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About public mental health
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National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health
About NCCMH and our work
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Reports and research
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Nature matters
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Attending COP26
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Cocaine dependence
Support, care and treatment
Alzheimers drug treatments
Antidepressants
Antipsychotics
Antipsychotics in pregnancy
Being sectioned
Benzodiazepines
Children's social services and safeguarding
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Complementary and alternative medicines: herbal remedies
Complementary and alternative medicines: physical treatments
Depot medication
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
Guide to mental health tribunals
Liaison psychiatry services
Lithium in pregnancy and breastfeeding
Mental capacity and the law
Mental health in pregnancy
Mental health rehabilitation services
Mental health services and teams in the community
Mother and baby units (MBUs)
Neuromodulation
Perinatal mental health services: what are they?
Planning a pregnancy
Psychotherapies and psychological treatments
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Stopping antidepressants
Valproate in women and girls who could get pregnant
What to expect of your psychiatrist in the UK
COVID-19: Medication for mental health
COVID-19: Remote consultations
COVID-19: Going to hospital for a physical illness or injury
COVID-19: Eating disorders
COVID-19: Perinatal care
Hypnosis and hypnotherapy
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