NHS Evidence

NHS Evidence - mental health team

The mental health specialist collection is collaboratively produced by the following people and organisations:

Core team:

• Dr Hugh Griffiths, Clinical Lead
• André Tomlin, Information Specialist
• Faye Hodges, Information Specialist
• Helen Cross, Administrator

Core groups:

• Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine
• Centre for Evidence-Based Mental Health
• Royal College of Psychiatrists - College Research Unit 
• University of Oxford - Department of Psychiatry
• WHO UK Collaborating Centre
• Minervation Ltd

External reference group:

• Michael Clark: NHS West Midland Regional Development Centre & National Mental Health Development Unit  
• Becky Downes: NHS Direct Online     
• Diane Gwynne-Smith: Social Care Institute for Excellence 
• Joan Hunter: East of England Strategic Health Authority
• Paula Lavis: YoungMinds    
• Paul Lelliott: Royal College of Psychiatrists    
• John Loy: Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust        
• Reg McKenna: CSIP Eastern Development Centre  
• Amelia Mustapha: SMART: St Mary Abbots Rehabilitation and Training    
• Bridget O'Connell: Mind      
• Alan Ogilvie: Equilibrium: The Bipolar Foundation       
• Graham Parton: Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Content development strategy

We are always looking for new ways to improve the content of this site. Our users have told us that they would like us to include mental health systematic reviews and meta-analyses that do not currently exist in the collection. This is a significant piece of work, which involves searching a wide range of international databases, sifting what we find to ensure that it is on-topic, and appraising the quality of the results to ensure it is reliable.

Annual Evidence Updates

We have divided the work into categories based on our topic tree and prioritised the following subjects:

• Schizophrenia - April 2009
• Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia - September 2009
• Depression - October 2009

A comprehensive list of systematic reviews and meta-analyses will be added to the site for each of these Annual Evidence Updates. 

If you wish to read more about how this site is put together, please read a PDF of the Mental Health Specialist Collection Content Development Strategy.