Community mental health bulletin, January 2008

The new edition of the Library's Community Mental Health current awareness bulletin has just been distributed. If you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive future issues, contact Catriona Denoon at the Maria Henderson Library, at catriona.denoon@ggc.scot.nhs.uk.

Mental Health Benchmarking report

The Scottish Government have published the final report of the Mental Health Benchmarking Project. The objective of the report is to support the improvement of mental health services from a basis of a common understanding of the current position.

QIS standards for ICPs and suicide review published

A couple of official publications have been launched by QIS and the Scottish Government...

Quality Improvement Scotland have published "Standards for integrated care pathways for mental health". The standards cover bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, depression, dementia and schizophrenia. They also outline the interactions and interventions that must be offered to all people who access mental health services.

The Scottish Government Social Research Unit have published "Effectiveness of Interventions to Prevent Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour: A Systematic Review: Annotated Bibliography". The project provides a comprehensive overview of the effectiveness of interventions to prevent suicide, suicidal behaviour and ideation in key risk groups and the general population and has been produced by researchers at the Health & Community Care Research Unit, Liverpool University.

Guidelines bulletin, January 2008

The latest issue of the Maria Henderson Library Guidelines Newsletter has just been published.

The Guidelines Newsletter contains details of national and international guidelines which have been published or added to specialist databases such as Medline and PsycInfo in the previous month. Topics covered are general primary health care, cardiovascular health, cancer/palliative care, mental health and learning disabilities, dentistry, sexual health, child health and guidelines implementation.

If you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive future issues, contact Catriona Denoon at catriona.denoon@ggc.scot.nhs.uk.

Facilitated information skills training - starts 28th January

FIRST (Facilitated Information Resource Skills Training) is a series of 4-6 hour blended learning courses taking place over six weeks starting on the 28th of January 2008. You will receive a weekly email, undertake a weekly task, view online tutorials, and record your progress in a portfolio.

You can do this course from any location (at home or at work) with internet access. You will also need to have email, microsoft word, and an NHS Scotland Athens password (register free at the eLibrary website at http://www.elib.scot.nhs.uk/).

For more information and to apply visit the Library Website: www.nhsggc.org.uk/libraryservices> Training and eLearning > Training > Select your course > Select the Online Application Form at the top of the page.

Courses available:

EBSCO CINAHL: CINAHL is a biomedical reference database with a focus on nursing, midwifery and allied health information. This course is aimed at the novice searcher and at those who just want to brush up on their basic database search skills. (The course will cover Cinahl on the Ebsco service, which will become the new provider of Cinahl later this year).

OVID SP MEDLINE: MEDLINE is the core biomedical reference database. This course is aimed at the novice searcher and at those who want to brush up on their basic database search skills.

Advanced EMBASE: EMBASE is a biomedical reference database with a strong focus on pharmacology. This course is aimed at those who already have search experience (in any OVID database) and want to find out more about the advanced search features that are available.

NHS Scotland eLibrary: The NHS Scotland eLibrary is where you will find fulltext online journals, online books and subscription databases. Along with these you will find out how to make the most of the eLibrary, including personalisation and shared spaces.

Further information is available from the Maria Henderson Library at 211 3913.