Joanne Wallace summarises a recent systematic review and meta-analysis that reinforces the urgent call for better interventions to address the causes of premature death in schizophrenia.
[read the full story...]Personality disorders and alcohol treatment: is there any hope?
Ian Hamilton and Kelly Davies provide some optimism after reading a new systematic review about personality disorders and alcohol treatment outcomes.
[read the full story...]Two-question screening for depression in older adults
Andrew Sommerlad reviews a new systematic review and meta-analysis and asks: Can two questions identify depression in older people?
This is the second in a new series of Mental Elf blogs produced in partnership with the British Journal of Psychiatry.
[read the full story...]Self-ligating brackets: Brace yourself! It’s time for some spring cleaning!
The Scottish Dental Registrars on a recent systematic review of the effects of self-ligating brackets and conventional brackets on the periodontal status of adolescents undergoing orthodontic treatment.
[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...]Work can make you mentally ill, but we still have a lot to learn about the links between employment and mental health
Chris O’Sullivan explores a recent systematic meta-review of work-related risk factors for common mental health problems.
[read the full story...]Job clubs may protect unemployed people from depression
Ian Cummins explores a recent systematic review of interventions to reduce the impact of unemployment and economic hardship on mental health in the general population.
[read the full story...]Cochrane find insufficient evidence to support the implementation of depression prevention programmes
Ioana Cristea summarises the latest Cochrane review on CBT, third-wave CBT and IPT based interventions for preventing depression in children and adolescents
[read the full story...]Mental health in the age of mass migration
Mina Fazel considers a recent systematic review of mood disorders in first-and second-generation immigrants.
[read the full story...]Peer support for physical health improvement: recovering ‘stolen years’?
Lucy Simons discusses whether peer support interventions can help to provide physical health improvements for people living with severe mental illness.
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