Mental ill health, which has been the leading health and social issue impacting the lives and
futures of young people for decades, has entered a dangerous phase. Accumulating …

Background Although the link between cannabis use and development of psychosis is well
established, less is known about the effect of continued versus discontinued cannabis use …

Economics and mental health are intertwined. Apart from the accumulating evidence of the
huge economic impacts of mental ill‐health, and the growing recognition of the effects that …

Objective To investigate whether cannabis use is associated with increased risk of relapse,
as indexed by number of hospital admissions, and whether antipsychotic treatment failure …

Objectives Mood instability is a clinically important phenomenon but has received relatively
little research attention. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of mood …

Background and objectives Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a contextual
cognitive-behavioural approach with a develo** evidence base for clinical and cost …

Social functioning difficulties are a common and disabling feature of psychosis and have
also been identified in the prodromal phase. However, debate exists about how such …

A comprehensive guide designed to enable CBT practitioners to effectively engage people
from diverse cultural backgrounds by applying culturally-sensitive therapeutic techniques …

ACT for Psychosis Recovery is the first book to provide a breakthrough, evidence-based,
step-by-step approach for group work with clients suffering from psychosis. As evidenced in …

The first three versions of this document (2012, 2013 and 2015) were written for the Joint
Commissioning Panel for Mental Health (JCPMH) which was a collaboration co-chaired by …