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

Latest Neurodiversity Bulletin

Dear all,

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/2026/06/16-june-2026-2/


In this edition:

  • Changes to the definition of deprivation of liberty
  • The high cost of undiagnosed and untreated ADHD: Unequal mental‑health access and the care economy
  • How gaps in education, work and welfare support can push neurodivergent people into homelessness
  • Can We Talk About Suicide Among Men with ADHD?
  • Local areas prepare new Experts at Hand teams
  • Unlocking dyslexic potential: our new strategy for 2026 to 2030
  • Plus much more

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

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July’s Adult Aphasia, Dysarthria and Dysphagia Bulletin

Some articles are accessible with an OpenAthens username and password. To register for this please visit https://openathens.nice.org.uk/ (it is best to use an NHS PC to do this)

If you are unable to access any of the full references and work for RUH or our partner organisations, please let us know and we will source them for you.

Please note that ‘Get Confident with Evidence’ training advertised in the Bulletin is only available to staff and students based at the RUH, GWH, SFT, and partner organisations.

dementia bulletin

from Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service

In this issue:

  • Dementia blood biomarkers in the context of post‐stroke cognitive outcomes: Systematic review and evidence synthesis
  • Income level and the risk of incident dementia among adults aged ≥50 with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: a population-based cohort study using the NHIS-Senior database in South Korea
  • Association between the use of anti-herpetic drugs and subsequent initiation of Alzheimer’s disease drug treatment: Dutch population-based inception cohort study
  • Development and temporal validation of a machine learning model to estimate total MoCA scores from telephone-based items in patients with mild cognitive impairment
  • Plus much more