Lucy Barrass considers a recent review, which suggests that understanding masculine norms is a key area for suicide prevention.
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Adverse childhood experiences: how common are they and who is most at risk?
In this joint blog, Becca Lacey and Sarah Stock explore a recent meta-analysis on the global prevalence of adverse childhood experiences, which looks at the groups of people most at risk of experiencing them.
[read the full story...]What’s the relationship between the menstrual cycle and suicidal ideation?
Gemma Sawyer discusses new research on the menstrual cycle as a possible acute trigger for suicidal ideation.
[read the full story...]What is the evidence for ADHD as a risk factor for intimate partner violence or sexual violence?
In this co-written blog, Vishal Bhavsar and Janhvi Duggal explore a recent systematic review which looks at the relationship between ADHD and exposure to, and perpetration of, intimate partner violence and sexual violence.
[read the full story...]Self-stigma for people with depression: systematic review presents global prevalence data, risk factors and protective factors
Pattie Gonsalves blogs about the stigma that people with depression can sometimes feel towards themselves; summarising a recent systematic review that estimates the global prevalence of depression self-stigma, alongside risk factors and protective factors.
[read the full story...]We need a whole system approach to tackling early childhood inequality: new research on health and educational outcomes in adolescence
In her debut blog, Dr Huong Le evaluates a UK population-based retrospective cohort study investigating the impact of early childhood disadvantage on a variety of adverse health and educational outcomes in adolescence.
[read the full story...]What’s the relationship between stressful life events and psychosis?
Kris Deering considers a 2-year prospective observational study published in the Lancet Psychiatry which found strong links between stressful life events and relapse in first-episode psychosis.
[read the full story...]The burden of perinatal mental illness in migrant women: new evidence on prevalence and risk factors
In her debut Mental Elf blog, Gilda Spaducci explores the global prevalence of perinatal mental disorders among migrant women; summarising a recent review which finds that “one in four experience perinatal depression, one in five perinatal anxiety, and one in eleven perinatal PTSD”.
[read the full story...]Genetic risk for schizophrenia is associated with changes in heart structure and function
Nadine Parker and Ole Andreassen summarise a recent UK population-based cohort study, which looks at the impact of polygenic risk for schizophrenia on cardiac structure and function in over 32,000 people.
[read the full story...]Smoking and bipolar disorder: the physical and mental health impact of tobacco cessation
Hannah Walsh explores the clinical and research implications of this French cohort study on bipolar disorder and smoking status, and how risks differ for current, former and never smokers.
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