Olivia McGowan examines an Australian cross-sectional study on the impact of prolonged visa insecurity on asylum-seeking children, which indicates links to poorer mental health.
[read the full story...]The healthcare cost of multimorbidity in people with mental health diagnoses in Denmark
Kitty Saunders and Silke Vereeken explore the individual and population level healthcare costs of multimorbidities in people with at least one mental health diagnosis in Denmark.
[read the full story...]People with severe mental health difficulties are more likely to have poor dental health and dental disorders
Masuma Pervin Mishu summarises an umbrella review on the prevalence of dental disorders among people with severe mental illness.
[read the full story...]Developing a tool to measure research capacity and culture in lived experience researchers
Laura Hemming reports on a research project that aimed to develop a tool to measure individuals with lived experience capacity to engage with research.
[read the full story...]Community interventions for anxiety and depression: the benefits of sports, music, gardening, art and culture
Jessica Bone critically considers a systematic review of community interventions for anxiety and depression in adults and young people, which suggests that more research is required targeting young people and specific community assets.
[read the full story...]“We are family, even when apart”: family separation and mental health in refugees
In her debut blog Elizabeth Hall reviews a study focusing on the impact of family separation on mental health outcomes among settled refugees in Australia.
[read the full story...]The links between social deprivation and mental health problems in immigrants and non-immigrants
Rudo Dube writes about an Australian study of socially fragmented neighbourhoods and psychological distress among immigrants and non-immigrants in Australia.
[read the full story...]Why don’t people receive a psychosocial assessment in emergency departments after self-harm?
Amelia Talbot looks at a recent qualitative study of patient and carer perspectives, which explores the reasons why some patients do not receive a psychosocial assessment in emergency departments following self-harm.
[read the full story...]Trans pathways: mental health care for transgender and gender diverse young people in Australia
Talen Wright reviews a recent paper on the Trans Pathways study, which looks at mental health care for transgender and gender diverse young people in Australia.
[read the full story...]Long term recovery and resilience in psychosis: the iHOPE-20 study
A group of UCL Mental Health Masters students summarise the iHOPE-20 study, which looks at relationships between and prospective predictors of remission, clinical recovery, personal recovery and resilience 20 years on from a first episode psychosis.
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