Identifying and managing common mental health disorders. New NICE guideline...
NICE have published a new guideline today with the usual collection of supporting documents. Here’s the blurb from their website: This clinical guideline offers evidence-based advice on the care and...
View ArticleStepped care is no better than usual care in treating depression and anxiety...
There are increasing levels of interest in stepped care models to treat mental health problems in primary care. This randomised controlled trial investigated the effectiveness of a stepped care...
View ArticleNew NICE guide to commissioning mental health services
NICE have published a new guide to help commissioners, clinicians and managers who commission services for people with common mental health disorders. Here’s the blurb from the NICE press release:...
View ArticleSelf-help interventions are effective treatments for social phobia and panic...
The demand for psychological therapies far outstrips the supply and in this ongoing period of austerity we surely need to produce some cost-effective alternatives. One method that patients can attempt...
View ArticleHow to diagnose and treat medically unexplained physical symptoms and...
A multidisciplinary group of Dutch scientists have produced a guideline to help diagnose and treat medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS) and somatoform disorders (SD) in primary care,...
View ArticleDepression in adults with a chronic physical health problem: new update from...
NICE published a clinical guideline on the treatment and management of depression in adults with chronic physical health problems in 2009. This new evidence update refreshes that guidance by searching...
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