Ian Hamilton considers a recent literature review published in JAMA Psychiatry, which explores the effects of cannabis use on human behaviour, Including cognition, motivation and psychosis.
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For: literature reviewContinuity of relationships can help older adults cope with care transition
Jill Manthorpe reports an updated NIHR-funded literature review of how we can improve older adults’ experiences of care transition.
[read the full story...]“It can still happen here”: institutionalised abuse of people with learning disabilities
Hannah Morgan reflects on a literature review of empirical evidence and wider social research, which seeks to place the abuse of people with learning disabilities in a broader cultural context.
[read the full story...]Smoking and chronic mental illness: what’s the best way to quit or cut down?
Meg Fluharty considers the findings of a BMJ State of the Art review, which looks at the evidence for smoking cessation in people with chronic mental illness such as schizophrenia, unipolar depression, bipolar depression, anxiety disorders and PTSD.
[read the full story...]Suicide risk assessment and intervention: need for a new approach?
Olivia Kirtley and Alys Cole-King consider the implications of a new BMJ review on suicide risk assessment and intervention in people with mental illness.
[read the full story...]Antidepressants vs placebo for depression: forget the gap
Ioana Cristea considers the possible causes responsible for the apparent narrowing of the drug-placebo gap, which over the last 30 years has seen estimates of depression symptom reduction from antidepressants fall from 70% to 30%.
[read the full story...]Social participation interventions for mental health: do they work?
In this blog, Ian Cummins looks at a study, which seeks to examine the effectiveness of particular forms of intervention that focus on social participation for adults with mental health problems.
[read the full story...]To deliver quality primary care, GPs should analyse their clinical case-mix, says Health Education England
This post looks at the Health Education England report, The future of primary care, which is about recruitment and training in primary care.
[read the full story...]What do we know about designing and delivering care closer to home?
In this blog, Alison Turner looks at a set of guides aims to explore the challenges and benefits of designing and delivering care closer to home.
[read the full story...]Choice and control for carers: How is personalisation working?
Sarah Carr looks at a literature review assessing how choice is working for family carers in the context of social care personalisation.
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