Katie Marwick on a new UK Biobank study which suggests that the two years either side of the final menstrual period represent a time of small increased risk for new onset bipolar and major depressive disorder.
[read the full story...]Shorter sleep and depression: what role do our genes play?
Nick Donnelly discusses how one’s genetic predisposition to shorter sleep is associated with the onset of depression in older adults.
[read the full story...]From subject to cause: can patients’ circumstances predict the use of coercion in psychiatric hospital admissions?
Nima Cas Hunt explores a recent research study carried out at a mental health hospital in Switzerland, which tries to predict coercion during the course of psychiatric hospitalisations.
[read the full story...]Research suggests economic model for virtual wards not viable on hospital activity alone
This new report is an important addition to the evidence base specifically on case management and more generally in terms of interventions to reduce hospital admissions but, consistent with other studies in this area, can’t give definitive answers. Much of what already exists in relation to virtual wards is anecdotal or lacks detail and it’s [read the full story…]