Today Ruby Jarvis presents two new reviews from the Mental Health Policy Research Unit, which summarise the adjustments that clinicians can make to improve mental health care for autistic children, young people and adults.
[read the full story...]How can we make children and young people’s mental health care more evidence-based?
In her debut blog, Robyn Bosworth summarises a systematic review investigating the barriers and facilitators of implementing evidence-based practice into mental health services for children and young people.
[read the full story...]What’s BESST for young people? Efficacy of CBT-informed workshops for stress management in older adolescents
Matthias Schwannauer explores the BESST cluster randomised controlled trial, which is out today in The Lancet Psychiatry. BESST stands for Brief Educational Workshops in Secondary Schools Trial.
[read the full story...]Interpretation bias modification training for youth loneliness: feasible and acceptable for university students
Lauren Turner summarises a feasibility trial which finds that interpretation bias modification training is acceptable for helping with loneliness in university students.
[read the full story...]From mother to child: the role of racism and trauma in the intergenerational transmission of depression
Lisa Lloyd and Krupa Sheth summarise a study investigating the role of racism and trauma on the intergenerational transmission of depression between Black mothers and their children.
[read the full story...]Anti-inflammatory treatments for youth depression: promising but not yet implementable
Céline Wessa reports on a recent systematic review of pharmacological anti-inflammatory treatment in children and adolescents with depressive symptoms, which has some promising results.
[read the full story...]The economic cost of OCD in the UK: who pays?
Chris Sampson evaluates a cost-of-illness analysis on the economic burden of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in the UK.
[read the full story...]LGBTQ+ wellbeing inequalities in early to middle adolescence
In his debut blog, Filip Kaleta summarises findings from the #BeeWell study, which explored inequalities in adolescent wellbeing based on gender and sexual identity.
[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...]Adverse childhood experiences increase the risk of juvenile reoffending
In Athena Chow’s debut blog, she summarises a systematic review and meta-analysis on the relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and risk of juvenile reoffending.
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