Realising Potential: An Action Plan for Allied Health Professionals in Mental Health

Appendix 3 Web links to AHP mental health resources

The following web links provide more detailed information on the professions.

Arts therapies

The British Association of Art Therapists
http://www.baat.org/

The Association for Dance Movement Psychotherapy UK
http://www.admt.org.uk/index.html

The British Association of Dramatherapists
http://www.badth.org.uk/

The Association of Professional Music Therapists
http://www.apmt.org/

The Scottish Arts Therapies Forum
www.satf.co.uk

Dietetics

British Dietetic Association
http://www.bda.uk.com

British Dietetic Association Fact Sheets

Diet and depression
http://www.bda.uk.com/foodfacts/090420Diet_Depression.pdf-

Food and mood
http://www.bda.uk.com/foodfacts/070830FoodMood.pdf

Autistic spectrum disorder and diet
http://www.bda.uk.com/foodfacts/0609Autism.pdf

British Dietetic Association Mental Health Group
http://www.dietitiansmentalhealthgroup.org.uk

MUST Nutritional Assessment Tool
http://www.bapen.org.uk/must_tool.html

Occupational therapy

College of Occupational Therapy
http://www.cot.co.uk

Recovering Ordinary Lives (the main mental health document for occupational therapists)
http://www.cot.org.uk/Homepage/Library_and_Publications/College_publications/A_Z_listing/

Standards for Occupational Therapy Clinical Practice
http://www.cot.org.uk/Homepage/Library_and_Publications/College_publications/Standards_and_strategy/

Physiotherapy

Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
www.csp.org.uk

Recovering Mind and Body (Framework for the Role of Physiotherapy in Mental Health)
www.csp.org.uk/uploads/documents/scp_mental_health_framework_v3.pdf

Moving in Mind (the Role of Physiotherapy in Mental Health in Scotland)
www.csp.org.uk/uploads/documents (in print and available summer 2010)

Speech and language therapy

RCSLT Position Paper on Mental Health Will be published soon (date not yet announced) and will be accessible from
http://www.rcslt.org/

SIG Mental Health (Scotland)
http://www.sltmentalhealthscot.site50.net/

RCSLT Clinical Guidelines including sections on mental health and dysphagia
http://www.rcslt.org/members/publications/clinicalguidelines

RCSLT Dementia Position Paper
http://www.rcslt.org/docs/free-pub/dementia_paper.pdf

Dysphagia Negative Health Consequences Risk Assessment Tool
http://www.rcslt.org/news/events/NPSA_risk_assessment_document_-_Hannah_and_Karen.doc

RCSLT Adult Support and Protection Communication Toolkit
http://www.rcslt.org/speech_and_language_therapy/Adult_Support_and_Protection_Communication_Toolkit

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