Ed Palmer considers new research on the genetic risk for Tourette Syndrome and it’s relationship to other mental and physical health conditions.
[read the full story...]Genetic risk for Tourette Syndrome and related conditions
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Is anxiety a gateway to other mental health problems? Comorbidities with depression and other anxiety disorders
Nina Higson-Sweeney summarises a study using data from the UK-based GLAD and COPING NBR cohorts to investigate factors associated with anxiety disorder comorbidity with anxiety and depression.
[read the full story...]How can we provide integrated care for people with co-occurring addiction and severe mental health problems?
Akansha Naraindas considers a new review which offers insights to support the evaluation and restructuring of services for people with comorbid severe mental problems and substance use conditions.
[read the full story...]Mental health service pathways for children and adolescents with depression: do we have the data?
In her debut blog, Emiliana Tonini summarises a recent study exploring the healthcare pathways of children and adolescents seeking support for depression, from referral through to discharge.
[read the full story...]The healthcare cost of multimorbidity in people with mental health diagnoses in Denmark
Kitty Saunders and Silke Vereeken explore the individual and population level healthcare costs of multimorbidities in people with at least one mental health diagnosis in Denmark.
[read the full story...]Genetic risk for schizophrenia is associated with changes in heart structure and function
Nadine Parker and Ole Andreassen summarise a recent UK population-based cohort study, which looks at the impact of polygenic risk for schizophrenia on cardiac structure and function in over 32,000 people.
[read the full story...]Smoking and bipolar disorder: the physical and mental health impact of tobacco cessation
Hannah Walsh explores the clinical and research implications of this French cohort study on bipolar disorder and smoking status, and how risks differ for current, former and never smokers.
[read the full story...]Parental mental illness a key risk factor for offspring mental illness: new evidence from Australia
Francesca Zecchinato summarises a new study which suggests that children of parents with experience of mental illness comorbidities represent a vulnerable population and should be prioritised in prevention and intervention efforts.
[read the full story...]Addressing premature mortality in mental illness: the “Gone Too Soon” framework
Alvin Richards-Belle and Humma Andleeb review the Gone Too Soon framework, published yesterday in The Lancet Psychiatry, which suggests priorities for action to prevent premature mortality associated with mental illness and mental distress.
[read the full story...]People with severe mental health difficulties are more likely to have poor dental health and dental disorders
Masuma Pervin Mishu summarises an umbrella review on the prevalence of dental disorders among people with severe mental illness.
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