Vanessa Coeli summarises the PRIDE study on the experiences of conversion practices and mental health symptoms in sexual and gender minority adults in the US.
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Síofra Peeren explores an Australian qualitative study looking at the trauma and mental health impacts of coercive control, which suggests that psychological tactics of coercion and control are just as, if not more distressing than physical tactics.
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Ayana Cant summarises the findings from a recent umbrella review on the social determinants of mental health in major depressive disorder, which suggests that early life adversities, intimate partner violence, and food insecurity were the biggest risk factors for depression.
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Today is the beginning of #16DaysOfActivism2024 for No Violence against Women and Children. To mark the occasion we have a blog from Vishal Bhavsar exploring the effectiveness of interventions for perpetrators of intimate partner violence.
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Rasanat Fatima Nawaz and Hayley Gains summarise a scoping review exploring the impact of war on Palestinian children and young people residing in the Gaza Strip.
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Anabelle Paulino and Maya Ogonah summarise a recent Danish longitudinal study on the risk of violent victimisation and perpetration following the onset of mental illness.
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A group of leading researches at Orygen Australia review a recent meta-analysis on the efficacy of trigger and content warnings on media outlets that indicates warnings may not be as helpful as we thought.
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In her debut blog, Eve Wang summarises a recent systematic review in The Lancet Public Health of interventions to improve the health and the determinants of health among sex workers in high-income countries.
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Andy Bell reflects on a recent peer research study and shares the steps that any mental health service can take to help people reclaim their rights, their personhood, and their equal citizenship.
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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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