Christopher Pell
Feeling the burn: do interventions to prevent burnout in doctors work?
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Chris Pell summarises a recent systematic review and meta-analysis about interventions to prevent and reduce physician burnout.
[read the full story...]Turn on, tune in, burnout: clerical burden, e-health systems and doctor burnout
Chris Pell considers a recent US study of the relationship between clerical burden and e-health systems with doctor burnout and professional satisfaction.
[read the full story...]Socially Moodier? High social media use may increase depression
Chris Pell reviews a recent US survey of young adults, which suggests that social media use was significantly associated with increased depression.
[read the full story...]It’s not what you say: Examining the non-verbal behaviours of psychiatrists and patients
Chris Pell considers the findings of a recent observational study of non-verbal behaviour and communication in meetings of psychiatrists and patients with schizophrenia.
[read the full story...]Schizophrenia and osteoporosis: sticks and stones may break my bones…
Chris Pell summarises a recent meta-analysis of prevalence estimates and moderators of low bone mass in people with schizophrenia. The study finds a significantly increased risk of osteoporosis in people with schizophrenia.
[read the full story...]Corpulence and compassion: weight bias among professionals treating eating disorders
We elves are kept continually up to date with equality and diversity training, having had many centuries to build a society that rises above such petty differences, but we remain curious about the many aspects of stigma and its effects on humans. New avenues for research are constantly opening up, with studies continuing to highlight how [read the full story…]
Identifying risk factors in first episode psychosis: results from two new meta-analyses
A first episode of psychosis is a higher risk time for acts of self-harm and of violence, and a chance to engage people, modify risk factors and change outcomes. Two related meta-analyses by Large, Neilssen and Challis are presented in a letter in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. They summarise two studies [read the full story…]
Summing up suicide data in bipolar disorder
People with bipolar disorder are found to be at greater risk of suicide compared to the general population. Clinicians should be more vigilant for signs of suicidality in this patient group. Suicide, the taking of one’s own life, sadly is the cause of death for around 5,500 people in the United Kingdom each year. In [read the full story…]
A Reasoning and Rehabilitation programme reduces verbal aggression and improves problem solving in offenders with psychosis
Here at the Mental Elf we are always on the look out for research that extends trials into new areas, and offers practical benefits to people recovering from mental illness. Within psychiatric wards violence and challenging behaviour can be extremely distressing, with a 2007 Healthcare Commission report finding that over half of staff and almost half of [read the full story…]
