Jack Wilson critiques a recent Danish longitudinal study published in JAMA Psychiatry, which suggests that cannabis use disorder is independently associated with bipolar disorder and unipolar depression.
[read the full story...]From parent to child: understanding the risk of anxiety in families affected by mood disorders
Aslihan Baser summarises a systematic review and meta-analysis investigating the risk for developing anxiety disorders in children whose parents experience mood disorders.
[read the full story...]Cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers for depression
In her debut blog, Éimear Foley reviews a recent meta-analysis that identifies possible differences between people experiencing depression and healthy controls.
[read the full story...]Remote measurement technologies for depression in young people: scalable solution or overplayed potential? #ActiveIngredientsMH
In her debut blog, Annabel Walsh summarises her #ActiveIngredientsMH project which explored the use of remote measurement technologies for depression in children and young people.
[read the full story...]“Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen”. Depression and bipolar disorder in people with intellectual disabilities
Kathryn Mitchell and Stephen Moore summarise a recent prospective cohort study in the British Journal of Psychiatry, which looks at the incidence of unipolar and bipolar depression, and mania in adults with intellectual disabilities.
[read the full story...]Antidepressants for depression: new BAP guidance
Helge Hasselmann summarises the recently published evidence-based guidance on antidepressants for depression published by the British Association for Psychopharmacology.
[read the full story...]Health effects of depression: keeping economists’ models on track
Health Economist Christopher Sampson reports on a recent systematic review and meta-analysis, which shows health-related quality of life utility values vary between studies and economic models should consider this.
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