Emiliana Tonini summarises a recent Chinese study, which suggests that combining MRI scan and behavioural assessments data may increase the accuracy of diagnosing bipolar disorder in adolescents.
[read the full story...]Brain-body health please: new research supports integrated physical and mental health care
Athina Aruldass finds that management of serious neuropsychiatric disorders should acknowledge the importance of poor physical health and target restoration of both brain and body function.
[read the full story...]Neuroimaging abnormalities in first-episode psychosis: clinically-relevant or not?
Joe Pierre considers a systematic review and meta-analysis on the prevalence of neuroimaging abnormalities in first-episode psychosis and the clinical relevance for service users presenting with first-episode psychosis.
[read the full story...]MRI in first episode psychosis
Dan Joyce publishes his debut blog on a recent paper in the British Journal of Psychiatry that considers the feasibility and clinical utility of magnetic resonance imaging in first-episode psychosis.
[read the full story...]Interventions to reduce imaging use in low-back pain
In this blog, Nicky Butler considers a systematic review that investigated the effectiveness of interventions designed to reduce the use of imaging and, consequently, improve both medical practice and my patients’ outcomes.
[read the full story...]Does obesity affect knee cartilage?
In this blog, David Pugh considers a study, which looked at the evidence relating obesity using BMI, body weight and body composition to knee cartilage changes on MRI scanning.
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