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Chronic Primary Pain: A Care Staff Guide to NICE NG193
What chronic primary pain is, what NICE NG193 recommends and advises against, and how care staff can support people with persistent pain without relying on medicines alone.
Charles Bonnet Syndrome: A Care Staff Guide to Visual Hallucinations
Why some people with sight loss see things that are not there, and how care staff can reassure, assess and support them without jumping to a mental health or dementia diagnosis.
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP): A Care Staff Guide
What care staff need to know about progressive supranuclear palsy: how common it is, the main symptoms, falls and swallowing risks, and planning ahead.
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ME/CFS: A Care Staff Guide to the NICE NG206 Guideline
What care staff need to know about ME/CFS: NICE NG206 diagnosis, why graded exercise therapy is not offered, pacing, severe ME and safeguarding.
Veterans and Mental Health: A Care Staff Guide to Op COURAGE
What health and care staff need to know about veterans mental health: the barriers to asking for help, Op COURAGE eligibility, referral routes and support.
Prison Mental Health Care in England: A Guide for Health and Care Staff
What health and care staff need to know about mental health in prisons in England: prevalence, risk, services, transfers to hospital and release.
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Section 12 Approved Doctors Under the Mental Health Act: A Staff Guide
What care staff need to know about section 12 approved doctors: the rules on medical recommendations, the role versus approved clinicians, and approval.
Specific Phobias: A Care Staff Guide to Fear, Avoidance and Treatment
What care staff need to know about specific phobias: how they differ from ordinary fear, how exposure therapy and CBT work, and how to support someone.
Dissociative Disorders: A Trauma-Informed Guide for Care Staff
What care staff need to know about dissociative disorders: types, signs, why they are misunderstood, treatment and grounding support.
Catatonia: A Care Staff Guide to Recognition and Escalation
What care staff need to know about catatonia: the signs, causes, the risk of blood clots and malignant catatonia, treatment and when to escalate.
Spasticity: A Care Staff Guide to Stiffness, Spasms and Contractures
What care staff need to know about spasticity after stroke, spinal cord injury or MS: causes, risks, what makes it worse, treatments and daily care.
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD): A Care Staff Guide
What care staff need to know about CJD: the types, symptoms, why standard precautions are enough, who to tell and how to support the person and family.
Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: A Care Staff Guide
Normal pressure hydrocephalus can look like dementia or Parkinson disease but is sometimes treatable. This guide helps care staff recognise the pattern, support diagnosis and care for people after a shunt.