Smoking and mental health - Archive
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Smoking and Mental Health: a review of the literature
Dr Ann McNeill, an independent consultant and honorary lecturer in Public Health conducts a comprehensive review of available literature on the relationship between smoking and clinically diagnosed mental health problems.
Report on the Smoking and Mental Health Symposium (External Web Page)
9th November 2001: Symposium held at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in London. More than 150 people attended, including mental health professionals, smoking cessation advisers, government representatives and other parties. The symposium focussed on the broad issue of smoking and mental health which is an important, but poorly addressed public health concern.
Smoking and Mental Health Symposium
Agenda for the symposium on smoking and mental health.
Where do we go from here? Tobacco control policies in psychiatric and long-stay units (External PDF)
2001: Health Development Agency (from 2005 called the National Institute for Clinical Excellence) guidance on how to tackle smoking in the particularly difficult situations - places where the patient is living
Smoking and patient with mental health problems (External PDF)
A report by the Health Development Agency (from 2005 called the National Institute of Clinical Excellence) outlining the issues and challenges around patients with mental health problems who smoke.
