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.