Simon Brett summarises a robust systematic review that looks at the effectiveness of physical activity as a treatment for depression in adolescents and young adults.
[read the full story...]Community action has little impact on harms from alcohol use disorder
Natasha Clarke explores a systematic review of Whole of Community interventions to reduce population level harms arising from alcohol and other drug use.
[read the full story...]Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia: GPs’ perspective on management
Marie Crabbe presents the findings of a mixed-methods systematic review, which looks at General Practitioners’ knowledge, attitudes and experiences of managing behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia.
[read the full story...]Is income inequality damaging our mental health?
Andy Bell from Centre for Mental Health writes his debut elf blog on a systematic review of income inequality and depression, which explores the associations between the two, but also the likely causes of these associations.
[read the full story...]Systematic review of recovery may leave more questions than answers
Simon Bradstreet is left feeling frustrated by this systematic review of person-oriented recovery in people living with severe mental illness, which neglected to include a significant amount of relevant research.
[read the full story...]Assistive technology for dementia: two reviews highlight lack of evidence
Mike Clark considers two recent systematic reviews of assistive technology to support people living with dementia.
[read the full story...]Loneliness in psychosis and related psychological and social factors
Jingyi Wang publishes her debut blog on a recent systematic review of loneliness in psychosis, which shows that the relationship between loneliness and psychosis remains poorly understood due to a lack of high quality studies.
[read the full story...]Can eCBTi improve adolescents’ sleep?
Jack Barton marvels at the paradox that the very digital devices that harm our sleep patterns so terribly, may also be a possible solution to insomnia and sleep problems in young people. A new systematic review on digitally-delivered cognitive-behavioural therapy (eCBTi) for youth insomnia shows a little promise.
[read the full story...]Just how effective are digital mental health workplace interventions?
Chris O’Sullivan explores a systematic review and meta-analysis on the effectiveness of eHealth interventions for reducing mental health conditions in employees.
[read the full story...]Panic disorder in people with bipolar disorder: very common, but treatment options limited
Tobias Rowland writes his debut elf blog on a recent systematic review and meta-analysis, which finds that panic disorder is highly prevalent in people with bipolar disorder, but there are very limited treatment options.
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