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Community Health Bulletin

The latest Community Health Bulletin is ready for you to view at  https://www.evidentlybetter.org/community-bulletin/2025/07/15-july-2025/

In this edition:

  • 10 Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future
  • Review of patient safety across the health and care landscape
  • Big Questions in Psychiatry: Responsibility in psychiatry exploring blame, compassion and mental illness (CPD eLearning)
  • BPS publishes refreshed guidance on assessment, formulation and diagnosis
  • What’s stopping us from self-caring? New Self-Care Forum data exposes deep inequalities in self-care confidence and behaviour
  • Obesity care: why “eat less, move more” advice is failing
  • Plus much more

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Learning Disabilities & Autism Bulletin

The latest Learning Disabilities & Autism bulletin is ready for you to view at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/learning-disability-autism/2025/07/16-july-2025/


In this edition:

  • Developing and testing of an assessment tool for appropriate psychotropic drug prescribing in people with intellectual disabilities
  • Understanding the child and adolescent eating disorder treatment experiences of autistic people and parents
  • The Phenomenon of Pain in Adults With Intellectual Disability: A Qualitative Systematic Review
  • “There is just too much going on there”: Nonverbal communication experiences of autistic adults
  • 10 Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future (easy read)
  • Understanding Brief Guides: Clear, accessible information for adults and carers
  • Plus much more

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Dementia Bulletin

The latest dementia bulletin from Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service has now been published at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/dementia/2025/07/21-july-2025/

In this issue:

  • Music therapy may reduce distress for people with dementia
  • Programme to improve sleep in people with dementia is cost-effective
  • Acupuncture for patients with mild cognitive impairment: a randomized, patient–assessor-blinded, sham-controlled pilot study
  • Therapy for a genetic type of FTD hailed as potentially ‘transformative’   
  • Plus much more

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Depression & Anxiety Bulletin

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/2025/07/8-july-2025-2/

In this edition:

  • Ten-year health plan misses the mark for mental health
  • NHS App could offer AI-driven mental health support
  • Harnessing digital innovation for children’s mental health
  • One in four young people in England have mental health condition, NHS survey finds
  • Plus much more

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Community Bulletin

The latest Community Health Bulletin is ready for you to view at  https://www.evidentlybetter.org/community-bulletin/2025/07/1-july-2025/

In this edition:

  • Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey: Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing, England, 2023/4
  • The healthy food standard is a win for the nation’s health
  • What is prevention in health?
  • Assisted dying Bill risks preventable deaths of people with treatable mental illness warns RCPsych
  • NHS England responds to ADHD Taskforce interim report
  • Engaging parents digitally: learning from the Tiny Happy People text messaging service
  • Plus much more

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Learning Disabilities & Autism Bulletin

The latest Learning Disabilities & Autism bulletin is ready for you to view at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/learning-disability-autism/2025/07/1-july-2025-2/


In this edition:

  • Living Through the COVID‐19 Pandemic: The Experiences of People With Profound and Multiple Intellectual Disabilities Through a Family Carer Lens
  • Re-imagining connection: the role of late autism diagnosis in eating disorder recovery and social support
  • Oliver McGowan code of practice
  • Webinar recording – Love and relationships for people with learning disabilities
  • Community feedback leads to better care for people with learning disabilities
  • ‘I love my fans, but also dread meeting them’ – life as an autistic elite footballer
  • Plus much more

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Suicide Prevention & Self Harm Bulletin

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:      

  • Applying language models for suicide prevention: evaluating news article adherence to WHO reporting guidelines
  • Feasibility and importance of universal suicide screening in a pediatric emergency department
  • Effects of childhood trauma on mental health outcomes, suicide risk factors and stress appraisals in adulthood
  • Use of childhood adversity and mental health admission patterns to predict suicide in young people
  • Domestic violence and suicide in women under the care of mental health services in the UK, 2015–2021: a national observational study
  • Plus much more

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Dementia Bulletin

The latest dementia bulletin from Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service has now been published at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/dementia/2025/06/23-june-2025/

In this issue:

  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) rejects Alzheimer’s treatments
  • Effectiveness of cognitive stimulation for individuals with mild cognitive impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  • Identification of core outcomes for quality in routine care provided to people living with dementia in Australia: a multilevel modified Delphi consensus study
  • ARUK and Cure Parkinson’s join forces to find new treatments for people living with Parkinson’s and dementia
  • Plus much more

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