Ben Perry publishes his debut blog on a recent systematic review of impaired glucose homeostasis in first-episode schizophrenia.
[read the full story...]Shared treatment decision-making: does it help people with psychosis?
Matthew Broome on a systematic review and meta-analysis of shared treatment decision-making and empowerment-related outcomes in psychosis.
[read the full story...]Early intervention in psychosis services: better outcomes, improved costs
Gemma Shields reports on a recent longitudinal retrospective controlled study of the economic impact of early intervention in psychosis services in England.
[read the full story...]Is there still a digital divide in mental health?
Lisa Marzano writes her debut elf blog on a recent cross-sectional survey of Internet use in people with psychosis and depression, which explores the extent of the digital divide in mental health.
[read the full story...]Extremism and mental health: is there a link?
Vishal Bhavsar considers the findings of a cross sectional survey of over 3,500 men, which measured the prevalence of extremist attitudes in the general population and any associations with mental illness.
[read the full story...]Mental health of prisoners: have we reached a state of crisis?
Ian Cummins highlights the increased risk of all-cause mortality, suicide, self-harm, violence and victimisation in prisoners. He welcomes a recent review of reviews which contains clinical, policy and research recommendations.
[read the full story...]Trauma and psychotic symptoms: clear association, but do we really understand why?
#UCLJournalClub students worked collaboratively on this blog, which appraises and summarises a recent cross sectional study looking at the psychological mechanisms that mediate effects between trauma and psychotic symptoms.
[read the full story...]Nutrition interventions for people with severe mental illness: do we need more dieticians?
Elena Marcus considers a brand new systematic review, which evaluates the impact of nutrition interventions for people with severe mental illness.
[read the full story...]Physical activity and schizophrenia: how much exercise do people do?
Joanne Wallace summarises a novel systematic review that actually quantifies the amount of physical activity done by people with schizophrenia.
[read the full story...]How do people with psychosis use online health information, and do they tell their clinicians?
Sarah Knowles reviews a recent qualitative study of online mental health information seeking behaviour by people with psychosis.
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