For the first time, people with lived experience, carers and clinicians have identified the top 10 research priorities for body clocks and mental health.
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Schools spend the equivalent of three full-time staff managing phone use, whether or not students are allowed to have phones in school. This new study asks if banning smartphones actually improves pupils’ wellbeing or saves money for schools.
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Once symptoms stabilise after a first episode of psychosis, should medication continue? A four-year RCT explores the risks and rewards of dose reduction.
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If your friend is struggling with suicidal thoughts, are you at greater risk? A meta-analysis of over 1 million people explores the evidence.
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DDD affects around 2% of people but has no approved treatment. A new feasibility trial asks whether CBT-f-DDD could change that.
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Four recent reviews all agree: we still don’t know how to define, measure, or improve engagement with digital mental health interventions.
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A systematic review (of mostly cross sectional studies) explores whether difficulties regulating emotions play a role in skin picking disorder, and what this could mean for treatment.
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This RCT of 674 diverse, disadvantaged parents found that Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities (SFSC) group parenting support improved wellbeing and parent-child relationships at modest cost.
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A 28-predictor model using routine mental health records correctly identified risk for psychotic or bipolar disorders around 80% of the time, outperforming existing assessment tools in a study of 127,000 people.
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Systematic review of 54 RCTs found limited evidence for cannabinoids treating mental health conditions. Most robust findings for cannabis use disorder, but overall quality low.
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