Oluwaseun Oluwaranti reviews a cohort study which finds that participants exposed to complex trauma had more severe mental health problems and poorer cognitive function at 18 years of age.
[read the full story...]New Canadian study confirms the excess mortality associated with eating disorders
In her debut blog, Anna Paspala summarises a new study published today in The British Journal of Psychiatry, which suggests that in Ontario, Canada, mortality rates in people with eating disorders were 5-7 times higher than the general population.
[read the full story...]Are ethnic minorities under-represented in memory services?
Harmony Jiang reviews a study exploring the representation of Black, Asian and minority ethnic people in memory services in Leicester and Leicestershire.
[read the full story...]Migrant mental health in Norway: variation in the prevalence of psychiatric diagnoses
In her debut blog, Yasmin Ahmadzadeh reviews a recent cohort study exploring the prevalence of mental disorders among young adults of immigrant background in Norway.
[read the full story...]Death from COVID-19: should we be prioritising people with schizophrenia for vaccination?
In her debut blog, Aneta Zarska reviews a cohort study which looks at the links between death from COVID-19 and a range of mental health conditions, including schizophrenia, depression and anxiety.
[read the full story...]Suicide risk in transgender and gender diverse people
Talen Wright explores trends in suicide death risk among transgender people by drawing on findings from the Amsterdam Cohort of Gender Dysphoria Study.
[read the full story...]Inpatient care: identifying factors that influence the length of stay
In her debut blog, Sophia Pillai looks at a recent retrospective case-cohort study on patient and service-level factors affecting the length of inpatient stay in an acute mental health service.
[read the full story...]Hospital presentations for self-harm: a window of opportunity to prevent or treat psychosis and bipolar disorder
Alison Clarke and Jo Robinson review a Finnish cohort study which suggests that hospital presentations for self-harm represent a clear opportunity for the identification and subsequent treatment of psychosis and bipolar disorder.
[read the full story...]Multimorbidity: does depression predict the onset of physical illness?
Lydia Poole reviews a recent Canadian study examining depression as a risk factor for physical illness and multimorbidity in a cohort with no prior comorbidity.
[read the full story...]Disclosing self-harm history: people’s attributes and risk factors
Holly Crudgington reviews a recent study from Manchester, which explores characteristics and risk of repetition in people who fail to report previous hospital presentations for self-harm.
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