Kate Chartres summarises a recent qualitative study that provides a greater understanding of the experience of delivering care to people with mental health problems in an acute hospital.
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For: caregiversExperience of psychotropic medication and decision-making
Jennifer Rose Oulton reviews a qualitative study that explores the experiences of psychotropic medication use and decision-making for adults with learning disabilities and their carers.
[read the full story...]Voices of people living with dementia and their carers on the closure of support services during COVID-19
Caroline Green discusses a qualitative study which considers the effects of COVID-19 on social support services for people with dementia.
[read the full story...]Dementia care: what increases caregiver burden?
Eleana Frisira writes her debut blog on a recent 3-year longitudinal study exploring the burden that falls on caregivers of people with various types of dementia.
[read the full story...]Physical activity while pregnant may help prevent postpartum depression
Briana Applewhite summarises a systematic review and meta-analysis on the effects of physical activity during pregnancy and the risk of postpartum depression.
[read the full story...]STrAtegies for RelaTives (START): long-lasting effect on the wellbeing of family carers of dementia patients
A group of UCL Mental Health MSc students summarise a recent RCT assessing the clinical and cost-effectiveness over 6 years of the START intervention for family carers of people with dementia.
[read the full story...]Weekly singing in choir may improve the mental health of cancer carers
Katherine Tallent writes her debut blog on a recent longitudinal controlled study exploring psychosocial singing interventions for the mental health and well-being of family carers of patients with cancer.
[read the full story...]Mental health carers: peer-led training, education and support #MentalHealthCarers
Bethany Gill helps us prepare for the #MentalHealthCarers event by summarising a service evaluation of a peer-led psychoeducation programme which aims to improve mental health carers well-being, reduce burden and enrich empowerment.
[read the full story...]The costs of care prior to institutionalisation among people living with Alzheimer’s disease
The past few decades have seen a gradual shift of provision of services for older people from residential care to community-based care in the UK and other high-income countries. ‘Ageing in place’ is a widely accepted and supported discourse. In practice, receiving care at home enables older people to stay in a familiar environment, and [read the full story…]
Psychosis and physical health: listening to patients and family carers
Shuichi Suetani and Sharon Lawn explore a recent viewpoint article on physical health problems in psychosis, which asks: Is it time to consider the views of family carers?
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