Anxiety and OCD: onset aged 5, treatment aged 55
David Monk looks back at the early onset of his struggle with anxiety, and shares his thoughts on what is needed to improve the wellbeing of young people
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Pre-course materials
Supporting What Works course: Please download these documents if you are attending the course “Supporting What Works: Essential Training for Teams Hosting IPS” Motivational Interviewing course: Please download these documents if you are attending the course “Motivational Interviewing”
Punjabi communities, Covid-19 and mental health
Shuranjeet Singh explains how Taraki has looked beyond reductive labels to explore the pandemic’s impact on the mental health of Punjabi communities
Covid-19 Forecast Modelling Toolkit
This toolkit has been devised for local areas to calculate a forecast of additional demand for mental health services resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic. It has been a collaboration between NHS Trusts, NHS England and Centre for Mental Health. The slide-deck and the excel spreadsheet must be used together. The original model was released on
The NHS workforce strategy in context
There is growing evidence that demand for mental health support will increase in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. In order to respond to this demand and deliver existing commitments to grow mental health services as part of the NHS Long Term Plan, more mental health practitioners must be recruited. This short briefing explores the
Covid-19 is widening the inequalities faced by autistic people – but this is not inevitable
Georgia Harper looks at the impact Covid-19 and lockdown have had on the mental health of autistic people
Clinical psychology in primary care
We look at services meeting the needs of people who previously got little or no effective help for their mental or physical health from the NHS
Clinical psychology in GP surgeries improves care and should be more widely available, says new report
Our report explores the benefits of providing clinical psychologists in GP surgeries and communities
Mental health services and Covid-19: Policy briefing
Our summary of studies on the experiences of people who access and work in mental health services, and the implications for policymakers
The space between us
Children’s mental health and wellbeing in rural, remote and isolated areas