bulletin is ready for you to view at  https://www.evidentlybetter.org/community-bulletin/2026/03/25-march-2026/

In this edition:

  • Community mental health services: government’s response to the Health and Social Care Committee’s report
  • Health protection in children and young people settings, including education
  • Navigating cultural barriers: a qualitative study exploring clinicians’ experiences of providing mental health support for ethnic minority groups in England
  • From despair to hope: improving the A&E experience for people in mental health crisis
  • 3-year high in attacks on NHS staff
  • Underfunding mental health is not just bad for patients but for wider communities and economy, health leaders say
  • Plus much more

Please let us know if there are other people who you think might benefit from receiving this bulletin.

Community Health Bulletin,

Dear all,

The latest Community Health Bulletin is ready for you to view at  https://www.evidentlybetter.org/community-bulletin/2026/04/21-april-2026/

In this edition:

  • RSV immunisation programme: JCVI advice, 18 March 2026
  • Supporting young people to transition into adolescent and adult services
  • Cause for alarm: what can safeguarding data tell us about the challenges facing health and care services?
  • “Nothing builds hope more powerfully than knowing you still matter to someone”: Family ties matter if we want to end the revolving door
  • Women’s voices to be at the heart of renewed health strategy
  • Unpacking the neighbourhood health framework: the good, the bad and the puzzling
  • Plus much more

Please let us know if there are other people who you think might benefit from receiving this bulletin.


Thank you

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/2026/04/13-april-2026/

In this edition:

  • The interplay of multimorbidity and depressive symptoms: mediation role of functional dependence
  • Maternal communication and attachment following a group singing intervention for postnatal depression: findings from the SHAPER-PND trial
  • Extending the ecological model of distress to social functioning among refugees and asylum seekers
  • Plus much more