‘Dickens’ will have to change the title!

Self-harm in England: a tale of three cities May 2007, from the journal Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
If you would like the full-text of this article, please send a request to susan.jennings@lancashirecare.nhs.uk. thankyou
From the leader author on self-harm, Keith Hawton and friends look at a multicentre study of self harm.
Background: Self-harm is a major healthcare problem [...]

Mental Health Act 2007 Implementation Self Assessment Tool

Mental Health Act 2007 Implementation Self Assessment Tool
Produced by the Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP) , the aim of the ISAT is to help organisations providing services under the Act to prepare for a timely and effective implementation of the new legislation. The tool will be useful to service commissioners. Although its primary target is [...]

NICE implementation uptake report

NICE implementation uptake report: lithium and valproate prescribing for bipolar disorder
NICE implementation uptake reports provide information on national trends and activity associated with technologies recommended in NICE guidance.
Overview
Latest trends show that the prescribing rate for lithium is steady, in line with expectations for this drug.  Lithium is an established treatment for bipolar disorder and continues [...]

One for the Pharmacists

Talking About Medicines: The management of medicines in trusts providing mental health services from the Healthcare Commission 2007.
  Surveys of people using mental health services and audits undertaken as part of this
review have provided evidence of a very high use of medicines in care plans (on average
92% of people who responded to the survey of [...]