Ian Hamilton looks at a recent literature review on the presence and prevalence of substance use disorder symptoms in recreational nitrous oxide users.
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Hannah Bowers summarises a study exploring the need for antidepressant withdrawal support, from 708 survey respondents with lived experience.
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In his debut blog, Isaac Winterburn evaluates an Irish longitudinal cohort study examining the impact of digital use and socioeconomic status on adolescent wellbeing.
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Tyler Elliot summarises a recent literature review that summarises the philosophical, phenomenological, clinical, and non-clinical correlates of felt presence.
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Ellen Iredale and Poppy Brown summarise a case-series study on compassion‐focused therapy for distressing hallucinations and delusions in psychosis, suggesting the potential to benefit people with psychosis.
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Hannah Wallace summarises a network meta-analysis comparing four different formats of CBT for panic disorder, which finds “no efficacy differences between CBT delivered as guided self-help, or in the face-to-face individual or group format in the treatment of panic disorder”.
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Alexis Low considers a meta-analysis which evaluates Self-Help Plus, a promising WHO intervention that could be scaled up to address the mental health needs of refugees and asylum seekers.
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Gemma Sawyer discusses new research on the menstrual cycle as a possible acute trigger for suicidal ideation.
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Amelia Talbot summarises a qualitative meta-synthesis exploring people’s experiences of living with ‘treatment-resistant’ depression.
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Keir Harding finds little published evidence to support people with ‘personality disorder’ diagnoses when they are in crisis.
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