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Mental health
Mental health services in England are experiencing a period of unprecedented change. In the last five years, a wealth of evidence has emerged about which practices are effective and which are not. Recent policy and consultation documents, implementation guides and good practice examples are available here.
New articles, strategy documents, guidance articles and letters published by the Mental health team at DH.
About the implementation of "Delivering Race Equality in Mental Health Care – an Action Plan for Reform Inside and Outside Services", the Department's plan to tackle inequalities in BME communities' access to and experience of mental health services.
September 1999 blueprint for tackling mental health problems. Sets out detailed directions and goals for improved mental health services all over England.
Publications about current mental health policy and mental healthcare performance assessment.
An Individual Budget is designed to provide individuals who currently receive services greater choice and control over their support arrangements. The government is committed to piloting individual budgets with a view to rolling them out nationally should they prove successful. The individual budgets pilot project is a cross government initiative led by the Department of Health working closely with the Department for Work and Pensions and the Department of Communities and Local Government.
Forensic mental health (FMH) is a top research priority. The national programme on forensic mental health R&D was established in April 1999. It supports the provision of services for mentally disordered offenders by commissioning research and developing research capacity.
Current Directions, issued in 2000, and subsequent amendments, with guidance notes.
The 2005 Directory for Mental Health, produced by the National Institute for Mental Health in England (NIMHE) has listings for organisations providing expertise and advice about every kind of mental health problem.
Contact Louis Appleby, the National Director for Mental Health, with your views on mental illnesses and mental health services.
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