Caroline Struthers summarises a recent population study that explores 10-year trajectories of depressive symptoms and subsequent risk of dementia.
[read the full story...]Depression may be an early symptom of dementia
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How much mental health presents in emergency departments? We don’t really know
Kirsten Lawson is frustrated by the uncertainty highlighted in a recent systematic review of the epidemiology of mental health attendances at emergency departments.
[read the full story...]Schizophrenia and urban deprivation: When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do?
Samei Huda reviews a recent study of schizophrenia and subsequent urban deprivation, which revisits the social drift hypothesis.
[read the full story...]#CannabisMatters conference report
Ian Hamilton presents a short conference report on the #CannabisMatters event, which took place in York on 7th June 2016.
[read the full story...]The delirium conundrum: are antipsychotics a good idea?
Andres Fonseca struggles to use the findings of a recent systematic review and meta-analysis of antipsychotics for the prevention and treatment of delirium in hospitalised adults.
[read the full story...]Risk, relationships and moral work
Diana Rose publishes her debut Mental Elf blog on a new qualitative study, which explores how contrasting and competing priorities work in mental health risk assessment and care planning.
[read the full story...]Magic mushrooms promising for treatment resistant depression
Our #EvidenceLive team of bloggers report on a recent feasibility study of psilocybin for the treatment of refractory depression.
[read the full story...]Cardiovascular safety of methylphenidate
Samuele Cortese considers the findings of a recent nationwide self controlled case series study of the cardiovascular safety of methylphenidate use in children and young people with ADHD.
[read the full story...]Eating disorders: impact on health-related quality of life and healthcare costs
Gemma Shields’ debut blog about a systematic review of the health-related quality of life and economic burdens of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder.
[read the full story...]IAPT: does improved access lead to increased complexity?
Mark Smith presents the early findings of the PROMPT naturalistic cohort study, which looks at the clinical characteristics of patients assessed within an Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) service.
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