What is the role of mentalizing in psychological interventions?

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Mentalizing is the human ability to comprehend intentional mental states, such as goals, desires, feelings, and wishes, of both oneself and others. In this blog, Amelia Mullet summarises a systematic review exploring the role of mentalizing in adult psychotherapy.

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Ethnic disparities in suicide mortality: what’s going on?

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Pauline Rivart summarises a national cohort study of ethnicity and suicide in England and Wales, which presents a “paradoxical finding of a lower rate of suicide in almost all minority ethnic groups compared with the White British majority”.

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When the clouds clear: the journeys of school psychologists working with gender diverse young people

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Vanessa Coeli summarises a qualitative systematic review on the perspectives of school psychologists supporting young gender diverse people.

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Strengthening spousal relationships in dementia: are we there yet?

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Gloria Wong summarises a scoping review of psychosocial interventions to enhance the relationships of couples living with dementia.

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ARFID outcomes: new research suggests that avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder is a persistent and distinct eating disorder

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Georgie Parker summarises a prospective 2-year longitudinal cohort study investigating the course and predictors of outcome in avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) in young people.

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Universal DBT intervention in schools: help or hindrance?

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Sofiia Kornatska reviews a non-randomised trial exploring a dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) based universal intervention on adolescent social and emotional well-being in Australian schools.

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Cognition and heterogeneity in first-episode psychosis before antipsychotic treatment

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Ana Veic looks at an updated systematic review which suggests that patients with psychosis display cognitive difficulties very early in the disease process, and concludes this variation in cognitive function should prompt individual clinical assessments to optimise care.

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What can GP records tell us about mental health throughout childhood?

Is the GP clinic the best form of support for young people experiencing recurrent mental health issues?

Niamh Dooley explores a retrospective study of ‘real-world’ data on young people’s use of general practitioners for mental health support.

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Mental health diagnosis: where are we now?

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Niall Boyce helps us navigate one of the most important and controversial areas in mental health science, as he summarises a recent US review on psychiatric diagnosis.

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Supporting NHS colleagues following a coworker’s suicide: a postvention theory

Implementing structured protocols, enhancing training, strengthening support, and promoting open communication are all steps that can be implemented within workplaces to better support staff wellbeing after a colleague’s suicide.

In her debut blog, Brittany Oldale collaborates with Sarah Watts to summarise a grounded theory study that sought to create a postvention theory for how to support colleagues’ following a colleague’s suicide within the NHS.

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