New Horizons programme launches
Following successful consultation last year, 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.
Presentations from PD Congress
Over 250 people came together at the International Convention Centre, Birmingham, today to celebrate developments in the personality disorder field at the 1st National Personality Disorder Congress. Download presentations from day one.
New Horizons: towards a shared vision for mental health – consultation closed
The New Horizons consultation has now closed. The Department of Health mental health policy team are currently looking at what people said in response to the consultation and plan to publish the final New Horizons approach before the end of 2009.
The 1st National Personality Disorder Congress
The First National PD Congress will be held on Thursday 19 – Friday 20 November 2009 at the International Convention Centre, Birmingham. The Congress will bring together service users, clinicians, commissioners, policy makers and managers from community and forensic services and networks for two days of educational, thought-provoking, artistic and inspirational activity.
Mental Health First Aid Guidelines
The Mental Health First Aid Guidelines contain information about how a member of the community can give initial help to someone who they think might be developing or experiencing a mental illness or a mental health crisis.
New Horizons – a new vision for mental health and wellbeing
New Horizons is a new strategy that will promote good mental health and well-being, whilst improving services for people who have mental health problems.
Mental health bulletin with data from the Mental Health Minimum Data Set annual returns
The report provides analyses at national level of all England data and covers the years 2003-2004 to 2007-2008.
Adult Psychiatric Morbidity in England, 2007: results of a household survey
The Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS) series provides data on the prevalence of both treated and untreated psychiatric disorder in the English adult population (aged 16 and over. This survey is the third in a series and was conducted by the National Centre for Social Research in collaboration with the University of Leicester for the NHS Information Centre for health and social care.
Statistics about inpatients formally detained in hospitals 1997-2008
This annual publication summarises information about people detained under the 1983 Mental Health Act in NHS facilities, including high security psychiatric hospitals, and independent hospitals.
Implementing the amended Mental Health Act 1983
The Department of Health has updated their key documents and added a new Frequently Asked Questions section to their website to help people find out more about the Mental Health Act 2007.