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Psychology and NHS news

NHS mental health policy, new research and news from the profession, as background for interview questions.

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Sources

12 feeds, at most 6 headlines from any one

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Where the headlines come from

Up to 6 headlines from each source, none more than 365 days old. From general feeds we keep only headlines on mental health, psychology, the workforce or a condition such as depression, and each says so below.

The 12 sources

Policy and government

Research

  • The Mental Elf: Plain-English appraisals of new mental health research, written by clinicians and researchers.
  • British Journal of Clinical Psychology: New papers in the BPS clinical journal as they are published online. Read the full paper before you cite one.
  • The Conversation: Mental health: Academics writing about their field for a general reader. It is international, so not every piece is about UK services.
  • ScienceDaily: Psychology: Press-release summaries of new brain and behaviour research. Only those that name mental health or a condition are shown; read the original paper before citing anything.

The profession

  • ACP-UK: The Association of Clinical Psychologists UK, on the workforce, training and the profession’s position on policy.
  • ACAMH: The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health: research digests, blogs and podcasts for people working with young people.
  • NHS Employers: Pay, terms and workforce news from the body that speaks for NHS employers. Trainees are NHS employees.

General news

  • BBC Health: General UK health coverage: what services and the public are reacting to. Only its headlines on mental health, psychology, the workforce or a condition such as depression are shown.

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