Mental Health Promotion Update
Please find link below for the July edition of the NIMHE Mental Health Promotion Update. This issue focuses on mental health promotion activity which supports the national suicide prevention strategy. Hard copies have been put in the post.
NIMHE is part of the Care Services Improvement Partnership:
www.csip.org.uk
http://www.nimhe.csip.org.uk/mhpromotionnewsletter
National Dementia Strategy Consultation – your chance to contribute:
Moo Ling Boey, Professional Affairs Officer at the COT is seeking your help to comment on the draft strategy to contribute to the College's response. The deadline for returning your comments to her is: 5pm, 25th August 2008.
Unfortunately, this document is only available as a download despite the description that there are also hard copies.
www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_085569
Policy Update
Attitudes to mental illness 2008 research report
Since March 1993, the Department of Health has placed a set of questions on TNS’s Face-to-Face Consumer Omnibus about public attitudes towards mental illness. From 1993 to 1997 the questions were asked on an annual basis and then every third year up until 2003. Since 2007 the survey has again been carried out annually. The surveys serve as a benchmark, enabling measurement of whether attitudes are improving or worsening over time.
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsStatistics/DH_084478
In the red: debt and mental health
Leading mental health charity Mind today publishes a shocking new report that shows that debt is a significant factor in worsening our mental health. As the credit crunch hits and the cost of living soars, this worrying new evidence shows the extent of debt's impact, with over 50 per cent of respondents going without food and heating.
http://www.mind.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/B8ACA0C3-C16C-45DE-886D-84F0745A1C9D/0/Mw08reportWeb.pdf
Experiences of children and young people caring for a parent with a mental health problem
This briefing focuses on the experiences of children and young people under 18 years of age who are caring for a parent or parents defined as having mental health problems. This publication is of use to any frontline workers or managers of both children's and adults' services, policy makers and Commissioners.
Mental Health Act 2007: report on the consultation exercises on the draft revised Code of Practice and secondary legislation
This report covers the consultation exercises conducted from 24 October 2007 to 24 January 2008 on the draft revised Code of Practice to the Mental Health Act 1983 and on the secondary legislation to be made in the light of the Mental Health Act 2007. It details the process, analyses the responses received and explains which comments were accepted and which discarded and why.
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Consultations/Responsestoconsultations/DH_084607
Contact details
Artem Gromov
The College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Section - Mental Health
106-114 Borough High Street
London SE1 1LB
Email: ssmembership.administration@cot.co.uk
Tel: 020 7450 5477
