In her debut blog, Verity Wainwright looks into a recently devised screening tool, which tries to predict self-harm in male prisoners.
[read the full story...]Self-harm in prison: can we accurately predict risk?
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Suicide prevention gatekeeper training and its long-term efficacy #WSPD2020
In his debut blog for World Suicide Prevention Day 2020, Steven MacDonald-Hart summarises a systematic review that explores the long-term efficacy of suicide prevention gatekeeper training.
[read the full story...]Suicide risk: could migration be a protective factor?
Dafni Katsampa’s latest blog looks at a new study exploring the influence of migration on risk of suicide in refugees in Sweden.
[read the full story...]Can arts engagement improve wellbeing for older adults?
Henry Aughterson writes his debut blog about a study of longitudinal associations between short-term, repeated, and sustained arts engagement and well-being outcomes in older adults.
[read the full story...]Systematic review of recovery may leave more questions than answers
Simon Bradstreet is left feeling frustrated by this systematic review of person-oriented recovery in people living with severe mental illness, which neglected to include a significant amount of relevant research.
[read the full story...]It’s a jungle out there: the natural history of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia
Caroline Struthers scrutinises a systematic review on the longitudinal course of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia.
[read the full story...]Negative symptoms of schizophrenia may improve over time, says meta-analysis
In her debut blog, Tracey Roberts summarises a recent meta-analysis which asks: Do negative symptoms of schizophrenia change over time?
[read the full story...]Engagement in activities following total joint replacement
In her first guest blog Ali Rowsell, a research fellow at the University of Southampton, Faculty of Health Sciences, discussed a longitudinal qualitative study on understanding why people may or may not engage in activities following total joint replacement.
[read the full story...]Bullying is bad for your mental health, even if you are the bully
Clinicians and mental health researchers have long recognised that there is a link between traumatic experiences in childhood and symptoms of psychosis or non-clinical psychotic experiences presenting in adolescence or adulthood. One type of traumatic experience is the experience of abuse, whether physical, emotional or social in nature. When it comes to bullying, any or [read the full story…]