2011 - 2013 College Reports

College Reports have been formally approved by a meeting of the Policy and Public Affairs Committee of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and constitute official College policy until revised or withdrawn.

Below you will find all our reports for the period of 2011-2013.

2013 Reports

• CR183: Liaison psychiatry for every acute hospital: Integrated mental and physical healthcare (Dec 2013)
• CR182: Building and sustaining specialist CAMHS to improve outcomes for children and young people (Nov 2013)
• CR181 Good practice guidelines for the assessment and treatment of adults with gender dysphoria.
  Please note this document is not necessarily reflective of current RCPsych policy. PS02/18: Supporting transgender and gender-diverse people covers a similar subject and is more up-to-date.
• CR180: Vulnerable patients, safe doctors: Good practice in our clinical relationships (2nd edn) (Jun 2013)
• CR179: Valuing expertise and experience: specialty doctors and associate specialists in psychiatry (May 2013)
• CR176: The ECT Handbook (3rd edn) (May 2013)
• CR178: Smoking and Mental Health (Mar 2013)

2012 Reports

• CR175: Enabling people with mild intellectual disability and mental health problems to access healthcare services (Nov 2012)
• CR173: Delivering Quality Care for Drug and Alcohol Users: the Roles and Competencies of Doctors (Sep 2012)
• CR170: Eating Disorders in the UK: Service Distribution, Service Development and Training (Mar 2012):
  This publication has been withdrawn pending an update and will be made available again as soon as possible.
• CR171: Independent Advocacy for People with Mental Disorder (Feb 2012)
• CR168: Junior MARSIPAN: Management of Really Sick Patients under 18 with Anorexia Nervosa (Jan 2012) - superseded by CR233

2011 Reports

• CR169: Substance Misuse Detainees in Police Custody: Guidelines for Clinical Management (4th edn) (Nov 2011)
  This publication has been withdrawn pending an update and will be made available again as soon as possible.
• CR166: The Mental Health of Students in Higher Education (Sep 2011)
• CR159: Standards on the use of Section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (England and Wales) (Jul 2011)
• CR164: Parents as patients: Supporting the needs of patients who are parents and their children (Jan 2011)