This guidance document, funded by the
Financial Services Authority (FSA), is based on a programme of research
and intervention on debt and mental health undertaken by the Royal
College of Psychiatrists (RCPSYCH). Published in 2009, the production of
the resource was a collaboration between people with direct experience
of mental health problems, researchers from the Royal College of
Psychiatrists and Rethink, money advice organisations, and health and
social care organisations. The document provides advice to GPs, social
workers, mental health nurses and other allied health professionals on
how to support patients with debt and mental health problems. Described
as a 'debt first aid kit', the aim of the guidance is to allow
professionals to identify problems before they become crises, and show
them how to work with agencies such as Citizens Advice.
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