MENTAL health treatment sessions for children in the Bradford district have soared since the start of the pandemic, figures reveal. Data from NHS England shows that 67,665 mental health treatment sessions were delivered to under-18s by NHS services in the Bradford District and Craven Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) area between April last year and January this year – 125.9 per cent more than in the same period 12 months before. Sasha Bhat, Head of Mental Wellbeing for NHS Bradford District and Craven CCG said: “We know that some people, including children, will have found the last year hard and that the impact of the changes that Covid-19 has bought will be far reaching across the district.
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More than 200 mental health patients sent out of Surrey in 2020
The distance to the units patients are sent to varies
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Patients with mental health issues spent nearly 7,500 days in total at placements outside Surrey due to a lack of beds.
By Lewis Berrill @LewisBerrill Chief reporter - east London and west Essex
Across England the number of mental health sessions delivered increased by 16.1 per cent. Photo: Radar The amount of therapy for mental health delivered to children in Herts Valley has soared since the start of the pandemic, figures reveal. Data from NHS England shows that 42,800 mental health treatment sessions were delivered to under-18s by NHS services in the Herts Valley CCG area between April last year and January this year – 22.6 per cent more than in the same period 12 months before. It reflects the trend across England, where the number of sessions delivered increased by 16.1 per cent to around 4 million.
Cochrane Review Calls for More Research on Antidepressant Withdrawal
Researchers find a lack of current literature on safe, effective ways to manage antidepressant withdrawal and make suggestions for future research.
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A new Cochrane review examines the current body of research on stopping antidepressant use, finding a major lack in this area. The researchers call for further investigation into safe and effective strategies for stopping antidepressants.
“We know the rise in long-term antidepressant use is a major concern around the world,” says lead review author and Belgian-based researcher Ellen Van Leeuwen.
“As a GP myself, I see first-hand the struggles many patients have coming off antidepressants. It’s of critical concern that we don’t know enough about how to reduce inappropriate long-term use or what the safest and most effective approaches are to help people do this. For example, there are over 1,000 studies looking at starting antidepressants, yet we found
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