Interface between health and adult social care: Sixty-Third Report of Session 2017–19: Report, together with formal minutes relating to the report

House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts, October 2018
Outlines the widespread consensus that integration and joint working is the right way forward for the health and social care system to deliver the best and most effective outcomes for people and their families. However, it concludes that the Government still lacks an effective overall strategy or plan to achieve its long-held aim to integrate these two sectors.
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Progress of the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health: On the road to parity

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Mental Health, October 2018
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Mental Health report of an in depth inquiry into the progress of the government’s mental health strategy, the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health. The findings can be split into three main themes:

  • investing in core services for adults severely affected by mental illness;
  • increasing the mental health workforce;
  • better oversight and collective responsibility for mental health

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BJPsych Advances – November 2018

The November edition of BJPsych Advances has been published.  This issue includes articles on risperidone for psychosis-induced aggression or agitation, boundary violations in therapy, and funding approaches for mental health services.
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Schizophrenia Bulletin – October 2018

The October issue of Schizophrenia Bulletin has been published.  This issue includes articles on psychotic experiences and related distress, social cognitive skills training for psychosis with community-based training exercises, and cannabis use and hypomania in young people.
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Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry, And Allied Disciplines – November 2018

The November issue of Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry, And Allied Disciplines has been published.  This issue includes a systematic review of anxiety associated with negative interpretations of ambiguity in children and adolescents, an article on development of autistic social traits across childhood and adolescence in males and females, and a randomized waitlist‐controlled trial of cognitive behavior therapy to improve emotion regulation in children with autism.
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British Journal of Psychiatry – November 2018

The November edition of British Journal of Psychiatry has been published.  This issue includes articles on childhood maltreatment and adult medical morbidity in mood disorders, anxiety as a risk factor of Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia, and cultural engagement and cognitive reserve.
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Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology – December 2018

The December issue of Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology has been published.  This issue includes articles on psychopathy, the Big Five and empathy as predictors of violence in a forensic sample of substance abusers, ageing in forensic psychiatric secure settings, and contagion of violence and self-harm behaviors on a psychiatric ward.
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Cold Weather Plan For England Making the Case: Why long-term strategic planning for cold weather is essential to health and wellbeing

Public Health England, October 2018
This document aims to support the Cold Weather Plan for England (CWP) by providing the evidence of the effects of cold on health as well as what is known about the effectiveness of interventions.
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