Mental health & wellbeing

The following selected resources can be used to inform prevention, detection and treatment of mental illness, and management of mental health and wellbeing. Includes sections: 'Overview'; 'Depression & anxiety'; 'Suicide prevention'; 'Delirium' and 'Dementia'.

Overview

COVID-19 impact:

• COVID19: Mental health and wellbeing surveillance report - a routinely updated report published by Public Health England
• Wider impacts of COVID-19 on health (WICH) monitoring tool - routinely updated tool including a range of national indicators relevant to mental health and wellbeing, with the majority broken down by age group. Published by Public Health England.
• COVID-19: guidance for the public on mental health and wellbeing published by Public Health England
• Home Truths: Experiences of people in later life during COVID-19 (2020) - a report on findings from 3 surveys conducted between March and September 2020 and recommendations published by Independent Age
• The impact of COVID-19 to date on older people's mental and physical health (2020) - a report on findings from a survey conducted August 2020 published by Age UK
  

General resources:

• Mental Health, Dementia and Neurology - data profiling tools and other data resources published by Public Health Englannd
• Guidance - Better mental health: JSNA toolkit published by Public Health England
• Data and publications related to wellbeing published by the Office for National Statistics. Includes timely reporting of national wellbeing measures since April 2020.
• Annual personal well-being estimates - local and national level data published by the Office for National Statistics
• Guidance on mental wellbeing and older people published by the National Institute of Health and Social Care Excellence (NICE)
• Mental health in later life published by the Mental Health Foundation
• Every Mind Matters - "created by Public Health England with tips and advice developed with experts and approved by the NHS" 
  
• The community mental health framework for adults and older adults (2019) prepared by NHS England, NHS Improvement and the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health
• Wellbeing and mental health: Applying All Our Health (2019) published by Public Health England - guidance to support front-line health and care professionals
• Suffering in silence: age inequality in older people's mental health care (2018) published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Collection - Prevention concordat for better mental health - Resources (2017) published by Public Health England
• The Five Year Forward View for Mental Health (2016) - a report from the independent Mental Health Taskforce to the NHS in England
• Mental Health published by NHS England 
• How to access mental health services guidance on the NHS website
• World Mental Health Day - 10 October
• See also other further resources sections:
•           Healthy & risk behaviours
•           Early interventions
•           Social connections & community assets
•           Physical health conditions - including general data sources
•           Multi-morbidity & frailty - including general data sources

General mental health organisations:

• Centre for Mental Health  - "a charity with over 30 years’ experience in providing life changing research, economic analysis and policy influence in mental health"
• Mental Health Foundation - "dedicated to finding and addressing the sources of mental health problems"
• Mental Health Alliance - a coalition of more than 75 organisations to advocate for fair implementation of the Mental Health Act 
• MIND - "provide advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem... and campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding"
• Rethink Mental Illness - "help millions of people affected by mental illness by challenging attitudes, changing lives"

Depression & anxiety

• Common Mental Health Disorders Profile - data tool and Older People's Mental Health Data Catalogue published by Public Health England
• Psychological First Aid Training - recommended training for supporting people during emergencies
• Coronavirus and depression in adults, Great Britain: January to March 2021 (2021) published by the Office for National Statistics
• In Focus: Experiences of older people with severe anxiety or depression (2020) published by Independent Age
• Depression and anxiety published by Age UK
• IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) Resources - collection of web links provided by Public Health England
  
• Clinical depression guidance on the NHS website (may need to right-click, copy & paste link in an alternative browser)
• Generalised anxiety disorder in adults guidance on the NHS website (may need to right-click, copy & paste link in an alternative browser)
• Depression-related guidance published by NICE
• Anxiety-related guidance published by NICE
  

Suicide prevention

• Suicide Prevention Profile - data tool published by Public Health England
• Deaths caused by suicide by quarter in England published by the Office for National Statistics
• Suicide by middle-aged men. National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health. (2021) - a collaboration with Manchester University published by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP)
• Change in the Standard of Proof used by Coroners and its Impact on suicide death registrations data in England and Wales (2020) published by the Office for National Statistics
• Cross-Government Suicide Prevention Workplan (2019)
• Suicide-related guidance published by NICE
• Help for suicidal thoughts guidance on the NHS website (may need to right-click, copy & paste link in an alternative browser)
• Samaritans - a long-established organisation that provides a round-the-clock free helpline and online advice to support anyone struggling to cope
• The Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) aims to prevent suicide in men and offers support including a round-the-clock free helpline and webchat service

Delirium

• Delirium resources published by NHS England (may need to right-click, copy & paste link in an alternative browser)
• Delirium: prevention, diagnosis and management - guidance published by NICE
• Sudden confusion (delirium) published on the NHS website (may need to right-click, copy & paste link in an alternative browser)
• Delirium published by the Alzheimer's Society
• Delirium (confusion) published by Dementia UK

Dementia

• Dementia Profile - data tool published by Public Health England, including supplementary local Dementia surveillance factsheets and Anti-psychotic prescribing factsheets drawing on latest data
  
• Dementia data and analysis: a guide for health professionals published by Public Health England
• Guidance on dementia published by NICE
• Dementia - guidance from NHS England including dementia wellbeing in the COVID-19 pandemic
• Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report of the Lancet Commission
• Improving the quality of dementia care (2020) blog published on behalf of NICE in .gov Social Care blog
• Dementia 2020 challenge: progress review (2019) published by the Dept of Health and Social Care
• NHS Health Check - Dementia training resources (2019) published via collaboration by Alzheimer’s Society, Alzheimer’s Research UK and Public Health England
• A Menu of Interventions for Productive Healthy Ageing. For pharmacy teams working in different settings. Includes interventions relating to dementia prevention (2019) - published by Public Health England
• Risk reduction of cognitive decline and dementia (2019) - guidelines published by the World Health Organization
• Exploring dementia and agitation: How public policy needs to respond (2019) published by the International Longevity Centre UK
• Dementia: applying All Our Health (2018) guidance for healthcare professionals published by Public Health England
• Health Matters - Promoting cognitive health in older adults (2016) published by Public Health England
• Changing risk behaviours and promoting cognitive health in older adults (2016) - an evidence-based resource published by Public Health England
• Health matters: midlife approaches to reduce dementia risk (2016) guidance published by Public Health England
• Guidance: Engaging with people that have experience of dementia (2016) published by the Department of Health and Social Care
• Guidance: Challenge on dementia 2020: implementation plan (2016) published by the Department of Health and Social Care
  
• National Dementia Action Alliance (NDAA)
• Dementia UK
• Alzheimer's Research UK
• Alzheimer's Society