Karen Birnie, Haridha Pandian and Derek Tracy summarise a recent systematic review in the British Journal of Psychiatry on self-harm in older adults.
[read the full story...]Self-harm in older adults: a forgotten group?
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Is self-management ready for the mental health mainstream?
Josefien Breedvelt and Peter Coventry explore a new systematic review and meta-analysis of self-management interventions for people with severe mental illness.
[read the full story...]What’s the relationship between adolescent depression and adult depression?
Katie Finning writes her debut elf blog on a recent systematic review which looks at adult mental health outcomes of adolescent depression; including depression, anxiety and suicidality in adults.
[read the full story...]Social GGRRAAACCEEESSS: self-reflection for family therapists
‘Which aspects of social GGRRAAACCEEESSS grab you most?’ Alex Skolnick blogs about the oddly named Social GGRRAAACCEEESSS exercise for a supervision group to promote therapists’ self-reflexivity.
[read the full story...]Involving consumers and survivors in mental health policy making
Andrew Shepherd explores a paper that makes him ask: Does the language and implementation of evidence based practice essentially risk excluding different voices from mental heath policy making?
[read the full story...]Eye-tracking in eating disorders research: new insights? #LEDC19
Caitlin Lloyd writes her debut elf blog on a new systematic review of eye‐tracking research in eating disorders.
[read the full story...]Anorexia therapies present and future: a 3-star review, or a 3-star field of research? #LEDC19
Sarah McDonald writes a new blog to accompany the #LEDC19 conference, which explores established and emerging interventions for the treatment of anorexia nervosa in adults and children.
[read the full story...]Can we screen-and-treat victims of terror attacks?
Nia Oxbourgh summarises a recent study of the outcomes of mental health screening (the screen and treat programme) for UK nationals affected by the 2015-2016 terrorist attacks in Tunisia, Paris and Brussels.
[read the full story...]Open Dialogue: what’s the evidence?
Sameer Jauhar and colleagues critically assess the evidence for Open Dialogue, presented in a recent narrative review of quantitative and qualitative studies, which finds that most current studies are highly biased and of low quality, and there is an absence of clear data on effectiveness.
[read the full story...]Can smoking cessation improve cognitive functioning in people with psychosis?
Dafni Katsampa explores a recent prospective cohort study that investigates the association between smoking behaviour and cognitive functioning in patients with psychosis, their siblings and healthy control subjects.
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