Sasha Danilina publishes her debut blog about a recent literature review on the effectiveness of gamification applied to health and wellbeing.
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Group body psychotherapy for negative symptoms of schizophrenia
Raphael Underwood reports on the findings of a recent RCT of group body psychotherapy for negative symptoms of schizophrenia, which finds that body psychotherapy did not have a clinically beneficial effect on reducing emotional withdrawal or improving social functioning.
[read the full story...]Associations between video game use, academic performance and mental health issues in European primary school children
Pete Etchells posts his debut Mental Elf blog on a recent study, which explored whether video games were associated with mental illness, cognition or social skills in young children.
[read the full story...]Childhood bullying and mental illness in young adulthood
Jasmin Wertz appraises a recent Finnish cohort study, which explores how different forms of children’s bullying involvement are associated with mental illness and use of specialised psychiatric services in young adulthood.
[read the full story...]What contributes to adult children carers’ well-being?
Jeanne Carlin discusses a review about influences on adult children carers’ well-being and thinks about what the evidence means for Care Act implementation.
[read the full story...]The effects of emotional labour in social work practice
Jo Moriarty explores a Danish study on emotional labour and social work and discovers how social workers manage their emotional responses in practice.
[read the full story...]The Goldies: a community-based singing programme for successful ageing
In her debut blog, Jane Greenstock considers research on how community arts programmes such as singing clubs may contribute to prevention for older people.
[read the full story...]Dementia and hospitalisation: how do family carers respond?
Clarissa Giebel analyses an Australian qualitative study into family carer feelings and responses, when their loved one with dementia is admitted to hospital.
[read the full story...]How do older people experience social care support?
Jill Manthorpe gets to grips with a systematic review of qualitative research to find out how older people experience social care support and calls on a surprising literary character for help.
[read the full story...]Woodland walks and your ‘Elf
Kirsten Lawson dons her walking boots and reports on the national Walks for Health (WfH) programme, which has been investigated in an observational study looking at the mental, emotional and social well-being of people who participate in woodland walks.
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