• Depression Alliance uses Depression Awareness Week to call for improved services
• Published on Apr 22, 2010

The depression and anxiety charity, Depression Alliance, is using this year’s Depression Awareness Week (19th April to 23rd April) to focus attention on depression and anxiety services, with the launch of a new guide, Daring to Implement: Case studies to inspire commissioning of services for depression and anxiety.

• Disruptive children ‘could have undiagnosed communication problems’
• Published on Apr 22, 2010

Children at risk of exclusion from school could have autistic behavioural traits, according to new research.

• New research to help smokers with mental illness
• Published on Apr 22, 2010

Researchers at The University of Nottingham have won government funding to improve the services which help people living with serious mental illness to tackle their tobacco dependence.

• NICE sets national standard for neuropathic pain drug treatments
• Published on Mar 24, 2010

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has outlined the most effective drugs that healthcare professionals in general and community settings should prescribe adults with neuropathic pain.

• New Horizons programme launched by the government
• Published on Dec 09, 2009

A cross-government programme of action has been launched to improve the mental well-being of people in England and drive up the quality of mental health care.