Nora Skjerdingstad presents a recent study that the explores the constant feedback we encounter on social media platforms, and the impact that ‘likes’ can have on adults and young people.
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Monika Raniti and Jennifer Dam summarise a recent narrative systematic review, which suggests that school connectedness can help protect against suicidality, but the research points to it being more protective of suicidal ideation than suicide attempts.
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Lorna Staines discusses a recent Swedish cross-sectional study of 16,255 adolescent twins, which looks at the mental health risks of using psychedelics in the real world.
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Amanda Sabo and Louise La Sala summarise a recent review investigating the impact of social media use on internalising symptoms in adolescents from clinical and community samples.
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Jack Wainwright explores how ADHD can impact on all aspects of our lives, not just the three key symptom domains, but on our lifestyle, physical and mental health.
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Shuichi Suetani blogs a new study published today in The Lancet Psychiatry, which suggests that those patients who might benefit most from evidence-based guidance are the least represented in clinical trials about ADHD medication. Is it time to reconsider the value we place on RCTs when they do not include the vast majority of people who need help?
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Zoe Firth summarises a recent systematic review which finds that anxiety in fathers has a broadly similar impact on children, compared to maternal anxiety.
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Beth Cumber summarises an umbrella review investigating the effectiveness of preventive interventions for children and young people at-risk of developing mental health problems.
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Lauren Turner appraises a qualitative study exploring young people’s views on the acceptability and feasibility of youth loneliness interventions.
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Amy Ferguson summarises a recent study published by researchers in Birmingham, which suggests that persistent shorter sleep in childhood may increase the risk of psychotic experiences.
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