The list shows the most recently published resources on the ChiMat website.
No Panic is a voluntary charity, which aims to help people suffering from panic attacks, phobias, obsessive compulsive disorders and other related anxiety disorders and to provide support to sufferers and their families ...
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=95291 - 01/09/2010
MDF The BiPolar Organisation is a national user-led organisation and registered charity for people whose lives are affected by bipolar disorder. It provides information and publications, employment advice, a self-managem ...
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=95288 - 01/09/2010
The Hearing Voices Network (HVN) is committed to helping people who hear voices and offers information support and understanding to them and those who support them. The HVN works to raise awareness of voice hearing, vi ...
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=95287 - 01/09/2010
The “Meet A Mum Association” (MAMA) was launched in 1979 by Esther Rantzen (President of MAMA) and ‘Woman’ Magazine. MAMA is now a UK registered charity which aims to provide friendship and support to all mothers and mot ...
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=95285 - 01/09/2010
Depression Alliance is the leading charity in the UK for people affected by depression. It offers information, support and understanding for people who are concerned about, or caring for, someone with depression and camp ...
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=95284 - 01/09/2010
ANXIETY UK works to relieve and support those living with anxiety disorders by providing information, support and understanding via an extensive range of services. The organisation works with external agencies and health ...
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=95280 - 01/09/2010
Website of the Bristol Crisis Service for Women which is a national organisation supporting girls and women in emotional distress and in particular those who harm themselves. The Service has carried out extensive researc ...
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=95279 - 01/09/2010
The family justice review, due to report in Spring 2011, must both reform a family courts system buckling under the strain of rising care applications and make massive savings. Speculation has focused on whether the axe ...
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=95272 - 01/09/2010
This paper deals with the initial steps of the judicial process for persons with intellectual disabilities who are suspected of a minor offense; a stage where plaintiffs, police officers, and crown attorneys make a serie ...
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=95226 - 31/08/2010
This paper highlights some issues that face commissioners of services for children and young people but also evidence of what works to improve outcomes.
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=95200 - 862 KB - 31/08/2010
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http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=95156 - 27/08/2010
The RCOG has published a patient information leaflet about ectopic pregnancy.
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=95149 - 27/08/2010
Background: Intensive care services for children have undergone substantial centralisation in the UK. Along with the establishment of regional paediatric intensive care units (PICUs), specialist retrieval teams were set ...
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=95143 - 27/08/2010
The comics tackle difficult subjects such as bullying, self harm, depression, school avoidance and parental separation. They aim to show different scenarios around the issues that a parent may be faced with and reflect t ...
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=95140 - 27/08/2010
The valid measurement of physical activity has the potential to be a very useful tool in countering the obesity epidemic. Previously, reviews have been carried out to investigate the validity of pedometers among adults. ...
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=95135 - 27/08/2010
Background: Long waiting times and large caseloads are a challenge to children's therapy services internationally. Research in hospital-based healthcare indicates that waiting times are a function of throughput, and that ...
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=95134 - 27/08/2010
The aim of this briefing paper is to provide an overview of recent evidence in the field of childhood wellbeing. The paper provides a summary of how wellbeing is conceptualised; the domains and measures employed to asses ...
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=95201 - 26/08/2010
Research commissioned by the former Department for Children, Schools and Families has found that LSCB’s communication with GPs and independent healthcare providers was rarely good.
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=95131 - 26/08/2010
Objectives: To examine the relationship between recurrent headache disorders (i.e., migraine and tension-type headache) and lifestyle factors (overweight, low physical activity, and smoking) in an unselected population s ...
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=95068 - 26/08/2010
Objectives: To determine whether published trials of interventions to reduce excessive gestational weight gain are of sufficient quality and provide sufficient data to enable evidence-based recommendations to be develope ...
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=95064 - 26/08/2010
Objective A systematic review to assess the benefits and harms of antenatal dietary or lifestyle interventions for pregnant women who are overweight or obese.
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=95062 - 26/08/2010
This review concluded that the overall degree of change over the course of various treatments was estimated at a decline of 0.46 to 0.49 standard deviation in child patients' sexual behaviour problems and general behavio ...
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=95060 - 26/08/2010
All nurses have a duty to maintain a complete and accurate recording of all care they provide in accordance with acceptable standards of care. Nurses working in specialty areas of nursing practice such as the neonatal in ...
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=95051 - 26/08/2010
Childbirth is almost always a wonderful and joyous experience. Parents often begin planning for their baby before they are pregnant. They develop their birth plan and look forward to holding their perfect baby. Sometimes ...
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=95050 - 26/08/2010
A prospective study was conducted to explore the relative contributions of weight-related self-perceptions and exercise-related motivation variables in predicting change in leisure-time exercise within a sample of adoles ...
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=95049 - 26/08/2010
Little is known about how adolescent sexual behaviors develop and the influence of personal or perceived social attitudes. This work sought to describe how personal, perceived peer, and perceived family attitudes toward ...
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=95048 - 26/08/2010
Schools in Wirral, Merseyside, have embraced the National Healthy Schools programme (NHSP). One hundred per cent of schools are now engaged in the initiative, with full backing from Wirral Borough Council and NHS Wirral. ...
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=95066 - 25/08/2010
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has published a costing report for implementation of the clinical guidance on the management of hypertension in pregnancy. Because of the breadth and com ...
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=95055 - 25/08/2010
National Transition Support Team (NTST) with support from Scope have published this information leaflet which focuses on what local authorities and their partners can do to ensure they are taking positive action to fulfi ...
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=95033 - 25/08/2010
This clinical guideline offers evidence-based advice on the care and treatment of women who have or are at risk of developing hypertension (high blood pressure) in pregnancy. It contains advice on the diagnosis and manag ...
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=95031 - 25/08/2010
Self-help booklets written by clinical psychologists with contributions from service users and healthcare staff from Northumberland. They cover a range of issues including: abuse, depression, eating disorders, stress and ...
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=95018 - 25/08/2010
A resource for commissioners pointing them to the ten Service Improvement Agencies. Provides a summary and links to the information, guidance and tools offered by each organisation to support effective commissioning of c ...
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=94531 - 108 KB - 25/08/2010
Use our quick guide to how the ten Service Improvement Agencies can support you in commissioning children’s services.
This easy-to-use guide provides a summary and links to inform ...
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=86086 - 25/08/2010
Background: Earlier studies have shown an association between secondhand tobacco smoke and allergy development in children. Furthermore, there is an increased risk of developing an allergy if the parents have an allergy. ...
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=94966 - 24/08/2010
The objective of this study was to examine associations between maternal and paternal use of corporal punishment (CP) for 3-year-old children and intimate partner aggression or violence (IPAV) in a population-based sampl ...
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=94965 - 24/08/2010
This policy document sets out Ofsted’s approach to the deferral, cancellation and rescheduling of children’s centre inspections.
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=94950 - 23/08/2010
This guidance is designed to help a children's centre prepare for its inspection. It contains a list of inspection activities and meetings for the programme, together with proposed timings.
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=94949 - 23/08/2010
This guidance is designed to assist inspectors of children’s centres in their work. It supplements the guidance provided in the evaluation schedule and indicates the main activities that need to be undertaken from the ti ...
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=94947 - 23/08/2010
The London Serious Case Review (SCR) Toolkit is designed to provide supplementary guidance to Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) members in the whole process of undertaking a SCR.
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=94932 - 23/08/2010
The escalating crisis of childhood overweight and obesity creates an urgent demand for evidence-based interventions that can be used by primary care providers. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to test the feasibi ...
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=94872 - 23/08/2010