In her latest blog, Dona Matthews summarises a recent publication in The Lancet Psychiatry, which mapped the psychiatric diagnostic trajectories of 184,949 Danish patients over a 10-year period.
[read the full story...]Psychosis and loneliness: overcoming the practical, social and emotional barriers to better relationships
Hosana Tagomori and Dafni Katsampa review a qualitative study exploring the experience of loneliness among people diagnosed with psychosis.
[read the full story...]Is trauma a transdiagnostic risk for mental health problems? Recent umbrella meta-analysis suggests yes
In her debut blog, Megan Bailey summarises an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses on whether psychological trauma can be considered as a transdiagnostic risk factor for mental health disorders.
[read the full story...]Blood-based inflammatory markers in acute vs chronic schizophrenia
Éimear Foley summarises a recent meta-analysis, which looks at alteration patterns of peripheral concentrations of cytokines and associated inflammatory proteins in acute and chronic stages of schizophrenia.
[read the full story...]People with severe mental health difficulties are more likely to have poor dental health and dental disorders
Masuma Pervin Mishu summarises an umbrella review on the prevalence of dental disorders among people with severe mental illness.
[read the full story...]Optimal antipsychotic dosing in first-episode schizophrenia: how much is too little, too much, or just right?
Joe Pierre reports on the first published study exploring the relationship between antipsychotic dose and risk of relapse in first episode schizophrenia, which suggests that standard antipsychotic dosing is best for relapse prevention.
[read the full story...]Uncertainties about stopping or reducing antipsychotics as shared by families
Amelia Talbot considers a qualitative study that explores family members’ perspectives on reducing or discontinuing antipsychotic medication.
[read the full story...]Can therapeutic alliance help prevent suicide in people with psychosis?
Melanie Lafanechere and Dafni Katsampa summarise a study on the therapeutic alliance and suicidal experiences in people with psychosis receiving Cognitive Behavioural Suicide Prevention Therapy.
[read the full story...]If mental illness excludes us from the labour market, how can we make employment work for all?
Ian Cummins reviews a Danish population-based cohort study, which finds that all mental health disorders were associated with shorter working life.
[read the full story...]An INTREPID journey into the epidemiological landscape of psychosis in the Global South
Shuichi Suetani and Jon Paul Teo discuss the International Research Program on Psychotic Disorders in Diverse Settings (INTREPID II) study, which investigates the epidemiology of untreated psychoses in 3 diverse settings in the Global South.
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