Vishal Bhavsar reports on a new RCT which looks at adding an Intimate Partner Violence intervention to a nurse home visitation programme, and the impact it can have on maternal quality of life.
[read the full story...]School based obesity prevention for 6 and 7 year olds
Alison Tonkin writes her debut elf blog on the WAVES study: a cluster randomised controlled trial looking at the effectiveness of a childhood obesity prevention programme delivered through schools, targeting 6 and 7 year olds.
[read the full story...]Can contingency management help people with psychosis give up cannabis? The CIRCLE trial
Ian Hamilton summarises the recently published CIRCLE trial, which looks at the clinical and cost-effectiveness of contingency management for cannabis use in early psychosis.
[read the full story...]MARQUE training to reduce agitation in dementia in care homes
A group of UCL Mental Health Masters students summarise an RCT on the clinical and cost-effectiveness of the MARQUE intervention (Managing Agitation and Raising Quality of Life) for agitation in people with dementia in care homes.
[read the full story...]iCBT for panic disorder
A group of UCL Masters students summarise an RCT (the PAXPD trial) of iCBT for panic disorder, which compared guided (via real-time video sessions) with unguided self-help treatment and a waitlist control.
[read the full story...]Lesson observations have no impact on Maths or English GCSE scores
Pooky Knightsmith looks at the Education Endowment Foundation report on Teacher Observation, which concludes that structured lesson observation programmes have no benefits above existing programmes of peer observation.
[read the full story...]Can a ‘personalised psychosocial toolbox’ help people reduce ‘on-top’ drug use during opioid substitution treatment?
Vicky Carlisle summarises a promising recent RCT on the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of an adjunctive personalised psychosocial intervention in treatment-resistant maintenance opioid agonist therapy.
[read the full story...]Intranasal esketamine for treatment-resistant depression: the first clinical study
Jodi Rintelman writes her debut elf blog on the first randomised controlled trial on the efficacy and safety of intranasal esketamine as an adjunctive treatment to antidepressants for treatment-resistant depression.
[read the full story...]Attitudes towards internet interventions make a difference
Maria Loades explores a randomised controlled trial of people with depression, which looks at the impact and change of attitudes towards internet interventions.
[read the full story...]Singing speeds up recovery from postnatal depression faster than usual care #LetsTalkMentalHealthII
Saoirse Finn writes a #LetsTalkMentalHealthII blog about group singing for women with postnatal depression.
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