Latest Suicide Prevention and Self Harm bulletin

Dear all,

The latest Suicide Prevention and Self Harm bulletin from Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service can now be viewed at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/bulletins/suicide-prevention/

This webpage features key links and emerging reports about suicide prevention.

In this issue:     

  • LGBTQ+ Suicide Awareness Training Launched
  • Loneliness in adolescence and suicidal thoughts: is depression the link?
  • The Suicide Prevention Project That’s Sent 3.5 Million Letters
  • Latest Research shows little change since Online Safety Act
  • Plus much more

please let us know if there are other people who you think might benefit from receiving this bulletin



Child and Adolescent Mental Health & Learning Disabilities current awareness bulletin

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A copy of the latest Child and Adolescent Mental Health & Learning Disabilities current awareness bulletin is now available. We appreciate your thoughts on how this update has impacted your practice. Please take a moment to complete this survey.

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  • Dementia and Old Age Psychiatry
  • Adult mental health
  • Neurorehabilitation and neuropsychiatry
  • Physical health in mental health
  • Learning disabilities
  • Forensic and secure mental health services
  • Family therapy update
  • Innovation and improvement update
  • CNTW Staff Publications update (monthly)

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Community Health Bulletin

by Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

A big thanks to our co-workers over at Mersey Care!

In this edition:

  • 10 Year Capital Plan to rebuild NHS and bring care closer to home
  • Mental health personalised care framework: the modern care programme approach
  • New UK CMO activity guidelines show every movement counts
  • One in five women attend A&E in the year after giving birth, with stark inequalities rooted long before pregnancy
  • Impact of drug and alcohol treatment on reoffending
  • Children’s Mental Health: Listen Up! Understanding psychosis in children and young people
  • Plus much more

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latest dementia bulletin

from Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service

In this issue:

  • Five benefits of getting a diagnosis for dementia – what are they?
  • Understanding diabetes and brain health
  • Can a Blood Test in Midlife Predict Your Alzheimer’s Risk?
  • New models of Down syndrome Alzheimer’s developed to improve understanding of condition
  • Plus much more

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Current Awareness Bulletin

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Suicide Prevention and Self Harm bulletin

from Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service

can now be viewed at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/bulletins/suicide-prevention/

This webpage features key links and emerging reports about suicide prevention.

In this issue:  
 

  • The association between 24‐hr movement patterns and self‐harm incidence in adolescence
  • The Impact of Emotional Arousal on Physical Pain and Numbness in Individuals Who Engage in Non‐Suicidal Self‐Injury
  • Investigating Predictors of Differential Trajectories of Suicidal Desire Across an Intensive Longitudinal Design
  • Plus much more

Dementia Bulletin

Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service

In this issue:

  • Functional Implications of Marine Biosurfactants and Their Therapeutic Potential Against Alzheimer’s Disease
  • The proteomic and metabolomic signature of inherited chromosomally integrated HHV‐6 and its role in all‐cause dementia and mortality risk: The UK Biobank study
  • Age of Type 1 Diabetes Onset and Dementia Risk: A Swedish Nationwide, Register‐Based Cohort Study
  • Predictors of Alzheimer’s disease treatment optimism among a nationally representative sample of US older adults
  • Plus much more

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

Latest Community Health Bulletin

Dear all,

The latest Community Health Bulletin is ready for you to view at  https://www.evidentlybetter.org/community-bulletin/2026/06/16-june-2026/

In this edition:

  • Changes to the definition of deprivation of liberty
  • Lord Mann review on antisemitism and other forms of racism in the NHS
  • Supporting people with frailty outside hospitals
  • Embedding co-design and participation in early years services
  • Dismissed, siloed and misunderstood: Our mental health system is failing women
  • A new Online NHS Trust for specialist care
  • Plus much more

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Suicide Prevention and Self Harm bulletin

from Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service

In this issue:  
   

  • Between Protocol and Presence: Clinicians’ Work in Suicide Risk Assessment
  • Recognizing Risk, Responding with Care: The Development of a Crisis Response Program for Suicidal and Homicidal Ideation in Children with Autism
  • The impact of patient death and suicide on mental health professionals: mixed-methods study
  • Psychological safety on mental health wards: more than preventing harm
  • Plus much more