Posted on February 27, 2008 by sjennings29
Improving Access to Psychological Therapies implementation plan: National guidelines for regional delivery, 26th February 2008, Department of Health
This document provides SHAs, PCTs, training providers and service providers with an overview of what is needed to deliver the implementation of IAPT. The additional funding from the Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 will pay for the major [...]
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Posted on February 27, 2008 by sjennings29
Latest Evidence for Learning Disabilities Specialist Library from the NLH, February 2008
Each month this brings you the latest LD evidence. This issue includes a review of mood stabilisers and anti-epileptic medications involved in the management of behaviour problems in adults with intellectual disability; the psychological, emotional and social outcomes of supported employment; and a study [...]
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Guidance on nominating a consultee for research involving adults who lack capacity to consent, February 2008, Department of Health
This guidance sets out how to identify an appropriate consultee for the purposes of section 32 of the Mental Capacity Act.
The Act requires the researcher to take reasonable steps to identify a person who, as a [...]
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Posted on February 27, 2008 by sjennings29
Initial Severity and Antidepressant Benefits: A Meta-Analysis of Data Submitted to the Food and Drug Administration , 26th February 2008, Plos Medicine, Systematic Review
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Irving Kirsch, Brett J. Deacon, Tania B. Huedo-Medina, Alan Scoboria, Thomas J. Moore, Blair T. Johnson
There seems little reason to prescribe anti-depressant medication to any but the most [...]
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