Lucy Barrass considers a systematic review exploring the detection of depression in primary care settings in low- and middle-income countries.
[read the full story...]An INTREPID journey into the epidemiological landscape of psychosis in the Global South
Shuichi Suetani and Jon Paul Teo discuss the International Research Program on Psychotic Disorders in Diverse Settings (INTREPID II) study, which investigates the epidemiology of untreated psychoses in 3 diverse settings in the Global South.
[read the full story...]Preventing suicide is everybody’s business: a global perspective #LancetSuicideSeminar
Ravivarma Rao Panirselvam summarises the recently published Lancet Seminar on Suicide and Self-Harm, and highlights the free webinar due too take place on Monday 4th July 2022.
[read the full story...]Suicide rates in ethnic minorities and indigenous people
In her debut blog, Lucy Barrass examines a systematic review which finds high variation in risk and rate of suicide in indigenous and ethnic minority populations.
[read the full story...]COVID-19 increased depression and anxiety disorders by >25% during 2020
Dona Matthews summarises a recent study in The Lancet which estimates that worldwide COVID-19 increased depression and anxiety disorders by more than 25% in 2020.
[read the full story...]Mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic: the impact on low and middle income countries
Anusha Ramji examines a recent review which looks at the mental health impact of the COVID pandemic on different low- and middle-income countries.
[read the full story...]The best terminology to describe self-harm: “There is more that unites us than divides us”
Angharad de Cates reviews a recent study which examined international definitions of English-language terms for suicidal and self-harm behaviours.
[read the full story...]How common is mental illness in children aged 1-7 years old?
Jennifer Lau and Meenakshi Shukla explore a recent meta-analysis which finds that worldwide, 1 in 5 children aged 1-7 years old will experience a mental health condition.
[read the full story...]Mental health: at what cost?
In their debut Mental Elf blog, Martin Knapp and Gloria Wong summarise a systematic review of cost-of-illness studies, which explores the distribution of the costs between different mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions.
[read the full story...]Preventing depression: what do we need to succeed?
Can we prevent depression globally? Emma Corcoran, Molly Bird and Natalie Shoham summarise a recent review that considers what is needed to eradicate the worldwide depression epidemic, and why.
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