Danielle Lamb writes her debut elf blog on a recent RCT that investigates how staff training can improve patient experiences of mental health inpatient care.
[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...]Family therapy for anorexia: can it create closeness and containment in parent-adolescent relationships?
Sarah McDonald blogs about a recent study that explores the effect of family-based treatment for anorexia on familial relationships.
[read the full story...]Parenting factors associated with adolescent alcohol misuse
Natasha Clarke considers a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies, which looks at modifiable parenting factors associated with adolescent alcohol misuse.
[read the full story...]Can digital communication improve relationships between young people and clinicians?
Victoria Betton reports on the LYNC study; mixed methods research into timely digital patient-clinician communication in specialist clinical services for young people.
[read the full story...]CBT for Autism Spectrum Disorders and comorbid mental illness
Alix Dixon presents a recent systematic review on the effectiveness of CBT for autism spectrum disorders and comorbid anxiety or depression.
[read the full story...]It’s good to talk: training psychiatrists to improve communication with patients
John Baker evaluates the recent TEMPO cluster RCT, which explores training to enhance psychiatrist communication with patients who live with psychosis.
[read the full story...]Conversations between care home staff and people with dementia
Jo Moriarty summarises an Australian study which visualises conversations between care home staff and residents with dementia.
[read the full story...]Pivotal response treatment is promising for children with autism
Rosalyn Nelson presents the findings of a small RCT of Pivotal Response Treatment groups for parents of children with autism, which has promising results in terms of encouraging children to communicate.
[read the full story...]Skills development and knowledge transfer are benefits of working with external providers, reports study
This is a summary of a report called Knowledge exchange in health-care commissioning, published by the National Institute for Health Research.
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