Dr Kirsten Lawson reviews one of Dr Wayne Katons’ last cohort studies looking into depression and diabetes and it’s effect on the risk of dementia.
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Psychosocial therapy effective in reducing self-harm, suicide and all-cause death
Elly O’Brien summarises a large Danish cohort study, which investigates the short-term and long-term effects of psychosocial therapy for people after deliberate self-harm.
[read the full story...]Why multi-agency working, not accommodation type, is the key to better outcomes for people with epilepsy
Around half of all people with a learning disability have epilepsy and there are significant concerns about the impact of non-compliance with prescribed medications, which is linked with increased morbidity.
In her debut blog, Jill Hughes reflects on a study which set out to see if there was a link between the living arrangements of people with learning disabilities and compliance with anti-epileptic medication regimes.
[read the full story...]Peer-led self-management for mental health: impressive programme, not so sure about the research
Lucy Simons and Chris Sampson appraise a recent evaluation of peer-led self-management training for people with severe mental illness.
[read the full story...]Do we stigmatise mental illness more as we age?
Raluca Lucacel writes her debut blog about an age-period-cohort analysis, which investigates how attitudes towards people with mental illness worsen during the course of life.
[read the full story...]Bridging The Health Gap. An incentivised Scheme for Primary Care GP’s
People with learning disabilities experience health inequalities compared to the general population, compounded by the number of health related problems thye may have related to having a learning disability.
Here, in her debut blog, Tara Quinn-Cirillo adds her reflections to an assessment of this incentivised scheme.
[read the full story...]New evidence on the effects of plain cigarette packaging in Australia
Olivia Maynard considers the implications of a host of new plain packaging research papers published last week in Tobacco Control. He blog focuses on a cohort study that looks at short-term changes in quitting-related cognitions and behaviours after the implementation of plain cigarette packaging with larger health warnings in Australia.
[read the full story...]Orthodontic treatment: does it impact on quality of life?
A 3-year school-based cohort study found that oral health related quality of life improved in young people over time whether or not they had undergone orthodontic treatment.
[read the full story...]Caries risk assessment using the Cariogram model in young adults
This three year long prospective cohort study involving over 1,000 young Swedish adults found that the Cariogram system was no better than existing methods for caries risk assessment.
[read the full story...]Prescribing antipsychotics in primary care: new study highlights frequent off-label use
Josephine Neale reports on a recent cohort study that finds less than half of UK prescriptions for antipsychotics are issued for main licensed conditions (e.g. psychosis or bipolar disorder). The research provides a reminder about the dangers of prescribing antipsychotics to people with dementia.
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