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Tag Archives: Mental Health and Wellbeing
World Mental Health Day (WHO / BBC News / DHSC / Lancet / PHE / Education Policy Institute / NAO / HEE / APPG on Mental Health)
Summary Today is World Mental Health Day, which has aroused lots of announcements and initiatives. First Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care re-visited the national ambition for mental health to have … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), Depression, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Education England (HEE), In the News, International, Mental Health, National, National Audit Office, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, World Health Organization (WHO)
Tagged Access to Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services, Access to Children’s Mental Health Services, Access to IAPT Services, Access to Mental Health Services, All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Mental Health, All Party Parliamentary Group on Mental Health, Anne Longfield: Children’s Commissioner for England, Assisting People with Mental Ill Health Back Into Work: Individual Placement and Support (IPS), Awareness, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Campaigns, Awareness Raising, Benefit Changes and Mental Health Problems, Buddhify: Meditation and Mindfulness app, CAMHS Services, Campaign to End Loneliness, Centre for Mental Health, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), Children and Young People’s Mental Health, Children's Commissioner for England, Claire Murdoch: NHS England’s National Director for Mental Health, Discrimination / Stigma, Economic Hardship Associated With Higher Demand for Mental Health Care, Education Policy Institute, Every Mind Matters Campaign (Mental Health Awareness), Every Mind Matters Campaign (PHE), Five Year Forward View for Mental Health, Five Year Forward View for Mental Health (5YFVMH), Five Year Forward View for Mental Health: APPG on Mental Health Review (2018), Former Prime Minster: Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Global Burden of Mental Illness, Global Mental Health, Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit, Good Thinking, Heads Together Initiative, Helen Whately MP: Chair of the APPG on Mental Health, IAPT: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, Improving Access to Mental Health Services, Improving Access to Mental Health Services by 2020, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT), Improving Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services (NAO), Individual Placement and Support (IPS): Helping People with Mental Ill Health Back Into Work, Investment in Mental Health, Investment in Mental Health Services, Jackie Doyle-Price: Suicide Prevention Minister, Jo Hutchinson: Director for Social Mobility and Vulnerable Learners at Education Policy Institute, Lancet Commission on Global Mental Health and Sustainable Development, Long Waiting Times, Lynne Miller: IPS Grow National Lead, Matt Hancock: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Mental Health and Illness, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health Foundation, Mental Health Support in Schools, Mental Health Support Teams, Mental Resilience, MHFA England, Mind, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Training, National Audit Office (NAO), NHS Tracker Service (BBC), NSUN, Oxford Mindfulness Centre, Parity Between Mental and Physical Health, Parity of Esteem, Paul Farmer (Mind), PHE: Public Health England, Professor David Clark: Clinical Adviser to NHS England for IAPT, PTSD, Public Health England (PHE), Research Evidence for IPS: Centre for Mental Health, Rethink, Rethink Mental Illness, Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCP), Royal Foundation, Rt Hon Theresa May MP (Former Prime Minster), Ruth Sutherland: Samaritans CEO, Samaritans, Samaritans’ Helpline (Extra Funding), Self-Care, Self-Care Programmes, State of the Nation Report on World Mental Health Day (Annually 2019-), Stigma of Mental Health Problems, Stigma Reduction, Sue Baker: Director of Time to Change, Suicide Prevention Minister, Tackling Stigma and Improving Attitudes to Mental Illness, Time to Change, Time To Change (Mental Health Campaign), Unmet Mental Health Needs, Unmet Need, What Works Centre for Wellbeing, WHO: World Mental Health Day 2018, Workplace Stress, World Mental Health Day, World Mental Health Day (2018), Young People and Mental Health in a Changing World: WHO's World Mental Health Day 2018
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Systematic Review of Meaningful Activity for People With Dementia in Long-Term Care (Cochrane Database / NIHR Signal / PLoS Medicine)
Summary Mainstream opinion is nowadays in favour of providing personally-tailored meaningful activity for people with dementia in long-term care, as a means of improving mental wellbeing and quality of life, and / or reducing challenging behaviour without resort to antipsychotics. … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, NIHR, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Agitation, Agitation and Aggression, Alternatives to Antipsychotics, Alternatives to Medication for Agitation, Antipsychotic Prescribing in Care Homes, Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Best Practice in Care Homes, Broaden-and-Build Theory, Care Homes, Care Homes Wellbeing, Division of Psychiatry and Applied Psychology: University of Nottingham, Division of Psychiatry: University College London, Encouraging Independence and Social Interaction, Exeter University, Exeter University Medical School: Exeter University, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences: University of Hull, Faculty of Medicine: University of Freiburg, Germany, Helse Stavanger University Hospital (Norway), Improving Wellbeing and Health for People with Dementia (WHELD) Trial, Individualized Positive Psychosocial Intervention (IPPI), Individualized Positive Psychosocial Interventions, Individualized Social Activity Intervention (ISAI), Institute for Evidence in Medicine (for Cochrane Germany Foundation): University of Freiburg, Institute of Mental Health: University of Nottingham, Kings College London, London School of Economics, Maintaining Identity, Maintaining Independence, Managing Agitation, Managing Ongoing Physical and Mental Health Conditions, Meaningful Activity, Meaningful Activity and Occupation, Meaningful Activity in Care Homes / Nursing Homes, Meaningful Occupation, Meaningful Occupation Interventions, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health and Wellbeing in Adult Social Care, Mental Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing and Older People, Mental Wellbeing of Older People in Care Homes, Mental Wellbeing of Older People in Care Homes (QS50), Mental Wellbeing of Older People in Care Homes: Support for Commissioning, Montessori Principles, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), National Institute for Health Research Signal, Need-Driven Dementia-Compromised Behavior (NDB) Model, Needs of Older People Living in Care Homes, NICE Quality Standard QS50, NIHR Signal, Norway, Nursing Homes, Occupational Therapy, Occupational Therapy in Care Homes, Occupational Therapy Programmes, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Patient Engagement, People with Dementia in Care Homes, People With Dementia in Long-Term Care, People With Dementia Living in Care Homes, People With Dementia Living in Nursing Homes, Person-Centred Activities for People With Dementia Living in Nursing Homes, Person-Centred Care Training for People With Dementia Living in Nursing Homes, Personal Identity, Personalised Social Interaction, Personally Tailored Activities for People With Dementia in Long-Term Care, PLoS Medicine, Preventing Isolation, Professor Martin Orrell, Recreational Activities, Recreational Stimulation, Reducing Agitation and Distress, Reducing Antipsychotic Drugs in Care Homes, Reducing Antipsychotic Medication in Care Homes, Reducing Antipsychotic Prescriptions in Dementia, Reducing Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics, Reducing Violence and Aggression, Reminiscence Therapy, Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs), Residential Care, Residential Care Homes, Sawinery, Self-Determination Theory, Social Interaction, Systematic Reviews, Treatment Routes for Exploring Agitation (TREA) Framework, University College London, University of Freiburg, University of Hull, University of Nottingham, WHELD Intervention, WHELD Programme, Woodworking (Hobby), Woodworking for the Elderly
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