Depression & Anxiety Bulletin

from Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

All credit for this bulletin goes to our co-workers over at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.

In this edition:

  • Independent review into mental health conditions, ADHD and autism: final report
  • Are GLP-1 receptor agonists linked to better mental health?
  • The PETRUSHKA tool: matching antidepressants to people’s needs and preferences
  • Interpretation bias in anxiety holds across disorders and ages
  • Plus much more

12 October 2026 – Evidently Better

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Depression & Anxiety Bulletin

from Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service

All credit goes to our coworkers over at Mersey Care

In this edition:

  • Open Dialogue versus treatment as usual for adults presenting in crisis to mental health services in England (the ODDESSI Trial): a multisite cluster-randomised trial
  • Gratitude and health behaviours: A temporal affective self‐regulation resource analysis across 24 samples
  • “It is Just Too Overwhelming and Constant”: Environmental Influences on Anxiety and Depression in Autistic Young People
  • Integrated mental health treatment and employment services for refugees with PTSD: randomised controlled trial
  • Plus much more

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Depression & Anxiety Bulletin

from Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service

Credit to our coworkers over at Mersey Care.

In this edition:

  • Anxiety–depression interaction and somatic symptoms in functional gastrointestinal disorders: a retrospective cross-sectional study from gastroenterology outpatient clinics
  • Can a circadian rhythm app stop depression and bipolar relapse?
  • How prevalent is perinatal depression around the globe?
  • Mind publishes new resources on impact of generative AI on mental health
  • Plus much more

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Depression & Anxiety Bulletin

Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service

Ready for you to view at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/depression-anxiety/2026/07/20-july-2026/

In this edition:

  • Psychological safety on mental health wards: more than preventing harm
  • Applying cultural psychiatry to non-pharmacological interventions
  • Reintegration programmes for people with severe mental illnesses released from correctional institutions: systematic review
  • Plus much more

Depression & Anxiety Bulletin

from Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service

In this edition:

  • Immersive VR therapy for young people: promising, but early days
  • England facing children’s mental health ‘crisis’ as referrals hit 1m
  • Is There an Association Between Poor Sleep and Worsened Mental Health Outcomes in Medical Students: A Systematic Review
  • Interventions for smoking cessation in inpatient psychiatry settings
  • Plus much more

ready for you to view at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/depression-anxiety/2026/07/6-july-2026/

Latest Depression & Anxiety bulletin

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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/2026/05/11-may-2026/

In this edition:

  • Key target hit with 8,500 extra mental health workers in the NHS
  • Mental illness is pregnancy’s number one complication. It’s time to support those who suffer from it
  • Supported housing crisis costs NHS mental health services in England £102 million a year
  • MDMA-assisted therapy for depression: a promising but early first step
  • Plus much more

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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

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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

Depression & Anxiety

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/2026/02/16-february-2026/

In this edition:

  • Cost-effectiveness of targeted feedback interventions after depression screening in primary care: health economic evaluation of the GET.FEEDBACK.GP trial
  • Current treatment outcomes and care pathways for people with comorbid physical and mental health conditions using NHS Talking Therapies services in the UK: systematic review of quantitative studies
  • Moderating effect of avoidance on the relationship between depression and suicidal ideation across different types of trauma exposure
  • Prevention, screening and treatment of peripartum depression for women: new clinical guidelines
  • Plus much more

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Depression and Anxiety Bulletin

January 2026

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/2026/01/20-january-2026/

In this edition:

  • Resilience and its external determinants: cross-sectional survey and network analysis of parenting, trauma and stress in college students
  • Childhood adversities and post-traumatic stress: predictive pathways through acute stress disorder
  • Mental health impacts of sexual violence in older adults: a qualitative study
  • Is depression a cause or consequence? Using genetics to untangle causal relationships
  • Plus much more