Georgie Parker reviews a mixed-methods study exploring psychiatry trainees understanding, experience of and competence assessing and managing digital risk.
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For: risk factorsCan we predict how people will adjust after victimisation? Progress towards an individualised risk calculator for psychopathology
In her debut blog, Jessica Armitage reviews a recent cohort study, which suggests that it may be possible to predict risk of psychopathology in victimised children.
[read the full story...]Is there a causal link between mental health problems and risk of COVID-19 infection?
In his debut blog, Andrew Steptoe summarises two recent papers using electronic health record datasets, which suggest that having a psychiatric diagnosis may put people at risk of COVID-19 infection.
[read the full story...]Suicide risk assessment tools: what’s the current state of the evidence?
Gabrielle Beaudry reviews a new national mixed methods study from the UK on suicide risk assessment tools used in mental health services.
[read the full story...]Masculinity, depression and suicide risk in men with a history of childhood maltreatment
In her debut blog, Cara Richardson explores whether masculine values are differentially linked to men’s mental health functioning, depending on exposure to childhood maltreatment.
[read the full story...]Risk factors for self-harm in prison
In her debut blog, Rebecca Crook summarises a systematic review of individual and environmental risk factors for self-harm in prison.
[read the full story...]Self-harm in prison: can we accurately predict risk?
In her debut blog, Verity Wainwright looks into a recently devised screening tool, which tries to predict self-harm in male prisoners.
[read the full story...]Transgender discrimination and stigma: links to anxiety and depression
Emily Day summarises a recent study exploring the effects that transgender discrimination and stigma can have on the mental health of trans people, and what strategies individuals use to cope.
[read the full story...]Suicide risk in young people who self-harm and visit emergency departments
Katerina Kavalidou reviews a prospective observational cohort study on mortality and suicide risk in young people after they present to hospital emergency departments following episodes of self-harm.
[read the full story...]Poverty causes mental illness and vice versa: how can we end this vicious cycle?
Andy Bell summarises a new international report that presents the causal links and mechanisms of action between poverty, anxiety and depression.
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