Rena Gatzounis summarises a review investigating the effectiveness of digital interventions for eating disorders and the behaviour change techniques that lie underneath.
[read the full story...]When care causes harm: a systematic review of adverse experiences in mental health wards
Jessica Griffiths and Una Foye explore a recent qualitative review of adverse mental health inpatient experiences, which proposes a strategic approach to improving service design and delivery, advocating for environments that prioritise patient safety, dignity and respect.
[read the full story...]Critical lack of evidence about social media use and youth mental health in clinical populations
Amanda Sabo and Louise La Sala summarise a recent review investigating the impact of social media use on internalising symptoms in adolescents from clinical and community samples.
[read the full story...]The risks arising from having ADHD: physical health, mental health, social and lifestyle
Jack Wainwright explores how ADHD can impact on all aspects of our lives, not just the three key symptom domains, but on our lifestyle, physical and mental health.
[read the full story...]Alternatives to medication for ‘treatment-resistant schizophrenia’
Kalya Win Aung, Angela Kibia and Dorothy Williams consider a systematic review and network meta-analysis published by the Lancet Psychiatry on psychological and psychosocial interventions for treatment-resistant schizophrenia.
[read the full story...]HRT associated with reduced risk of psychosis relapse in middle-age women
Laura Naysmith summarises a study of menopausal hormone therapy (also known as HRT), which suggests the treatment is linked with reduce the risk of psychosis relapse in menopausal women.
[read the full story...]Food, sadness and guilt: how do anorexia patients and clinicians feel about supported mealtimes?
Samatha Han and Caitlin Lloyd summarise a qualitative systematic review that explored patient and clinician perspectives on supported mealtimes within treatments for anorexia nervosa.
[read the full story...]Peer support interventions delivered by paid peer and family workers: an umbrella review
Magenta Simmons and Belle Boland consider an umbrella review on the effectiveness and implementation of peer support interventions in mental health.
[read the full story...]Will this ADHD medication help my patient? Bridging the gap between efficacy and effectiveness
Shuichi Suetani blogs a new study published today in The Lancet Psychiatry, which suggests that those patients who might benefit most from evidence-based guidance are the least represented in clinical trials about ADHD medication. Is it time to reconsider the value we place on RCTs when they do not include the vast majority of people who need help?
[read the full story...]Like father like offspring: paternal anxiety associated with children’s emotional and behavioural health
Zoe Firth summarises a recent systematic review which finds that anxiety in fathers has a broadly similar impact on children, compared to maternal anxiety.
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