£22 million for ground-breaking children’s mental health programme
Up to £22m will be pumped into a pioneering programme to give children with mental health problems access to psychological therapies in a wider range of places. Read more »
Monthly Archives: February 2012
Liaison Psychiatry and the management of long-term conditions and medically unexplained symptoms
This report, published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, outlines the role of liaison psychiatry in delivering a comprehensive care pathway for people with long-term conditions and medically unexplained symptoms. Read more »
Guidance for commissioners of primary mental health care services
This guide describes what good quality, modern, primary mental health care services look like. Read more »
Long-term conditions and mental health: The cost of co-morbidities
This paper, published jointly by The King’s Fund and the Centre for Mental Health, suggests that developing more integrated support for people with mental and physical health problems could improve outcomes and play an important part in helping the NHS meet the quality, innovation, productivity and prevention challenge. Read more »
Guidance for the use of substitute prescribing in the treatment of opioid dependence in primary care
This guidance covers the use of substitute medication, which can be an important element in the treatment of opioid dependent patients and their medically assisted recovery. Read more »
Guidance for commissioners of mental health services for young people in transition
This guide describes what ‘good’ looks like for a modern transitions service from child and adolescent mental health services to adult mental health services. Read more »
Guidance for commissioners of liaison mental health services to acute hospitals
This guide describes what ‘good looks like’ for a modern acute liaison service. Read more »