Kirsten Lawson explores a recent study of liaison psychiatry professionals’ views of general hospital care for patients with mental illness.
[read the full story...]Ethics of digital technology for mental health: is this the end of the digital dilettante?
Mark Brown writes his debut Mental Elf blog about a recent paper that explores the ethical perspectives of recommending digital technology for mental health.
[read the full story...]Mental illness and emotional wellbeing: part of the same continuum?
Lucas Shelemy considers data from the UK Millennium Cohort Study which correlates mental illness with emotional wellbeing in children, and brings back some surprising results.
[read the full story...]Oral health advice for people with serious mental illness: lack of evidence about effectiveness
This Cochrane review update of oral health advice for patients with serious mental illness only included 3 RCTs. The identified studies were of low to moderate quality providing limited evidence to support decision making about the effectiveness of oral health advice for people with serious mental illness.
[read the full story...]Mental illness, challenging behaviour and psychotropic drugs #UCLJournalClub
Join us at 2-3pm on Wednesday 18th May for the #UCLJournalClub, which will be live broadcasted on YouTube and live tweeted by the @LearningDisElf
[read the full story...]A strong business case exists for investing in early and community-based interventions for mental health, says report
This report provides everything that is needed for people working in mental health services to make a business case for investing in early and community-based interventions. This includes, commissioners, practitioners, local authorities, policy-makers, providers, and social care. As part of this document, the authors have provided the evidence for the cost-effectiveness of a range of [read the full story…]