Hilary Shepherd appraises and summarises a recent Turkish randomised controlled trial, which explores the effect that music can have on the comfort and anxiety levels of older adults living in a nursing home.
[read the full story...]Risperidone and aripiprazole: genotype, metabolism and dosage
Dolly Sud writes her debut elf blog on a recent retrospective analysis, which compares dose changes of risperidone and aripiprazole with patients’ individual genotype.
[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...]NHS England’s new framework for community mental health services
Andy Bell reviews NHS England’s recently published Community Mental Health Framework for Adults and Older Adults, which sets out the changes it expects to see in community mental health services over the next five years.
[read the full story...]Do nurses and social workers AMHPs make similar decisions in Mental Health Assessments?
Martin Stevens reviews a study by Kevin Stone, which compares the decision-making of nurse and social worker Approved Mental Health Practitioners (AMHPs) undertaking Mental Health Assessments.
[read the full story...]Mental health research funding: we are still not getting our fair share
Louise Arseneault writes her debut elf blog on a new report published today by MQ Transforming Mental Health, which finds disparity between physical health and mental health research funding.
[read the full story...]Trauma-informed approaches in mental health: co-optable and corruptible?
Trauma survivors and mental health academics, Angela Sweeney and Danny Taggart take a serious look at the potential and risks for trauma-informed approaches as they are introduced into mainstream mental health systems and services.
[read the full story...]Sense of coherence and mental health of caregivers: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Martin Webber looks at a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies reporting on the association between informal carers’ sense of coherence, caregiver burden and mental health outcomes.
[read the full story...]Community singing helps mental health recovery
As we prepare for our choral music #MentalHealthJukebox on Saturday 27th January, Liesbeth Tip explores a qualitative evaluation of a Norfolk-based community singing project (Sing Your Heart Out) aimed at people with mental health conditions and the general public.
[read the full story...]Recovering Quality of Life (ReQOL) scale: a PROM you don’t want to miss
Martina Sawicka and Derek Tracy take a look at the ReQOL scale (Recovering Quality of Life): a patient reported outcome measure (PROM) for use with people experiencing mental health difficulties.
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