A Systematic Assessment of Smartphone Tools for Suicide Prevention

"Suicide is a leading cause of death globally, and there has been a rapid growth in the use of new technologies such as mobile health applications (apps) to help identify and support those at risk. However, it is not known whether these apps are evidence-based, or indeed contain potentially harmful content. This review examines the concordance of features in publicly available apps with current scientific evidence of effective suicide prevention strategies."

• Mark Erik Larsen ,
• Jennifer Nicholas,
• Helen Christensen

• Published: April 13, 2016
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http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0152285

A Brave New World

A Brave New World: 

Counselling online is a way of working that more and more counsellors are venturing into. For many it is an exciting concept; an opening of new avenues to communicate with clients, and creative ways of working therapeutically. For others the thought of counselling online feels daunting and full of challenges, particularly regarding confidentiality and working …

A step in the right direction?

Children and Young People Now reports that the Childcare minister has announced the expansion of a programme to develop a more coherent system between schools and child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS). The programme involves one “go-to” person in CAMHS working with a number of schools in one area, and one staff member in each school working with this CAMHS contact. The results of last year's pilot will be available in the autumn.

https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/mental-health-pilots-where-next

Brene Brown - Boundaries, Empathy and Compassion

Brene Brown - another great talk

https://www.facebook.com/trcounselling/posts/504584906416510

How Does Grief Cause Physical Pain?

From the children's Bereavement Charity, Winston's Wish.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36213249

"Telephone and e counselling competences"

These have now been released on the BACP website and are available for viewing - 

telephone counselling competences

MindEd for Families

MindEd for Families was launched today to provide expert information that families with concerns about their children’s mental health can trust, free of charge. 

http://www.bacp.co.uk/media/?newsId=3923