Position statement on mental health payment systemsThis position statement, published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, outlines the College’s views on the mental health payment systems formerly known as Payment by Results. Read more »
Integrated Physical Health PathwayThe Integrated Physical Health Pathway, developed by Rethink Mental Illness, is a resource that supports health professionals to coordinate physical health monitoring for people affected by mental illness and ensure information is communicated effectively between services. 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 »
Improving mental and physical healthThis website developed by the Royal College of Psychiatrists signposts you to relevant guidance and practical tools for supporting the physical health of people with mental health problems and learning difficulties and the mental health of people with physical health problems. Read more »
Information leaflets for people with learning disability and their carersThis series of information leaflets, published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, cover mental health conditions and medications for people with mental health problems and learning disabilities. Read more »
Whole-person care: from rhetoric to realityThis report, published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, sets out a definition and vision for how to achieve parity of esteem between mental and physical health in practice.
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This factsheet looks at how to recognise signs of serious behavioural problems such as conduct disorder, and gives some practical advice about how to deal with this and get help. Read more »
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 »
No health without public mental healthThis position statement published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists asserts that the clinical engagement in commissioning for public mental health is essential to ensure that effectiveness, quality and safety are prioritised and waste of resources is avoided. Read more »
The management of patients with physical and psychological problems in primary care: a practical guideThis joint report, written by members of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the Royal College of General Practitioners, has arisen as a result of increasing recognition of the need to address patients’ psychological welfare as well as their physical needs. Read more »
Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS)HoNOS (Health of the Nation Outcomes Scales) was developed during the early 90s by the Royal College of Psychiatrists as a measure of the health and social functioning of people with severe mental illness. Read more »