Psychological wellbeing and work: improving service provision and outcomesThis report, commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions and the Department of Health, explores proposals to improve employment and health outcomes for people with common mental health problems. Read more »
Preventing suicide in England: one year onThis annual report on England’s cross-government suicide prevention strategy, ‘Preventing suicide in England: one year on’, sets out key actions that local areas can take to prevent suicides. Read more »
Well Happy AppWellHappy is a free health app which aims to help young people in London age 12-25 to find local support services in and around London including mental health, sexual health, drugs, alcohol and stop smoking services. Read more »
Mental health for all by involving allIn this video Vikram Patel discusses an initiative to train members of communities to give mental health interventions, empowering ordinary people to care for others. Read more »
Patient suicide: the impact of service changes. A UK wide studyThis UK wide study led by the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness explores evidence for how services can reduce suicide. Read more »
Housing and mental healthThis briefing, published by the NHS Confederation, explores how mental health providers and housing associations can work together to improve the quality and reduce the costs of housing for people with mental health problems. Read more »
Winterbourne View: transforming care one year onThe report provides a review of progress in improving the quality of care for vulnerable people, following abuse of residents at Winterbourne View hospital. Read more »
Scottish Government: Suicide Prevention Strategy 2013 – 2016The Scottish Government’s suicide prevention strategy to 2016 sets out key areas of work to reduce the number of suicides in Scotland. Read more »
Understanding emotional wellbeing and physical health careThis knowledge summary provides an introduction to understanding emotional wellbeing and physical health care. It covers physiologically explainable symptoms, the impact of emotional wellbeing on physical health and physical care for people with severe mental illness. Read more »
Understanding severe mental health problemsThis knowledge summary provides an introduction to understanding severe mental health problems. It covers prevalence, associated social problems and interventions that can promote recovery. Read more »
Break the silence for suicide attempt survivorsIn this video JD Schramm asks us to break the silence surrounding suicide and suicide attempts, and to create much-needed resources to help people who reclaim their life after escaping death. Read more »
Five Ways to Wellbeing appThe Five Ways to Wellbeing app, developed by Somerset Public Health, helps people improve their well-being through everyday activities No rules, no regulations. Read more »
What’s so funny about mental illness?In this video Ruby Wax who was diagnosed a decade ago with clinical depression, urges us to put an end to the stigma of mental illness. Read more »
Smoking and mental healthPeople with mental illness are more likely to smoke heavily than the general population. This briefing published by the NHS Confederation’s Mental Health Network provides the background to smoking prevalence and the consequences for people with mental illness. Read more »
Black Mental Health UKBlack Mental Health UK (BMH UK) is a human rights campaigns group that focuses on raising awareness of and seeing a reduction in the disproportionate numbers of people from the UK’s African Caribbean communities subject to detention under the Mental Health Act. Read more »
NICE Clinical Guideline CG170: management of autism in children and young peopleThis clinical guideline offers best practice advice on the care of children and young people with autism. Read more »
Work and mental healthThis website signposts you to relevant guidance and practical tools designed to help you through the maze of issues on work and mental health. Read more »
GPG1 Developing and updating local formulariesThis guidance, published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), provides good practice recommendations for the systems and processes needed to ensure NHS organisations develop and update local formularies effectively and in accordance with statutory requirements. Read more »
Public mental health: An overviewIn this presentation Dr Jonathan Campion explains the role of public mental health in promoting wellbeing and improving outcomes for services and the people who use them. Read more »
Modernising Mental Health in Bristol – a case studyThis presentation by Dr David Soodeen and Christina Gray describes work to re-design Bristol’s mental health services and care pathways in collaboration with people who use services, their carers and families. Read more »