National Health Service

NHS could give therapy before anti-depressants, under new guidelines

The BBC reports : “People in England with mild depression should first be offered behavioural therapy or group exercise instead of medication, according to new advice. The clinical watchdog [the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE)] also recommends mindfulness and meditation…
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NHS England launch a “Comprehensive Model of Personalised Care”

In January 2019 the National Health Service (NHS) in England launched a “Comprehensive Model of Personalised Care”, aimed at giving people more choice about – and control over – their healthcare. In terms of mental healthcare this is clearly a…
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Intelligent Kindness: Reforming the Culture of Healthcare

The National Health Service (NHS) is obviously of pivotal importance in relation to mental healthcare within the UK. This book about the NHS has been written by John Ballatt and Penelope Campling. The publishers say: “Intelligent Kindness is a powerful new…
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Explore England’s drug prescription data

The prescribing of psychiatric drugs touches on a range of key issues when it comes to discussing a new vision for mental health. Such prescriptions are running at massive and ever-increasing levels. To give just one small example, a July…
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