Emiliana Tonini summarises a recent Chinese study, which suggests that combining MRI scan and behavioural assessments data may increase the accuracy of diagnosing bipolar disorder in adolescents.
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Elisha Joshi reviews a study exploring the prevalence and risk factors for self-harm in adolescents with and without disabilities living in the UK.
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Katie Marwick on a new UK Biobank study which suggests that the two years either side of the final menstrual period represent a time of small increased risk for new onset bipolar and major depressive disorder.
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Lottie Shipp appraises a qualitative study that explored young people’s experiences of their sibling being admitted to a mental health inpatient unit.
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Ellie Davis highlights a retrospective cohort study that explored eating disorder treatment outcomes between transgender, gender diverse and cisgender adolescents.
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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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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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Vanessa Coeli summarises a qualitative systematic review on the perspectives of school psychologists supporting young gender diverse people.
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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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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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