In her debut blog, Megan Bailey summarises an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses on whether psychological trauma can be considered as a transdiagnostic risk factor for mental health disorders.
[read the full story...]Intimate partner violence, suicide and self-harm: uncovering the links
Piumee Bandara summarises a cross-sectional study which finds that people who had experienced lifetime intimate partner violence (IPV) were almost three times more likely to have made a suicide attempt in the past year, compared to people without experience of IPV.
[read the full story...]The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on Intimate Partner Violence and Mental Health #IPVmentalhealth
Rachel Milligan summarises the recently published Lancet Psychiatry Commission on Intimate Partner Violence and Mental Health, which establishes a roadmap for strengthening responses across mental health services, research, and policy.
[read the full story...]Childhood trauma, bullying-victimisation and the mental health of LGBTQ+ individuals
Andie Ashdown and Theophanis Kyriacou review a study from the Netherlands that looks at the links between childhood trauma, bullying-victimization and mental illness in people from sexual minority groups.
[read the full story...]High suicidality among people experiencing domestic abuse: findings from a mixed methods Refuge study #VAMHN
Roxanne Keynejad writes her debut elf blog about a recent study that investigates the prevalence of suicidality and associated factors in a large sample of people accessing Refuge services.
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[read the full story...]Suicide risk following childhood interpersonal violence
Katrina Witt considers the findings of a meta-analysis of longitudinal studies, which looks at exposure to interpersonal violence in childhood, and the impact that it may have on risk of suicide in young people.
[read the full story...]What relationship do stressful life events, neglect and abuse have with functional neurological disorder (conversion disorder)?
Mark Edwards considers the findings of a new meta-analysis of case-control studies, which looks at the relationship between stressful life events, neglect and abuse with functional neurological disorder.
[read the full story...]Violence and women’s mental health: new review summarises the evidence
Nicky Lambert writes her debut Mental Elf blog on a recent review of violence and the impact that it has on women’s mental health
[read the full story...]Childhood adversity and bipolar disorder
Jasmin Wertz presents the findings of a recent systematic review and meta-analysis that explores the relationship between childhood adversity and bipolar disorder.
[read the full story...]Trauma and psychotic symptoms: clear association, but do we really understand why?
#UCLJournalClub students worked collaboratively on this blog, which appraises and summarises a recent cross sectional study looking at the psychological mechanisms that mediate effects between trauma and psychotic symptoms.
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