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Home > Commissioning Tools > Cases for change > Mild to moderate problems > What works

What works

  • Promotion of emotional wellbeing
  • Early intervention
  • Self-help
  • Medication
  • Therapeutic interventions
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  • Liaison mental health services
  • Medically Unexplained Symptoms
  • Older people’s services
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  • Association of Directors of Adult Social Services
  • British Psychological Society
  • Department of Health
  • Healthcare Financial Management Association Mental Health Finance
  • Joint Commissioning Panel for Mental Health
  • Mental Health Providers Forum
  • Mind
  • National Survivor User Network
  • New Savoy Partnership
  • NHS Confederation Mental Health Network
  • Rethink
  • Royal College of General Practitioners
  • Royal College of Nursing
  • Royal College of Psychiatrists
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