DCP Faculty of Clinical Health Psychology

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• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & ME, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. (2007). 
• Chronic Heart Failure, National Clinical Guidance Centre. (2010).
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. (2010). 
• Improving Supportive and Palliative Care for Adults with Cancer: The Manual, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. (2004).
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Adults, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. (2008).  

• Department of Health - Supporting People with Long Term Conditions
• Department of Health - Talking therapies: A Four Year plan

These are examples of publications that are particularly noteworthy in terms of being recent contributions (i.e. since 2012) to the awareness of long-term conditions and the impact of chronic ill health on psychological wellbeing.

• Department of Health - Closing the Gap: Priorities for Essential Change in Mental Health
• Department of Health - Long Term Conditions Compendium of Information
• The Kings Fund - Long Term Conditions & Mental Health: The Cost of Co-Morbidities
• The King's Fund - Delivering Better Services for People with Long-Term Conditions

• Department of Health Organising and Delivering Psychological Therapies Department of Health. (2004).
• Guiding Patients through Complexity: Modern Medical Generalism, Brindle, D. (2011). 
• National Patient Safety Agency - Being Open – Communicating with patients, their families and carers following a patient safety incident, National Patient Safety Agency. (2009). 
• NHS Improvement Cancer –Stratified Pathways of Care, NHS Improvement. (2012)
• Social Care & Clinical Commissioning for People with Long-Term Conditions, Bostock, L., & Humphries, R. (2011). SCIE Report 45
• The British Psychological Society Good Practice Guidelines for UK Clinical Psychology Training Providers: Training and Consolidation of Clinical Practice in Clinical Health Psychology
• The British Psychological Society Guidelines and Literature Review for Psychologists Working Therapeutically with Sexual and Gender Minority Clients, British Psychological Society. (2012). 
• The British Psychological Society New Ways of Working for Applied Psychologists in Health and Social Care
• Standards for Psychological Support for Adults Living with HIV 
• The Faculty of Pain Medicine, Royal College of Anaesthetists - Commissioning of Specialist Services for Pain, Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Royal College of Anaesthetists. (2013). 
• The Recall Centre
• The Recall Centre - Kidney Disease: Often a Silent Killer

• Department of Health - Comborbidities: A framework of principles for system-wide action
• Department of Health - National Service Framework for Diabetes
• Department of Health - National Service Framework for Long Term Conditions
• Department of Health - No Health Without Mental Health
• Department of Health - The National Strategy for HIV and Sexual Health

• Centre for Economic Performance - How Mental Health Loses Out in the NHS, Mental Health Policy Group. (2012). 
• NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement - Improving Care for People with Long Term Conditions, Singh, D., & Hamm, C. (2006).
• The King's Fund - Managing people with Long Term Conditions, Goodwin, N., Curry, N., Naylor, C., Ross, S., & Duldig, W(2010). Research Articles

Benefits include study days accessible to psychologists of all levels of experience, an advice and support network which is easily accessible to individual psychologists working in the field of physical health and disability in the form of a membership discussion list.

The Faculty also have a number of networks relating to specialist areas with the field of Clinical Health Psychology and each network have a discussion list to share information. Membership of the networks is free once becoming a member of the Faculty. 

• Cardiac, respiratory, critical care and liaison psychology
• Diabetes
• Obesity
• Paediatric HIV
• Pain
• Renal

To join a network please contact Member Network Services stating which network you wish to be a part of. 

The Faculty of Clinical Health Psychology uses its membership announcement email list to inform its members of activities and initiatives that are relevant to their interests and to make requests for engagement on topical issues. 

By becoming a member of the Faculty you are automatically added to the announcement list.

To receive these emails you will need to:

1. become a member of the Faculty of Clinical Health Psychology
2. opt into receiving email communication and provide a working email address

These preferences can be updated by logging into your member portal.

If you have any queries, please contact Member Network Services.

To assist us in responding to your query please make sure to include your membership number and quote 'Faculty of Clinical Health Psychology announcement email' in the subject line.

The Faculty of Clinical Health Psychology has the following discussion lists;

• Faculty of Clinical Health Psychology
• Faculty of Clinical Health Psychology - Clinical Health Faculty Cardiac network
• Faculty of Clinical Health Psychology - Clinical Health Faculty Obesity network

To join the discussion list you will need to be:

1. a member of the Faculty for Clinical Health Psychology 
2. opted into receiving email communication from the Society (you can change your preference by logging onto your account via the member portal)  

The Faculty of Clinical Health Psychology relies on a wide range of people getting involved, and the work of the Faculty is largely achieved through the dedication of unpaid volunteers.

Our volunteers come from a wide range of different backgrounds, whether they be practitioners or academics, or full members or in-training members, and together form an open and inclusive community.