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Neurodiversity Bulletin

Welcome to the new Neurodiversity Bulletin!

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The latest Neurodiversity Bulletin is ready for you to view at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/neurodiversity/2026/06/3-june-2026-2/


In this edition:

  • First Impressions Count: A Systematic Literature Review Exploring Parents of Autistic Children’s First Encounters With Healthcare Professionals
  • ADHD and the female reproductive stages: menstruation, perinatal and menopause
  • Differentiating tics and functional tic-like behaviours in children and young people: personal and family mental health profiles and their clinical implications
  • New survey shows nearly two thirds of school staff worry about keeping children with SEND safe
  • Workplace Gaslighting Disproportionately Impacts Neurodivergent Professionals
  • School trips aren’t always accessible for autistic children – but they can bring huge benefits
  • Plus much more

new Neurodiversity Bulletin!

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We will be closing the old lists down on Friday 10 July.

You will no longer receive this bulletin unless you are signed up for the new list(s).

The latest Neurodiversity Bulletin is ready for you to view at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/neurodiversity/2026/07/1-july-2026/


In this edition:

  • Recognizing Risk, Responding with Care: The Development of a Crisis Response Program for Suicidal and Homicidal Ideation in Children with Autism
  • Perinatal mental health research: priorities from a neurodiverse sample in the United Kingdom
  • Social Burnout And Why It Affects Some Brains Differently
  • A Space to Belong This Pride Month
  • INTEND – ImproviNg Tic services in EnglaND
  • The Late ADHD Reckoning: Top Issues Facing Men After Diagnosis
  • Plus much more

Learning Disabilities & Autism Bulletin

Dear all,

The new Learning Disability and Neurodiversity bulletins will be starting w/b 9th March. To ensure that you continue to receive the appropriate bulletin(s) please complete this very brief form LD + ND Mailing lists – Fill in form

The latest Learning Disabilities & Autism bulletin is ready for you to view at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/learning-disability-autism/2026/02/25-february-2026-2/


In this edition:

  • Anxiety, Depression, and Care Barriers in Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
  • Autism as a Predictor of Deviant Peer Association: Testing for Dual Systems Model Mediation Effects
  • Every child achieving and thriving
  • Accessible information about the reasonable adjustment digital flag
  • New project to examine Prevention of Future Deaths Reports on people with learning disabilities
  • ITV News highlights the punitive use of contact orders against family members
  • Plus much more

Please let me know if you think there are other people who would benefit from receiving this and I will add them to the mailing list.

Thank you

Mental Health

Current Awareness Bulletins

With thanks to our colleagues at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trusts, new current awareness bulletins are avaialble to view and download. Some articles are freely accessible, others require an Open Athens account. Please get in touch for additional support: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

Suicide Prevention and Self Harm

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Dementia

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Depression and Anxiety

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Learning Disabilities and Autism

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Public Health

Current Awareness Updates

Source: KnowledgeShare

All you need to know about Households Below Average Income (HBAI).
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG); 2024.

(There are several different measures of poverty in the statistics as there is no perfect way to measure poverty. This briefing explains what poverty is, how it can be measured, the different measures in HBAI, recent trends in poverty and additional statistics that can further our understanding of poverty.)

‘Always at the bottom of the pile’: the Homeless and Inclusion Health Barometer 2024.
Pathway and Crisis; 2024.

(This report reveals how the national crisis facing both the UK’s health and housing systems leads to worsening health for people in inclusion health groups. Drawing on 85 pieces of published literature from the past two years, and a survey of frontline medical and health care professionals, the findings reveal how those who are most excluded in our society struggle to access health services due to inflexibility, discrimination and stigma.)

Autism and Homelessness Toolkit.
Homeless Link; 2024.

(The toolkit is designed for homelessness service providers who engage with and support autistic individuals experiencing homelessness. It is particularly valuable for those seeking to enhance their understanding and effectiveness in working with autistic individuals and it provides essential information and practical guidance to improve support within homelessness services.)

Drug and alcohol treatment for victims and suspects of homicide.
Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID); 2024.

(A Better Outcomes through Linked Data (BOLD) report looking at the use of substance misuse treatment services by victims and suspects of homicide in England. The report includes information and findings on treatment characteristics of victims and suspects, such as their sociodemographic, accommodation and employment status; and characteristics of the homicide and the relationships between victims and suspects and whether the homicide was drug-related.)

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Learning Disabilities and Autism

April Bulletin

With thanks to our colleagues from Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust please find the latest bulletin attached. Some articles are freely accessible, others require an Open Athens account. For support accessing any of the articles, please contact academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

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Learning Disabilities and Autism

March Bulletin

With thanks to our colleagues from Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust please find the latest bulletin attached. Some articles are freely accessible, others require an Open Athens account. For support accessing any of the articles, please contact academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

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Public Health

Current Awareness Updates

Age-Friendly Health Systems: Guide to Care of Older Adults in Nursing Homes.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI); 2022.
(This updated [US] guide helps care teams prepare for, test, and implement age-friendly care practices. Designed to be used with an accompanying workbook for nursing home teams, the guide outlines the 4Ms – What Matters, Medication, Mentation, and Mobility – for nursing home care of older adults.)

Cold weather plan for England.
UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA); 2022.
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cold-weather-plan-for-england
(01 November 2022: Updated Cold weather health risks slide set.)

WHO: At least 17 million people in the WHO European Region experienced long COVID in the first two years of the pandemic; millions may have to live with it for years to come.
World Health Organization (WHO); 2022.
(To help address the gaps in our knowledge of long COVID and advocate for people living with the condition, WHO/Europe today announced an official partnership with Long COVID Europe, a network organization that to date comprises 19 patient associations, based in Member States across the European Region.)

Poverty and the health and care system: the role of data and partnership in bringing change .
The King’s Fund; 2022.
(Poverty causes ill health, drives inequality in health outcomes and increases use of health services. This King’s Fund long read considers how successful sharing and acting on data can support health and care systems in mitigating, reducing and preventing poverty’s effects on health.)

Developing learning health systems in the UK: priorities for action.
The Health Foundation; 2022.
(Learning health systems are able to learn from the routine care they deliver and improve it as a result. In this report, we explore in detail what makes a learning health system, and look at how they can be developed. We explore four important areas especially relevant to LHSs: learning from data, harnessing technology, nurturing learning communities and implementing improvements to services.)

Sensory-friendly resource pack: resources to improve the sensory environment for autistic people.
NHS England; 2022.
(During 2021/22 NHS England has funded a variety of projects to support Integrated Care Systems in developing sensory friendly environments for autistic people. This document outlines the projects commissioned and draws them together into a cohesive resource pack for local health systems to use to support their autistic citizens.)

Public Health

Current Awareness

Sexual assault has lasting effects on teenagers’ mental health and education.
NIHR Evidence; 2022.
(The mental and physical health symptoms reported in this study were higher than in the general population. Young people who had been involved with social services, or who had mental health problems before the assault had worse mental health problems and worse school attendance afterwards. Sexual assault can therefore increase health inequalities in this already vulnerable group.)

Autistic people’s healthcare information strategy for England.
NHS England; 2022.
(This document sets out an initial strategy for the development of information about the health of, and health care received by people with autism in England, from sources already collected or being established. It proposes the development of three dashboards, setting out statistics for: autism diagnosis services and transition from child to adult services; long-term health conditions, healthcare use and mortality for autistic people; more intensive inputs from mental health services.)

Suicide prevention – priorities in the next decade.
(Consultant psychiatrist JS Bamrah speaks to Professor Louis Appleby, who leads the National Suicide Prevention Strategy for England and directs the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness. The webinar will cover current suicide prevention priorities, tying in with the recently announced suicide prevention strategy from the UK Government, before answering questions from the chair and audience. The event is open to BMA members and non-members.)

Food poverty: households, food banks and free school meals
House of Commons Library; 2022.
(There is no widely accepted definition of ‘food poverty’. However, a household can broadly be defined as experiencing food poverty or ‘household food insecurity’ if they cannot (or are uncertain about whether they can) acquire “an adequate quality or sufficient quantity of food in socially acceptable ways”. The increase in the cost of living has increased household food insecurity.)