Kirsten Lawson explores a recent study of liaison psychiatry professionals’ views of general hospital care for patients with mental illness.
[read the full story...]Mental health stigma and pathways to care in psychosis
Raphael Underwood on a recent systematic review of mental health-related stigma and pathways to care for people at risk of psychotic disorders or experiencing first-episode psychosis.
[read the full story...]The stigma of eating disorders: which interventions might help?
Francesca Solmi summarises a new systematic review of stigma and eating disorders, and asks if it’s time to move beyond socio-cultural explanations of risk.
[read the full story...]Help-seeking for eating disorders: barriers and facilitators
Sarah McDonald considers a systematic review that explores the perceived barriers and facilitators towards help-seeking for eating disorders.
[read the full story...]Anti-stigma programmes should target personal attitudes towards mental health #TimeToTalk
Today is #TimeToTalk Day, so we’ve asked Kirsten Lawson to consider a brand new systematic review out today, which explores the association between mental health-related stigma and active help-seeking.
[read the full story...]Integrated care for the physical health of people with severe mental illness: no easy answers
Liz Hughes summarises a recent rapid review on integrated care to address the physical health needs of people with severe mental illness.
[read the full story...]Media coverage of mental illness has increased significantly in recent years
Ed Sykes from the Science Media Centre considers a recent study of changes in newspaper coverage of mental illness from 2008 to 2014 in England.
[read the full story...]Jonny Benjamin: Social media and schizophrenia – my story
Jonny Benjamin shares his personal story of using social media to manage his own mental health.
The award-winning mental health campaigner has been an inspiration to many, through his frank and hugely informative YouTube channel. His films cover everything from recovery to poetry.
[read the full story...]Self-stigma interventions for people with schizophrenia
Laura Hemming explores a recent narrative review and meta-analysis of psychosocial interventions for self-stigma in people with a schizophrenia-spectrum diagnosis.
[read the full story...]Tackling mental-health-related stigma: a narrative review of anti-stigma interventions
Suzanne Dash considers the findings of a recent narrative review in The Lancet, which brought together the evidence for effective interventions to reduce mental-health-related stigma and discrimination.
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