Tag: #mentalhealth

Child and Adolescent Mental Health & Learning Disabilities CAB March 2026

Dear all,

A copy of the latest Child and Adolescent Mental Health & Learning Disabilities current awareness bulletin from Library and Knowledge Services is now available

CAMHS and LD CAB March 2026.docx

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To view the full abstracts, click on the link in the article titles. If you have any problems accessing any of the articles contact the library: library.enquiries@cntw.nhs.uk

CYPMH Evidence Based Bulletin

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please find the Children and Young People’s Mental Health (CYPMH) evidence based bulletin attached. We hope this helps to keep you up to date with current awareness within your department. Please feel free to share and disseminate with colleagues. Some evidence is freely available, others require an Open Athens account to access. Please get in touch with the Library team should you need any support accessing the material.

You can also find the link to this bulletin here: CYPMH Evidence Based bulletin April 2026

If you need any further help or support regarding embedding evidence into your practice, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the library team: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

CYPMH Evidence Based bulletin April 2026 by Katie Roper

Mental Health

Dear all,

The Mental Health Awards 2026.
The Mental Health Awards; 2026.

https://thementalhealthawards.com/
[The Mental Health Awards are a celebration of successful interventions and inspirational stories of people who have experienced recovery. Since 2019, organisations, services and individuals have been awarded for their relentless work toward making a difference in their communities. Deadline: 30 May 2026.]

Scrolling for answers: how reliable is mental health and neurodivergence-related information on social media?.

The Mental Elf; 2026.
https://www.nationalelfservice.net/treatment/digital-health/scrolling-answers-reliable-mental-health-neurodivergence-related-information-social-media/


[Imagine the following scenario. You’re lying in bed, phone in hand, scrolling through TikTok. A video pops up on your For You feed: “5 signs you have ADHD.”

Another video claims trauma rewires your brain in ways therapists won’t tell you about. It feels relatable, perhaps even reassuring – but is it accurate, and can it be trusted? A new systematic review finds that mental health and neurodivergence-related misinformation is highest on TikTok, but quality varies widely across all platforms.]
Freely available online

From crisis to chronic shortage: the future of adult social care workforce recruitment in the UK.
Centre for Care; 2026.
https://centreforcare.ac.uk/updates/2026/04/from-crisis-to-chronic-shortage-the-future-of-adult-social-care-workforce-recruitment-in-the-uk/
[This working paper examines the evolving immigration compliance pressures facing social care providers in the United Kingdom. These pressures have been situated within broader policy shifts around migration, workforce governance and post-Brexit regulation. Drawing on existing literature and informal stakeholder interviews, this working paper highlights how these administrative and ethical challenges have persisted and intensified for the social care sector.]
Freely available online

Perinatal Mental Health Bulletin  

Dear all,

Please click on the below link for the latest edition of this current awareness bulletin on the Trust Library webpage. The links to abstracts have been activated in this bulletin and if you click on the title, it will take you to either the abstract or a full text version.  

Perinatal Mental Health Bulletin March 2026

Some of the articles contained in the bulletin may be an Open Access article, which will be available for you download and some may be available to download via a GMMH Athens Account login. Some of the articles may be an abstract only, and the full text will have to be requested directly from the library.  

For faster, one-click access to articles you can link our resources to your device browser using LibKey-Nomad www.libkeynomad.com and following the onscreen instructions.

If you would like to subscribe to any of our other GMMH Current Awareness Bulletins, you can sign up using the GMMH Library and Knowledge Service Current Awareness Bulletin Request Form.

The Curve Library (Prestwich site) is open 8.30am-4.00pm Monday to Friday. Please email all library enquires to library@gmmh.nhs.uk.

Community Health Bulletin,

Dear all,

The latest Community Health Bulletin is ready for you to view at  https://www.evidentlybetter.org/community-bulletin/2026/04/21-april-2026/

In this edition:

  • RSV immunisation programme: JCVI advice, 18 March 2026
  • Supporting young people to transition into adolescent and adult services
  • Cause for alarm: what can safeguarding data tell us about the challenges facing health and care services?
  • “Nothing builds hope more powerfully than knowing you still matter to someone”: Family ties matter if we want to end the revolving door
  • Women’s voices to be at the heart of renewed health strategy
  • Unpacking the neighbourhood health framework: the good, the bad and the puzzling
  • Plus much more

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


Thank you

Report

Independent review into mental health conditions, ADHD and autism: interim report.
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC); 2026.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-review-into-mental-health-conditions-adhd-and-autism-interim-report
[Interim report outlining progress on the independent review into the prevalence and support for mental health conditions, ADHD and autism.]
Freely available online

Statistics

Adult mental health and wellbeing profile: April 2026 update.


Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID); 2026.
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/adult-mental-health-and-wellbeing-profile-april-2026-update


[Official statistics in development to support decision making when planning services to improve adult mental health and wellbeing at a local level in England. The April 2026 update includes a new indicator on model-based estimated prevalence of severe mental illness (SMI) and condition groups, and 4 updated indicators on mental health and one on smoking cessation and 3 updated indicators on substance misuse treatment.]
Freely available online

Government response to report on impact of body image on mental and physical health

The government has published a policy paper in reply to a Health and Social Care Committee on the impact of body image on mental and physical health. It says the government recognises the growing pressure on people to achieve an idealised body image, and that dissatisfaction with body image can have a significant impact on people’s mental and physical health throughout their lives.

The impact of body image on mental and physical health: government response to the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee’s second report of session 2022 to 2023 – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)