College reports (previously known as Council Reports) have been formally approved by a meeting of the Policy Committee of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and constitute official College policy until revised or withdrawn.

The majority of these reports are available in downloadable PDF format. Downloads are free of charge; the prices given are for print copies, where appropriate. (Please note, since January 2012, the majority of College reports are no longer produced in print format.)

(You will need Adobe Acrobat on your computer to be able to read PDF files.)

What does 'under review' mean?

All College Reports are given a currency period - usually between two and five years after approval - after which time they are reviewed, and either reconfirmed as statements of current policy, updated as necessary, or withdrawn. Where a College Report is marked as being 'under review', this indicates that the review process has been initiated. Reports marked 'under review' remain current College policy until they are replaced or withdrawn.If the report number, or title, you are searching for is not listed below, this indicates that it has been withdrawn.

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Smoking and Mental Health

CR178 Mar 2013 £15.00

The ECT Handbook (3rd edn)

CR176 2013 £45.00

Enabling people with mild intellectual disability and mental health problems to access healthcare services

CR175 Nov 2012 £0.00

Safe patients and high-quality services: a guide to job descriptions and job plans for consultant psychiatrists

CR174 Nov 2012 £0.00

Delivering Quality Care for Drug and Alcohol Users: the Roles and Competencies of Doctors

CR173 Sep 2012 £0.00

Revalidation Guidance for Psychiatrists

CR172 Mar 2012 £0.00

Independent Advocacy for People with Mental Disorder

CR171 Feb 2012 £0.00

Eating Disorders in the UK: Service Distribution, Service Development and Training

CR170 Mar 2012 £0.00

Substance Misuse Detainees in Police Custody: Guidelines for Clinical Management (4th edn)

CR169 Nov 2011 £12.50

Junior MARSIPAN: Management of Really Sick Patients under 18 with Anorexia Nervosa

CR168 Jan 2012 £0.00

Guidance on the Use of Audio-visual Recording in Child Psychiatric Practice

CR167 Jun 2011 £7.50

The Mental Health of Students in Higher Education

CR166 Sep 2011 £12.50

Our Invisible Addicts

CR165 Jun 2011 £10.00

Parents as patients: Supporting the needs of patients who are parents and their children

CR164 Jan 2011 £10.00

Psychiatric Services for Children and Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities

CR163 Oct 2010 £7.50

MARSIPAN: Management of Really Sick Patients with Anorexia Nervosa

CR162 Oct 2010 £10.00

Good Psychiatric Practice: Confidentiality and Information Sharing (2nd edition)

CR160 Sep 2010 £12.50

Standards on the use of Section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (England and Wales)

CR159 Jul 2011 £12.50

Self-harm, Suicide and Risk: Helping People who Self-harm

CR158 Jun 2010 £15.00

Good Psychiatric Practice: Continuing Professional Development (2nd edn)

CR157 Jul 2010 £10.00

Psychiatric Services for Black and Minority Ethnic Older People

CR156 Aug 2009 £10.00

Dementia and People with Learning Disabilities

CR155 Nov 2009 £10.00

Good Psychiatric Practice (Third edition)

CR154 2009 £10.00

Links Not Boundaries: Service Transitions for People Growing Older with Enduring or Relapsing Mental Illness

CR153 Jan 2009 £7.50

The Management of Patients with Physical and Psychological Problems in Primary Care

CR152 Jan 2009 £12.50

Psychological Therapies in Psychiatry and Primary Care

CR151 Jun 2008 £10.00

Rethinking Risk to Others in Mental Health Services

CR150 Jun 2008 £10.00

Good Psychiatric Practice: Relationships with Pharmaceutical and Other Commercial Organisations

CR148 2008 £10.00

Court Work

CR147 Jan 2008 £10.00

Vulnerable Patients, Safe Doctors: Good Practice in our Clinical Relationships

CR146 Dec 2007 £7.50

Sexual Boundary Issues in Psychiatric Settings (Online Only)

CR145 Aug 2007 £0.00

Challenging Behaviour: A Unified Approach

CR144 Jun 2007 £12.50

Use of licensed medicines for unlicensed applications in psychiatric practice

CR142 Jan 2007 £7.50

Prison Psychiatry: Adult Prisons in England and Wales

CR141 Feb 2007 £10.00

Role of the Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy

CR139 2006 £5.00

Consensus statement on high-dose antipsychotic medication

CR138 2006 £7.50

Building and Sustaining Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

CR137 Jun 2006 £7.50

Psychiatric services for adolescents and adults with Asperger syndrome and other autistic-spectrum disorders

CR136 Apr 2006 £7.50

Services for Younger People with Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias

CR135 Mar 2006 £10.00

Safety for Psychiatrists

CR134 Jan 2006 £5.00

Guidelines for the nutritional management of anorexia nervosa

CR130 Jul 2005 £7.50

Child Abuse and Neglect: the role of mental health services

CR120 Apr 2004 £5.00

Psychiatric services to accident and emergency departments

CR118 Feb 2004 £10.00

Psychotherapy and Learning Disability

CR116 Mar 2004 £7.50

Bridging the Gaps: Health Services for Adolescents

CR114 Jun 2003 £10.00

The Psychological Care of Medical Patients: A practical guide

CR108 Jan 2003 £15.00

Suicide in prisons

CR99 Sep 2002 £7.50

Perinatal mental health services. Recommendations for provision of services for childbearing women

CR88 Apr 2001 £5.00

Good Medical Practice in the Psychiatric Care of Potentially Violent Patients in the Community

CR80 Aug 2000 £5.00

Managing Deliberate Self Harm in Young People

CR64 1998 £5.00