Publications
Information for Mental Health list many useful publications on their website. You can download a range of documents, including:
- local strategies and plans
- national guidelines
- legislation.
Our annual review is available on our home page.
Recent issues of our newsletters are available on the newsletter page.
The ACA booklet detailing voluntary sector counselling services in Leeds is available on the Alliance of Counselling Agencies page.
The following publications have featured in recent Volition newsletters:
Issue 74 (May 2010)
- Attitudes to Mental Illness 2010 (NMDHU & DH, March 2010)
- Closing the Gap - Service needs and prohibitions to access (PDF, 3.6MB) A study into the mental health needs and barriers to using services among the lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) population in Leeds. The research focuses on issues of self harm, suicidal ideation and attempted suicide. The report makes recommendations for service providers.
- GPs Demand Better Psychological Therapy Services - Survey Report (RCGP, March 2010)
- Looking Ahead (SCMH, March 2010)
- Paths to Personalisation in Mental Health (NMHDU, March 2010)
- Prioritising need in the context of Putting People First: A whole system approach to eligibility for social care (DH, Feb 2010)
- SDS news - April 2010 (Leeds ASC, April 2010)
- The NHS commissioning environment: A guide for organisations in the third sector (DH, March 2010)
- The State of Care 2009 (CQC, Feb 2010)
- Volition Annual Review 2009 (PDF, 1.2MB)
- Volunteering in health and social care (DH, March 2010)
Issue 73 (March 2010)
- "Count Me In" census 2009 (CQC, Jan 2010)
- Fair Society, Healthy Lives (The Marmot Review) (Feb 2010)
- Mental health inequalities:measuring what counts (SCMH, Feb 2010)
- New Horizons (DH, Dec 2009)
- NHS Standard Contracts and guidance notes (DH, Jan 2010)
- Realising Ambitions: Better Employment Support for People with a Mental Health Condition (The Perkins Review) (DWP, Dec 2009)
- The Compact (refreshed Dec 2009)
- Volition conference 2010 presentations are now available on the Events page
- Working Our Way to Better Mental Health: A Framework for Action (DWP & DH, Dec 2009)
- Work, Recovery and Inclusion (Cabinet Office, Dec 2009)
Issue 72 (December 2009)
- National service user survey results (CQC, 2009)
- New Horizons (DH, Dec 2009)
- NICE clinical guideline on depression (NICE, Oct 2009, PDF, 594KB)
- Recovery Star - Model & cultural competency evaluation report (MHPF, June 2009, PDF, 1.3MB)
- Personalisation briefing - implications for user-led organisations (SCIE, Oct 2009)
- Personalisation briefing - implications for voluntary sector service providers (SCIE, Sept 2009)
- Promoting mental wellbeing at work (NICE, Nov 2009)
- Realising Ambitions: Better Employment Support for People with a Mental Health Condition (The Perkins Review) (DWP, Dec 2009)
- The Chance of a Lifetime:Preventing early conduct problems and reducing crime (SCMH, Nov 2009)
- Working Our Way to Better Mental Health: A Framework for Action (DWP & DH, Dec 2009)
- World Alzheimer's Report 2009 (Alzheimer's Disease International, Oct 2009, PDF, 2MB)
- Work, Recovery and Inclusion (Cabinet Office, Dec 2009)
Issue 71 (October 2009)
- Building Resilience Resource Pack (VA-L, Aug 2009)
- Leeds Health and Wellbeing Partnership Plan 2009-2012
- Single shared referral form for use with all Supporting People providers of mental health services in Leeds, guidance notes on completing the form, table of Supporting People services and their specialisms. NB this is a pilot project Sept-Nov 2009.
- Shaping the Future of Care Together (DH, July 2009) consultation ends 13 Nov 2009
- The Ripple Effect II: Two Years On (Leeds Voice, Sept 2009)
Occasionally important documents from the Leeds Mental Health Programme Board and Expert Advisory Group, or other key local documents will be published here:
- Closing the Gap - Service needs and prohibitions to access (PDF, 3.6MB) A study into the mental health needs and barriers to using services among the lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) population in Leeds. The research focuses on issues of self harm, suicidal ideation and attempted suicide. The report makes recommendations for service providers.
- The mental health needs of black and minority ethnic communities in Chapeltown and Harehills, Report to Leeds Adult Social Care, March 2008 (Word, 930KB)
- Presentation given to Modernisation Team regarding the report on the mental health needs of BME communities in Chapeltown and Harehills, April 2008 (PowerPoint, 124KB)