Living Life to The Full Supporter/Practitioner Newsletter
Helping You to Help Yourself  


Within this month's Supporter/Practitioner Newsletter we provide an update about the recent LLTTF.com update. Did you know LLTTF.com is the most recommended website for low mood and anxiety in NHS England? We didn't either :) - read Matthew Bennion's paper. There's more on the dental anxiety packages, created jointly with the University of Sheffield, and - surprise surprise - an update on GDPR 
Living Life to the Full website is the most used online course for anxiety and depression
 

Living Life to the Full is a popular website with 25 million hits a year. We weren't aware quite how popular it is in NHS settings until we read an independent paper by Bennion et al (2017 - BMJ Open). They completed freedom of information requests to identify the most used/recommended websites by NHS England Mental Health Trusts and IAPT teams. 
www.llttf.com was the most recommended site by 49.2% of IAPT teams, and 47.1% of Mental health teams. This is over twice as many as the next most recommended site.

 
Updated LLTTF.com Launches - discover the new features
 
You may well have noticed that our updated Living Life to the Full website ( www.llttf.com) has launched!

What are the changes? 
If you are already registered on the old site, unfortunately you need to register again on the new one. As well as providing free access to the LLTTF course- registration gives access to many new additional courses - containing all the modules and worksheets needed to complete the course.
As well as our evidence based Living Life to the Full course, you will also be able to access courses on other topics:

Reclaim Your Life - for those living with a long term health condition
Living Life Chronic Pain
Living Life with Diabetes
Fix your drinking problem in 2 days
Enjoy Your Bump - build confidence, closesness and resistance whilst pregnant
Enjoy Your Baby - for new parents with children aged 0-18 months
Helping your child visit the dentist (for parents of younger children who are scared to visit the dentist)
Your teeth - you are in Control. For teenagers people with Dental Anxiety 

Living Life to the Full with God - a version of the main LLTTF course aimed at those who go to church.
 
Plus  more courses coming soon.
 
Other features include: 
  • Weekly automated email support to keep you on track with the course
  • The ability to set yourself email reminders
As before you can register and do one course for free. What's new is you can also upgrade your account to  unlock new features like SMS text reminders, and to read linked books and add a host of additional modules.

 
PS - don't worry if you've been working through the co urses on the old www.llttf.com website currently, you will still be able to access the old site to continue your work for the next few months. 
   

 
 
Award Winning Dental Resources 
 
We're delighted to share the news that our resources for young people suffering with anxiety relating to dental treament has received the Best Patient Driven Innovation/ Collaboration Award at the Innovation Improvement Impact Conference held by Yorkshire and Humber Academic Health Science Network in Leeds on the 31st January 2018.

"We are absolutely delighted to have won this award primarily for all of the children who helped devise the guide, and for all of the young people and their families whose lives will be improved."
Professor Sarah Baker, School of Clinical Dentistry


 to read the full article


 
LLTTF Research trial with adults
 
The Living Life to the Full classes have become widely used across the UK, Ireland and Canada.  A recent research trial has found that attending the course has a significant impact on low mood and anxiety. Importantly, many of those attending were not currently engaged in support within the health service.

This study assessed the effectiveness of the Living Life to the Full Classes in the community, delivered by the charity Action on Depression.

Target group: Adults aged over 18, recruited from the community (adverts placed in Metro) and posters and web adverts in Scotland (Glasgow and Edinburgh areas)

LLTTF classes were delivered by a Scottish depression charity (Action on Depression) either immediately (Immediate access) or delayed (Delayed access arm), with 8 weekly sessions delivered, and with follow-up at 6 months.


Outcomes: Depression, anxiety and social function were monitored at 6 months to investigate whether the intervention was cost effective and useful to attendees. Individuals aged 16+ years and who had at least symptoms of mild depression attended the classes. The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) depression rating scale was used to monitor symptoms of depression. At 6 month follow-up 59.6% of those who attended the course scored below 10 (a score of 10 or below meaning no clinical symptoms of depression) compared with 17.4% at the start of the course. Significant improvements were also found for symptoms of anxiety and social functioning. The course was shown to be effective and significantly improved depression and anxiety.

 

Click here to read the full study (author's pre-publication copy)
 
GDPR - Our Response
 

You may well have been contacted by many organisations over recent weeks about the new GDPR European regulations about data handling. If you are signed up to one of our newsletters, don't worry you don't need to confirm we can use your data, because you've already opted in to receive these.

If you wish to stop receiving our newsletters please use the unsubscribe button at the top of this newsletter.

If you are registered on one of our websites such as Living Life to the Full, we will be contacting you over the next two weeks to ask for your consent to continue to hold your data on this, also explaining how to request the deletion of your subscription. 
Did you know?

Did you know that our award winning books which cover a range of topics are available on Kindle and Apple? 

         


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Best Wishes,
 
From The Living Life Team
Chris, Donna, Kathryn, Ann, Tara and Karen. 

  

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