#UCLJournalClub students appraise a systematic review and meta-analysis on the effectiveness of befriending interventions for people with a variety of health conditions including mental illness.
[read the full story...]Dementia care in hospital: training, leadership and culture change needed
Caroline Struthers explores a recent realist review of dementia-friendly interventions to improve the care of people living with dementia admitted to hospitals.
[read the full story...]iCBT for OCD in young people: study suggests it’s cost-effective, but more research needed
Alastair Canaway on a recent RCT that looks at the cost-effectiveness of therapist-guided internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy for paediatric obsessive–compulsive disorder.
[read the full story...]Street triage: all it’s cooked up to be?
Vishal Bhavsar appraises a descriptive study of Street Triage and detentions under Section 136 Mental Health Act in the North-East of England.
[read the full story...]Behaviour change techniques in smartphone health apps
Lucas Shelemy presents a recent systematic review on gamification for health promotion, which explores behaviour change techniques in smartphone apps.
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