Dona Matthews summarises a recent trial which suggests that Acceptance and Commitment Therapy can maintain or improve quality of life for people with early stage motor neuron disease.
[read the full story...]Can self help apps PROMOTE wellbeing or PREVENT illness in young adults?
Kirsten Lawson summarises the ECoWeB PROMOTE and PREVENT trials in relation to self-helps apps for promoting wellbeing and preventing mental ill health among young adults.
[read the full story...]Watch yourself! Investigating the efficacy of remotely delivered video feedback in Cognitive Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder (CT-SAD)
KCL Masters student Katherine Jolly considers a study on internet-delivered compared to face-to-face video feedback to update negative self-perceptions in iCBT for social anxiety disorder.
[read the full story...]There is a clear association between socioeconomic deprivation and self-harm
A group of UCL masters student review a multi-centre study on socio-economic disparities in patients who present to hospital for self-harm in England, which found large variations in patients characteristics and pre-self-harm experiences.
[read the full story...]The problematic politics of LGBT+ suicide prevention in the UK
Sarah Carr considers an analysis of the UK parliamentary debates and national policies on LGBT+ suicide representation in political and policy spheres.
[read the full story...]Asylum seekers are penalised for inconsistent narratives: what can we learn from frontline professionals?
Lucy Purnell reviews a qualitative study which suggests that the applications of asylum seekers should not be rejected on the basis that there are inconsistencies between interviews.
[read the full story...]Dementia and loneliness: prevalence and determinants for people living in the UK
Rosie Mansfield summarises recent findings from the IDEAL programme on the prevalence and determinants of loneliness in people living with dementia.
[read the full story...]Service improvement needs “a more empowering, bottom-up approach” says Nuffield Trust report
In this blog, Caroline De Brún looks at a report published by the Nuffield Trust, which suggests a list of priorities for the government to act on, around improvement in the NHS.
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