Key Documents
Below is a selection of documents that are of key interest to Mental Health staff
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Resource Title |
Description |
Date |
| Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) | NICE guidelines | September 2008 |
| A Misspent Opportunity? | In this report the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia examines initial progress made by Primary Care Trusts in England towards implementing the National Dementia Strategy | March 2010 |
| Autism Spectrum Disorders in Adults Living in Households throughout England | Report from the adult psychiatric morbidity survey 2007 | September 2009 |
| Changes in offending following prescribing for drug misuse | Research briefing from the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse | November 2008 |
| Coercion and Consent: monitoring the Mental Health Act 2007-2009 | The Mental Health Act Commission 13th Biennial Report 2007-2009 | July 2009 |
| Commissioning IAPT for the whole community: improving access to psychological therapies |
This document is intended to assist commissioners (including practice-based commissioners), to deliver Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services that are effective and appropriate for the whole community, using innovative ways of meeting the needs of local people. It is drawn from the work of the IAPT special interest groups (SIGs). |
February 2009 |
| Commissioning mental wellbeing | National Mental Health Development Unit | November 2010 |
| Commissioning services and support for people with learning disabilities and complex needs | Care Quality Commission report | March 2009 |
| Commissioning services for people with dementia | Department of Health | July 2011 |
| Common Grounds? | Report on the conference:"Building alliances for positive mental health:communities, community development and service user groups" |
July 2008 |
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Completing the revolution: transforming mental health and tackling povery |
Mental Health Working Group: Centre for Social Justice |
October 2011 |
| Confident Communities, Brighter Futures: a framework for developing well-being | Department of Health, Mental Health Division report | March 2010 |
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A report from SANE | October 2008 |
| Count me in 2008 |
Results of the 2008 national census of inpatients in mental health and learning disability services in England and Wales |
November 2008 |
| Dementia: Out of the Shadows | People with dementia have spoken out about the impact and stigma a diagnosis has on their lives in a new Alzheimer's Society report called Dementia: Out of the Shadows | October 2008 |
| Dementia 2010: the economic burden of dementia and associated research funding in the United Kingdom | Report form the Alzheimer's Research Trust | February 2010 |
| Drug Education: an Entitlement for all | A report to Government by the Advisory Group on Drug and Alcohol education | 2008 |
| Drug Misuse Declared: Findings from the 2007/08 British Crime Survey | These statistics cover self-reported drug use for adults and young people in England and Wales from the 2007-08 British Crime Survey | October 2008 |
| Equality in later life: A national study of older people’s mental health services | Healthcare Commission report | March 2009 |
| Fairer care funding: the Dilnot Report |
Commission on Funding of Care and Support |
July 2011 |
| A Future Vision for Mental Health | A report from the Future Vision Coalition | July 2009 |
| Guide for Commissioners of Services for People with Learning Disabilities who Challenge Services | Report from the National Development Team for Inclusion | November 2010 |
| Health Inequalities and and People with Learning Disabilities in the UK: 2011: Implications and actions for commissioners and providers of social care |
Improving Health & Lives: Learning Disabilities Observatory |
December 2011 |
| Healthcare for all | Report of the independent inquiry into access to healthcare for people with learning disabillities | July 2008 |
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Improving Health and Lives Learning Disabilities Observatory |
July 2012 | |
| Independent Mental Health Advocacy: guidance for commissioners | This guide outlines the statutory independent mental health advocacy (IMHA) role and discusses good practice for the IMHA services and recommended commissioning processes | December 2008 |
| Joining the conversation - social media and mental health services |
NHS Confederation: Mental Health Network |
November 2011 |
| Learning Difficulties: future challenges | This Mental Capital & Wellbeing project report, published by the Government Office for Science is for all health professionals with an interest in child development | September 2008 |
| Long-term conditions and mental health:the cost of co-morbidities | Report from the King's Fund and the Centre for Mental Health | February 2012 |
| Maximising resources in adult mental health | Audit Commission briefing | June 2010 |
| This Mental Capital & Wellbeing project report, published by the Governement Office for Science is for all health professsionals who have an interest in mental development | September 2008 | |
| Care Quality Commission | December 2011 | |
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Mental health and the productivity challenge: improving quality and value for money |
King's Fund report | December 2010 |
| Mental Health: future challenges | This Mental Capital & Wellbeing project report, published by the Governement Office for Science is for all health professsionals who have an interest in mental health |
September 2008 |
| Mental Health: resilience and inequalities | Report from the World Health Organization | 2009 |
| Mental health inequalities: measuring what counts | Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health | February 2010 |
| Mental Wellbeing and Older People | NICE Public Health intervention guidance | October 2008 |
| Munro Review of Child Protection: Interim Report: The Child's Journey | Professor Eileen Munro | February 2011 |
| National confidential inquiry into suicide and homicide by people with mental illness | University of Manchester research | July 2010 |
| National Dementia Strategy | The first ever National Dementia Strategy is a landmark document that will transform the quality of dementia care. DH | February 2009 |
| Department of Health strategy | February 2011 | |
| No Health without Public Mental Health: the case for action | Report from the Royal College of Psychiatrists | October 2010 |
| Out of sight: stopping the neglect and abuse of people with a learning disability | Mencap: report following the Winterbourne investigation | August 2012 |
| Out of the Shadows? | Review by YoungMinds of the responses to reccommmendations made in: Pushed into the Shadows | October 2008 |
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This briefing paper is one of a series for the Implementing Recovery through Organisational Change project, managed by the NHS Confederation Mental Health Network and Centre for Mental Health |
October 2012 | |
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Safe and Appropriate Care for Young People on Adult Mental Health Wards |
This report sets out the first set of agreed crtieria on what constitutes safe and appropriate care for young people on adult mental health wards | January 2009 |
| Self-harm, Suicide and Risk: Helping People who Self-harm | Final report of a working party at the Royal College of Psychiatrists | July 2010 |
| Seven steps to patient safety in mental health | The Seven steps to patient safety in mental health describes a framework for mental health organisation’s staff and teams on which to build work towards improving the safety of service users | November 2008 |
| Shifting Responsibilities, Sharing Costs | Report by the Social Market Foundation on meeting the Mental Health challenge for welfare reform | 2008 |
| Smoking,drinking and drug use among young people in England in 2009 | NHS Information Centre report | July 2010 |
| Statistics of mentally disordered offenders | National Statistics for 2007 from the Ministry of Justice | February 2009 |
| Supporting people with autism through adulthood | This report examines the range of services for adults with autism and their carers in England, including health and social care, education, benefits and employment support | June 2009 |
| Targeted Mental Health in Schools Project | This guide supports the strategic integration of all agencies involved in the delivery of child and adolescent mental health services (including schools) so that they can work together to deliver flexible, responsive and effective early intervention mental health services | 2008 |
| Three years on: Survey of the emotional development and well-being of children and young people | This 2007 survey followed up the second national survey of children's mental health carried out in 2004 | October 2008 |
| Valuing Employment Now: real jobs for people with learning disabilities | The strategy sets out a vision to increase the number of real jobs for people with learning disabilities with appropriate support being provided, and close the employment gap with their employment rate and that of the disabled population as a whole | June 2009 |
| Valuing people now: a new three-year strategy for people with learning disabilities | Department of Health strategy in response to the Healthcare for all inquiry | January 2009 |
| Ofsted Report | March 2013 | |
| What about us? | This report sets out guidelines for improving the experiences of young people with learning difficulties in mainstream education | October 2008 |
| Whole-person care: from rhetoric to reality: achieving parity between mental and physical health | RCPsych report | March 2013 |
| World class commissioning for the health and wellbeing of people with learning disabilities | Department of Health commissioning guide | November 2009 |
