In his debut blog, Justin Chan appraises a meta-review on the moral barriers and facilitators that physicians encounter when talking about Advance Care Planning for people with dementia.
[read the full story...]A matter of trust: helping adolescents open up about their trauma
Will Koehler summarises a ‘netnographic’ study which provides a clarion call to those working within trauma-treatment systems to examine their practices with young people from a multi-system perspective.
[read the full story...]Overcoming barriers: why adolescents don’t seek mental health support
Emma Ashworth summarises a recent systematic review on the barriers that children and adolescents face in seeking help for their mental health problems.
[read the full story...]GP management of self-harm: low confidence and need for further training
In her debut blog, Laura Culshaw summarises a recent systematic review exploring the attitudes, knowledge and behaviours of GPs in managing self-harm in primary care.
[read the full story...]Whose Safety is it Anyway? Service user and carer involvement in mental health care safety #MHNR2018
Alison Faulkner takes a recent study as the starting point for an exploration of mental health care safety, service user and carer involvement, raising concerns, risk, harm, power, relationships and much more.
[read the full story...]Blended psychotherapy: barriers and facilitators identified by psychotherapists
Stefan Rennick-Egglestone on a qualitative study of psychotherapists’ views about the barriers and facilitators to implementing blended psychotherapy for depression.
[read the full story...]Digital inclusion: mental health technologies for people with learning disabilities #DigiMHweek
Leen Vereenooghe summarises a recent review paper that presents the state of the evidence and future directions for digital mental health and people with intellectual disabilities.
[read the full story...]Barriers and enablers to dental care for people affected by mental health disorders
This narrative review focuses on the barriers and enablers for patients with mental health problems in accessing dental care. Most of the published work focuses on barriers . More work and resources are needed to improve both access to care and oral health outcomes or this group of patients.
[read the full story...]Help-seeking for eating disorders: barriers and facilitators
Sarah McDonald considers a systematic review that explores the perceived barriers and facilitators towards help-seeking for eating disorders.
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