Belinda Platt reports on a recent systematic review and meta-analysis looking at the prevention of anxiety disorders in at-risk children and adolescents.
[read the full story...]Preventing anxiety disorders in young people at risk
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Antipsychotics for acute treatment of first episode schizophrenia
Elwira Lubos writes her debut blog on a recent systematic review with pairwise and network meta-analyses, looking at antipsychotic drugs for the acute treatment of patients with first episode schizophrenia.
[read the full story...]Predictors of adherence to digital interventions for psychosis
Joe Barnby and Muna Dubad explore a recent systematic review that looks at the potential predictors of adherence to web-based and mobile technologies for people with psychosis.
[read the full story...]Psychodynamic programmes for personality disorders: residential versus community treatment
Keir Harding explores a recent study of community-based, step-down, and residential specialist psychodynamic programmes for personality disorders, which includes some surprising findings.
[read the full story...]Power to the people: practitioners, patients and power
Rob Allison explores a recent qualitative study of dependence and resistance in community mental health care, which looks at negotiations of user participation between mental health staff and service users.
[read the full story...]Genetics of depression: risk factors and protective factors
Marcus Munafò reports on a new genome-wide association study that identifies 44 risk variants and helps us to further refine the genetic architecture of major depressive disorder.
[read the full story...]Body dissatisfaction in men. The Body Project: More Than Muscles RCT
Sarah McDonald brings us her monthly round-up of eating disorders research, focusing this month on a randomised controlled trial of The Body Project: More Than Muscles for body dissatisfaction in men.
[read the full story...]Brief, intensive and concentrated CBT for anxiety disorders in children
Simon Brett summarises a recent systematic review of brief, intensive and concentrated cognitive behavioural therapy for anxiety disorders in children, which finds some promising results for this more focused approach to care.
[read the full story...]Suicide-related internet searches following the release of 13 Reasons Why
Angharad de Cates, Alys Cole-King and Stan Kutcher explore a quasi-experimental examination of internet search results, which suggests that the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why has both increased suicide awareness while unintentionally increasing suicidal ideation.
[read the full story...]Mental health apps for young people: an evidence-free zone?
Natalie Nelissen from mHabitat publishes her debut elf blog on a recent systematic review of mental health apps for young people, which highlights the current dearth of reliable research to support the efficacy and safety of mobile apps.
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