Jodi Rintelman writes her debut elf blog on the first randomised controlled trial on the efficacy and safety of intranasal esketamine as an adjunctive treatment to antidepressants for treatment-resistant depression.
[read the full story...]Who gets bullied? Using genetic information to identify individual vulnerabilities
Lucy Bowes explores a multi-polygenic score approach to identifying individual vulnerabilities associated with the risk of bullying, which suggests that depression, ADHD, risk taking, BMI and intelligence are independently associated with exposure to bullying.
[read the full story...]Genetic predictors of depression trajectories in adolescence
Megan Skelton explores a study that uses polygenic scores in the context of longitudinal developmental data, to characterise developmental trajectories and the role of neuropsychiatric genetic risk variants in early-onset depression.
[read the full story...]Lack of wealth may increase our risk of dementia
A group of UCL Mental Health Masters students summarise a recent cohort study of the individual and area-based socioeconomic factors associated with dementia incidence in England.
[read the full story...]Victims of crime with mental illness: differences between Denmark and the US
Chris Millar writes his debut blog on a recent paper that explores the link between mental illness and being subjected to crime in Denmark and the United States. This blog asks: how much do poverty and the safety net matter? There are some important implications for policy makers.
[read the full story...]Crime victimisation: vulnerability increased after onset of mental illness
Danny Whiting writes his debut elf blog on a recent Danish study that uses police data to measure the risk of being subjected to crime, including violent crime, after onset of mental illness.
[read the full story...]Is the incidence of schizophrenia in South-East London really 10 times higher than in Santiago, Spain?
Vishal Bhavsar reviews an EU study of nearly 3,000 people across 6 EU countries, looking at the treated incidence of schizophrenia and psychotic disorders. It helps us better understand who gets psychosis, when, and where.
[read the full story...]Persistent and severe postnatal depression predicts adverse outcomes in children
Sophie Graham and Jennifer Burgess explore the associations between persistent and severe postnatal depression in mothers and mental health and educational outcomes in their offspring.
[read the full story...]Resilience to depression: neural markers in adolescent at-risk females
Matthew Broome appraises a recent cohort study that looks at neural markers of resilience in young women at familial risk for major depressive disorder.
[read the full story...]Preventing anxiety with psychological and educational interventions
Inês Pote publishes her debut elf blog about a recent systematic review on the effectiveness of psychological and/or educational interventions in the prevention of anxiety.
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