Danny Whiting explores the issue of screening for first episode psychosis in prison using a retrospective cohort study from Australia.
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Survivors of genocide more likely to develop dementia, according to new Israeli study
Anna Sri explores a recent Israeli study which suggests that people exposed to genocide are more likely to develop dementia, even when a range of confounders are accounted for.
[read the full story...]Antipsychotics for schizophrenia: do they provide a longer, healthier life?
Paul Heron from the Closing the Gap Network writes his debut blog about a 20‐year cohort study of physical morbidity and mortality in relationship to antipsychotic treatment in a huge group of people with schizophrenia in Finland.
[read the full story...]Can eating behaviours in childhood predict eating disorder behaviours and diagnoses in adolescence?
Georgie Parker summarises a longitudinal cohort study which finds that eating behaviours in childhood may predict eating disorder behaviours and diagnoses in adolescence.
[read the full story...]Risperidone and aripiprazole: genotype, metabolism and dosage
Dolly Sud writes her debut elf blog on a recent retrospective analysis, which compares dose changes of risperidone and aripiprazole with patients’ individual genotype.
[read the full story...]Mental disorders and intimate partner violence perpetrated by men towards women
Anna Sri explores a recent longitudinal study exploring the links between mental disorders and intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrated by men towards women, which finds that many psychiatric diagnoses were associated with an increased risk of IPV.
[read the full story...]In harm’s way: psychiatric diagnosis and risks of being subjected to and perpetrating violence
Sarah Steeg discusses a cohort study finding that people with a psychiatric diagnosis are 3-4 times more likely to be a victim or perpetrator of violence.
[read the full story...]Is reading for pleasure in childhood good for your health?
Francesca Bentivegna summarises a recent study of the benefits of reading for pleasure in childhood, which finds an association 3 years later with consuming more fruit and being less exposed to both cigarette and alcohol use.
[read the full story...]Suicidality in India: findings from a national cross sectional study
In her debut blog, Dee Knipe summarises a national cross-sectional study recently published in The Lancet Psychiatry, which found that more than 44 million adults in India could experience suicidality.
[read the full story...]Prenatal stress and personality disorder: is there a link?
In Anna Sri’s debut blog, she comments on a Finnish cohort study which examined the link between prenatal stress and diagnosis of personality disorder in offspring. The study concludes that the more severe the experience of prenatal stress, the increased likelihood of a later diagnosis of personality disorder in the offspring.
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