Claire Niedzwiedz summarises a recent systematic review that provides a narrative synthesis of research into social media and suicide prevention.
[read the full story...]Social media and suicide prevention
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#WeCATS Critical Appraisal Twitter Session
Social media legend Teresa Chinn announces the launch of #WeCATS, a new WeNurses tweet chat being run in partnership with Sally Crowe from CASP, Sarah Chapman from the UK Cochrane Centre and your very own Mental Elf. We are very excited about this new critical appraisal endeavour.
[read the full story...]Mental health service users on Twitter: a platform for feedback and support?
Sarah Knowles considers the challenges facing researchers using Twitter to find out more about mental health service user experiences of feedback and support.
[read the full story...]Share the Musculoskeletal Elf love
Liking and sharing the Musculoskeletal Elf posts on Facebook and social media helps us spread the musculoskeletal evidence and reach the right people.
[read the full story...]How do you keep up to date with reliable research? #WeNurses tweet chat summary
André Tomlin summarises the WeNurses tweet chat that he ran with Teresa Chinn on 11/12/14. The chat saw contributions from a diverse group of 96 people who discussed the barriers to keeping up to date with reliable research, literature searching, critical appraisal, Twitter journal clubs and much more.
[read the full story...]Reflections on #UnderstandingPsychosis
Something a bit different today; a reflective blog from André Tomlin who has spent most of the last week discussing the new DCP #UnderstandingPsychosis report on Twitter. He considers the pros and cons of social media and what this whole discussion means for the future of the Mental Elf.
[read the full story...]A practical guide to social media in mental health practice
This new 30-page guide (PDF) is a must read for any health and social care professionals who are thinking about getting more involved with social media. Twitter remains a terrifying prospect for many professionals working in health and social care, but in my experience it’s very rare for someone to actually give it a go, [read the full story…]
My favourite bloggers in 2012
I look at a lot of databases, journals, websites and feeds to find the evidence that goes into the Mental Elf. There are about 500 separate sources in total and I sift through 200-300 items each day to find the single golden nugget of evidence that I highlight. You can read more about this process [read the full story…]
Ten most popular Mental Elf blogs in 2012
Greetings pop pickers! In this pre-Xmas week, it’s time to take stock and consider the most popular blogs on the Mental Elf in 2012. These are the movers and shakers, chosen by you (the readers) as you’ve clicked your way around the site: Here is the evidence for exercising if you are depressed (11 Jun [read the full story…]