Francesca Bentivegna summarises a recent review which suggests that schizophrenia, “personality disorders” and psychopathy may be linked to reading skills deficits in some people.
[read the full story...]Group physical activity for people with severe mental illness: from inactivity to engagement
A group of MSc Clinical Mental Health Sciences students at UCL Psychiatry summarise a systematic review on the experience of initiating community-based group physical activity by people with serious mental illness.
[read the full story...]Problem solving therapy: is it an effective ingredient for treating depression? #ActiveIngredientsMH
Karolin Krause summarises a systematic review relating to her own Wellcome Trust funded research on problem solving training for young people with depression.
[read the full story...]Self-harm in prison: can we accurately predict risk?
In her debut blog, Verity Wainwright looks into a recently devised screening tool, which tries to predict self-harm in male prisoners.
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