Issue 2 of The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology has been published. This issue includes articles on outcomes in a low secure unit, referrals to a mental health criminal justice Liaison and diversion team in the North East of England, and deliberate ingestion of foreign bodies as a form of self-harm among inpatients within forensic mental health and intellectual disability services.
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British Journal of Psychiatry – April 2019
The April issue of British Journal of Psychiatry is now available. This issue includes a systematic review of self-harm in older adults, involving patients with dementia in decisions to initiate treatment, and cultural engagement and incident depression in older adults.
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Making Every Contact Count Bulletin – March 2019
Gosall Library, March 2019
This Library bulletin provides further reading to support the ‘Making Every Contact Count’ programme.
There are links to recent research papers and articles in each of the MECC areas to give you further background information and evidence to consolidate what you have learned in your training, and to give you ideas and confidence for using MECC in your day-to-day encounters.
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Using digital technology to design and deliver better mental health services
NHS Confederation, March 2019
This report looks at what the UK can learn about making better use of digital technology to deliver mental health services from the healthcare systems in Australia and the United States of America.
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Improving young people’s experiences in transition to and from inpatient mental health settings
NICE, March 2019
This quick guide is aimed at mental health practitioners to help them support young people as they enter or leave inpatient mental health care.
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The contribution of cannabis use to variation in the incidence of psychotic disorder across Europe (EU-GEI): a multicentre case-control study
The Lancet Psychiatry, 19 March 2019
This large multicentre case-control study conducted across 11 sites in Europe and Brazil found that daily cannabis use was associated with increased odds of psychotic disorder compared with people who had never used cannabis, increasing to nearly five-times increased odds for daily use of high-potency types of cannabis.
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Oral care and people with learning disabilities
Public Health England, March 2019
This contains information about oral care and dental treatment for people with learning disabilities. It aims to help staff in dental teams to provide services that are accessible to people with learning disabilities. There is information about how learning disability staff can support this. It is also intended to be of use to family carers and paid supporters who help someone with their daily oral care and with accessing dental services.
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Love Life: resources for young people with learning disabilities
NSPCC, March 2019
These films and supporting resources are aimed at young people with a learning disability aged 11 to 25 to help them learn strategies for staying safe as they grow up and gain independence.
They enable adults to start conversations with young people about:
- feelings
- privacy and boundaries
- friendship
- different kinds of love
- online safety.
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The British Journal of Psychiatry – March 2019
The March edition of British Journal of Psychiatry is now available. This issue includes articles on associations of adverse childhood experiences and social support with self-injurious behaviour and suicidality in adolescents, childhood abuse and psychotic experiences in adulthood, and electroconvulsive therapy and later stroke in patients with affective disorders.
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The State of Ageing in 2019
Centre for Ageing Better, March 2019
This report uses publicly available data to give a snapshot of what life is like for people aged 65 and older today. It then investigates the prospects for people currently in their 50s and 60s with regards to work, finances, health, housing and community support. It looks at the implications of an increasingly ageing society for the individual, government, business and wider society.
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