NICE News – Cash boost for psychological therapies to treat mental health

NICE News – Cash boost for psychological therapies to treat mental health, February, 2011, NICE Click on the title above to access the News item Abstract: £400 million is to be invested into improving access to NICE-approved psychological therapies, as part of the Government’s new strategy to transform the mental health and well-being of the [...]

No Health without Mental Health – a major step forward in mainstreaming mental health and supporting the Government’s important aim of achieving parity of esteem between physical and mental health

No Health without Mental Health , February, 2011, Department of Health Click on the title to access the full-text of this report Abstract: No health without mental health: a cross-Government mental health outcomes strategy for people of all ages represents a major step forward in mainstreaming mental health and supporting the Government’s important aim of achieving [...]

Computerised cognitive behavioural therapy and its uses

Computerised cognitive behavioural therapy and its uses, Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry, 2010,Vol.14, (3), pgs. 22–29 Eva Kaltenthaler and Kate Cavanagh Abstract: The use of computer software programmes to deliver cognitive behavioural therapy to people with mental health disorders is becoming increasingly popular. Here the authors describe what conditions computerised cognitive behavioural therapy may be [...]

Potential NHS savings through implementing NICE guidelines

Potential NHS savings through implementing NICE guidelines,  Prescriber, Volume 21, Issue 19, 2010, pgs. 67–69 Steve Chaplin Abstract: The NICE has calculated how much money could be saved if a selected number of its guidelines and appraisals were fully implemented. Lancashire Care staff can request the full-text of this paper, email: susan.jennings@lancashirecare.nhs.uk

NICE guideline: ADHD – Guideline review

NICE guideline: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Archives of Disease in Childhood Education & Practice, 2010 Feb;95(1):24-7 Atkinson M, Hollis C Division of Child Health, Nottingham University Hospital, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK Guideline Review Abstract: ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) is a heterogeneous behavioural syndrome characterised by maladaptive levels of hyperactivity, impulsivity and inattention. [...]

Can the NICE quality standards help drive NHS improvements?

Can the NICE quality standards help drive NHS improvements? British Journal of Nursing, 2010 Aug 12; 19 (15): 982-3 Glasper A Abstract: Professor Alan Glasper examines the implications of the NICE quality standards, which are designed, in part, to support health professionals such as nurses in making informed, evidence-based care decisions in the best interests [...]

The process of producing a “NICE” guideline

The process of producing a “NICE” guideline, Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale, 2010 Jul-Sep;19(3):211-3 Goldberg D Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London, United Kingdom Abstract: This paper describes the process of preparing a Clinical Guideline for “NICE”, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence in the United Kingdom. The procedure involves the group appointed to prepare the [...]

Management of generalised anxiety disorder in adults: summary of NICE guidance.

Management of generalised anxiety disorder in adults: summary of NICE guidance, BMJ, 2011 Jan 26;342:c7460 Kendall T, Cape J, Chan M, Taylor C National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health, Royal College of Psychiatrists, London E1 8AA, UK Abstract: Generalised anxiety disorder affects about 4.4% of the adult population in England.1 It is characterised by worry [...]

Improving adherence to NICE guidance for bipolar illness: valproate use in women of childbearing potential

Improving adherence to NICE guidance for bipolar illness: valproate use in women of childbearing potential , The Psychiatrist 2011 v. 35, p. 63-67 Shubhra Mace and David Taylor Abstract: Aims and method To assess the impact in the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust of a 20-month quality improvement programme on adherence with National [...]