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Peer support in mental health care: is it good value for money?
5 Jun 2013
This paper makes a first attempt at assessing whether peer support provides value for money, looking specifically at whether peer support workers can reduce psychiatric inpatient bed use.
A need to belong
21 May 2013
What leads girls to join gangs? Girls with links to gangs are, on average, three times more vulnerable than most other children in the Youth Justice system, according to this report
Briefing 46: The NHS Mandate and its implications for mental health
1 May 2013
The briefing outlines key actions for NHS England and clinical commissioning groups to deliver improvements in the way we treat long-term conditions and tackle health inequalities.
The Mental Health Treatment Requirement
3 Dec 2012
The MHTR has unfulfilled potential to offer offenders with mental health problems the option of a sentence in the community.
Briefing 45: Probation services and mental health
This briefing summarises the ways in which health and probation services can work together to meet the needs of offenders with mental health problems.
Liaison psychiatry in the modern NHS
8 Nov 2012
Liaison Psychiatry in the Modern NHS suggests that liaison psychiatry services can save an average hospital £5 million a year by reducing the number and length of admissions to beds.
Recovery, public mental health and wellbeing
24 Oct 2012
This paper outlines how public mental health and the wellbeing movement can contribute to one of the key challenges for recovery: increasing opportunities for building a life beyond illness,.
A chance to change
15 Oct 2012
Parenting interventions can dramatically improve children’s futures but they must be made widely available, delivered well and targeted at the children who need them most, according to a report from Centre for Mental Health.
Recovery, personalisation and personal budgets
12 Sep 2012
This paper explores the links between recovery and personalisation and demonstrates how both are part of a common agenda for mental health system transformation.
Unsung heroes
10 May 2012
This report draws together what we know about how the families and children of Service personnel are supported to deal with the emotional and psychological impact of deployment and training.
Dual diagnosis: a challenge for the reformed NHS and for Public Health England
1 Mar 2012
The 2012 health reforms posed both threats and opportunities for people with dual diagnosis or multiple needs. This discussion paper from that time looks at the likely implications.
Long term conditions and mental health: the cost of co-morbidities
9 Feb 2012
Patients with a long-term condition and co-existing mental health issue face poorer clinical outcomes and a significantly lower quality of life than people with a physical health problem alone.