Murtada Alsaif reports on a new nationwide Swedish cohort study that explores the real-world effectiveness of oral and depot antipsychotics for people with schizophrenia.
[read the full story...]Severe mental illness in offspring may not be linked to smoking during pregnancy
Andrew Jones considers a recent cohort study that looks into the associations between maternal smoking during pregnancy and severe mental illness in offspring.
[read the full story...]Divorce and alcohol use disorder in Sweden
Sally Adams reports on a recent Swedish study that explores the enduring nature of the association between divorce and the increased risk of alcohol use disorder.
[read the full story...]Mental illness and emotional wellbeing: part of the same continuum?
Lucas Shelemy considers data from the UK Millennium Cohort Study which correlates mental illness with emotional wellbeing in children, and brings back some surprising results.
[read the full story...]Use of mental health services may reduce adolescent depression
Jess Bone publishes her debut blog on a recent longitudinal cohort study, which looks at the reduction in adolescent depression after contact with mental health services.
[read the full story...]Changing dementia prevalence in the United States
Andrew Sommerlad writes his debut blog on a comparison of the prevalence of dementia in the United States in 2000 and 2012.
[read the full story...]Infection with hepatitis, HIV or AIDS may be significant risk factor for suicide
Katrina Witt summarises a recent nationwide cohort study, which suggests that infection, particularly with hepatitis, HIV or AIDS, is a significant risk factor for suicide.
[read the full story...]Substance misuse and addiction in people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Andrew Jones summarises a recent Canadian cohort study, which explores the extent of substance misuse and addictive disorders among adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
[read the full story...]OCD risk may increase following perinatal complications
Alan Underwood summarises a population based cohort study of 2.4 million Swedish children, which highlights links between perinatal risk factors such as smoking during pregnancy, and later development of obsessive compulsive disorder.
[read the full story...]Antipsychotic efficacy measured by real-world observational study
Tracey Roberts examines whether a retrospective observational study accurately investigates the effectiveness of second and first generation antipsychotics.
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