Ioana Cristea summarises the latest Cochrane review on CBT, third-wave CBT and IPT based interventions for preventing depression in children and adolescents
[read the full story...]#MQScienceMeeting: transforming lives with better mental health research
André Tomlin looks back at the #MQScienceMeeting Mental Health Science Meeting that took place in London on 2-3 Feb 2017.
[read the full story...]Parent training works for child and adolescent mental health
Tony McGinn presents a high-level overview of the state of parent training evidence. His blog draws on over 30 systematic reviews with meta-analyses, to bring you a handy summary of what works.
[read the full story...]Gamification for health and wellbeing
Sasha Danilina publishes her debut blog about a recent literature review on the effectiveness of gamification applied to health and wellbeing.
[read the full story...]Feeling the burn: do interventions to prevent burnout in doctors work?
Chris Pell summarises a recent systematic review and meta-analysis about interventions to prevent and reduce physician burnout.
[read the full story...]Migrant mental health may improve with children’s educational success
John Moriarty’s debut blog investigates a recent cross-sectional study looking at whether the mental health of migrant parents is supported by the educational achievements of their children.
[read the full story...]Social support from friends and family and protection from depression: systematic review
Mike Clark looks at a systematic review of the evidence on the role of social support in preventing depression at all ages.
[read the full story...]The vexing challenge of suicide prevention: a research informed perspective on a recent systematic review
Stanley Kutcher and Yifeng Wei provide an in-depth analysis of a recent systematic review of suicide prevention strategies.
[read the full story...]Web-based guided self-help can prevent or delay major depression
Ioana Cristea is impressed by a large German randomised controlled trial published yesterday in JAMA, which shows web-based guided self-help to be effective in preventing or delaying the onset of major depression.
This blog also features a podcast interview with the lead author of the research, Professor Pim Cuijpers.
[read the full story...]Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy can prevent recurrent depression
Sarah McDonald reports on a meta-analysis published yesterday, which found that when compared with active treatment, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy resulted in a reduced risk of depressive relapse.
This blog also features a podcast interview with the lead author of the research, Professor Willem Kuyken.
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