Resource library

This takes you to the Picture of Health website providing easy read information that helps people with learning disabilities better understand health issues.

Information for adults physically, emotionally or sexually abused as children. This guide is written by people who have experienced abuse and by psychologists and others who work with them. It aims to help you begin to understand the effects of childhood abuse and explore ways in which you may begin to overcome these effects. Available in audio, easy to read and British Sign Language (BSL).

ADOS-2 Clinical Skills Training

This leaflet provides you with information about the adult ADHD service, a service for men and women over the age of 18 who require assessment and treatment.

This leaflet looks at the adult autism diagnostic services for people in Northumberland, North Tyneside, Newcastle, Gateshead, Sunderland and South Tyneside.

This link takes you to the NICE website and offers other links to useful information around Alcohol use disorders: diagnosis and management quality standards.

This quality standard covers recognising, assessing and treating mental health problems in women planning, during or after pregnancy (up to a year after childbirth). It also covers the organisation of mental health services for women during and after pregnancy.

NICE guideline which covers recognising, assessing and treating mental health problems in women who are planning to have a baby, are pregnant, or have had a baby or been pregnant in the past year. It covers depression, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, drug- and alcohol-use disorders and severe mental illness (such as psychosis, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia). It promotes early detection and good management of mental health problems to improve women’s quality of life during pregnancy and in the year after giving birth.