A slow emergence into something new – life after cancer
David reflects on his gradual psychological recovery from cancer
Type: Blog
Collaborative Care
The coexistence of mental and physical health problems requires a whole-person approach to intervention. The best evidence points to the Collaborative Care model.
Type: Publication
Equally Well UK
A collaborative to support the physical health of people with a mental illness
Type: Page
Physical activity & mental health: two for the price of one
Public health consultant Dr Lisa McNally writes a new guest blog for Centre for Mental Health on the value and importance of supporting physical activity among people living with mental health difficulties.
Type: Blog
Co-morbidities: physical health and mental health problems together
The cost to the health system and to wider society of mental health problems among people with physical illnesses is considerable.
Type: Page
“Parity of esteem”
Parity of esteem is the principle by which mental health must be given equal priority to physical health. There are however many areas where parity of esteem has not yet been realised.
Type: Page
Liaison psychiatry
Psychiatric liaison services provide mental health care to people being treated for physical health conditions in general hospitals.
Type: Page
Outcomes and performance in liaison psychiatry
Psychiatric service models that seek to bring its benefits to the people in our acute care hospitals and medical and surgical care pathways have struggled to defend their value for the want of adequate measures of outcome.
Type: Publication
Managing patients with complex needs
Improving mental health care for people with complex needs can reduce pressures on GPs and hospitals as well as dramatically improving people’s lives.
Type: Publication
Parity of esteem: a briefing note
Parity of esteem is the principle by which mental health must be given equal priority to physical health. This briefing note gives an overview of the situation and the impacts.
Type: Publication