Marlee Bower discusses a recent systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies, which suggests that loneliness can predict future suicidal ideation and/or behaviour.
[read the full story...]Self-disgust, loneliness and depression: what’s the link?
Joseph Lam and Syeda Akther review a recent study that investigated the links between self-disgust, loneliness and depression, and the mediating role of emotion regulation.
[read the full story...]Community navigators may help alleviate loneliness in people with anxiety or depression
Martin Webber summarises promising results from a feasibility trial of community navigators for people with depression or anxiety using secondary mental health services.
[read the full story...]How ARE you doing? A study of the mental health of men in the seduction community
Dave Steele summarises and critiques an ethnographic study using interviews and observations of the mental health of men in the seduction community.
[read the full story...]Psychological resilience to suicidal thoughts and behaviours in people with schizophrenia
Emily Hielscher reviews a recent qualitative study that examines factors that contribute to psychological resilience to suicidal thoughts and behaviours in people with schizophrenia or psychosis.
[read the full story...]Mental health scientists stand up to COVID-19
Alexandra Pitman, Sonia Johnson and Michael Bloomfield respond to the mental health and COVID-19 research priorities set out in a new position paper published in The Lancet Psychiatry on 15th April 2020.
[read the full story...]Loneliness and the psychosis continuum: can loneliness be a target for mental health services?
Laurie Hare-Duke writes his debut elf blog on a recent meta-analysis on loneliness and the psychosis continuum, which finds that loneliness is associated with both positive and negative psychotic symptoms, and is more strongly associated with paranoia than with hallucinations.
[read the full story...]Are high-rise residential buildings implicated in our social wellbeing and mental health?
Molly Bird summarises and critically analyses a recent systematic review investigating the effects of high-rise buildings on our mental health and social wellbeing.
[read the full story...]Time to research wider community approaches to reducing social isolation?
Heather McClelland writes her debut blog on a recent systematic review looking at the effectiveness of interventions aiming to reduce loneliness and social isolation.
[read the full story...]Loneliness and sedentary behaviour: time to take a stand?
Tim Matthews, Molly Bird and Hannah Cocker mark #LonelinessAwarenessWeek with a blog looking at recent research into loneliness and sedentary behaviours in 12-15 year old children.
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