This report explores and critiques the gendered construction of value within the nursing profession and evaluates how value is attributed to nursing, the value placed on individuals and the status of the profession.
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This systematic review looked at CBT and internet-based CBT (ICBT) use in helping to reduce health anxiety. The review found that CBT is a highly efficacious and probably cost-effective treatment for health anxiety. The authore recommend that ICBT is implemented more widely, and that health economic outcomes and ways of increasing response and remission rates are explored further.
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This post provides a summary and appraisal of a recent Canadian community based study, which examines emotional and behavioural difficulties in children experiencing gender non-conformity.
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This Cochrane Systematic Review found that additional support given by the pharmacist was no better at reducing people’s depression than their treatment as usual. The studies did show that people who received support from their pharmacy were more likely to take their antidepressants as prescribed.
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For people with social anxiety symptoms who are not receiving other forms of help, this study suggests that the use of an online self-help tool based on cognitive behavioural principles can provide a small improvement in social anxiety symptoms compared with no intervention, although dropout rates were high.
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Opportunities to embed sexual and reproductive healthcare services into new models of care: a practical guide for commissioners and service providers
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This report sets out recommendations for local and national health and care leaders to support the prioritisation of mental health as local areas develop into integrated care systems (ICSs).
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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a new draft guideline for consultation on the rehabilitation of adults with complex psychosis and related mental health conditions. The consultation closes on 5 February 2020.
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General Pharmaceutical Council guidance covering five key areas that pharmacist prescribers must consider in order to prescribe safe and effective. These are: taking responsibility for prescribing safely; keeping up to date and prescribing within their level of competence; working in partnership with other healthcare professionals and persons seeking care; prescribing
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