Farhana Mann appraises a cross-sectional survey of social networking site usage, loneliness and mental health in community-dwelling older adults.
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Move towards more coordinated services and the value of targeting populations, says the Health Foundation
This is a critique of a report from the Health Foundation looking at the coordinating services and targeting populations rather than acute health goals.
[read the full story...]Job satisfaction among gerontological social workers
In this blog, Jill Manthorpe looks at a study on whether social workers who work with older people enjoy their jobs.
[read the full story...]Donepezil, nursing home placement and Alzheimer’s Disease
Caroline Struthers reports on the findings of a follow-up paper of the DOMINO-AD trial, which compares Donepezil and Memantine for Moderate to Severe Alzheimer’s Disease, and looks at the effects these two drugs have on nursing home placement.
[read the full story...]CBT plus mother-child interaction for anxiety disorder
Paul Ramchandani considers an RCT of treatment for childhood anxiety disorder in the context of maternal anxiety disorder, which finds that mother-child interaction might be of value for childhood anxiety disorder.
[read the full story...]Childhood sleep disturbance and risk of psychotic experiences
Joanne Wallace explores the relationship between nightmares/night terrors at age 12 with psychotic experiences at age 18, which has been confirmed by a recent UK birth cohort study.
[read the full story...]The impact of community well-being champions in African and Caribbean communities
Jenny Fisher examines a study seeking to understand the role and the impact of community well-being champions in African and Caribbean communities.
[read the full story...]Arginine in combination with calcium bases and fluoride in toothpaste may be better than fluoride alone
Ten trials were included in this review of arginine in toothpaste. It found that arginine in combination with calcium bases (either Dical or calcium carbonate) and fluoride provided a superior effect compared with fluoride alone. However, 9 out of 10 of the trials were sponsored by a single company and the overall quality of the evidence was considered to be low.
[read the full story...]How can we reduce mental health stigma and discrimination?
David Steele summarises a recent systematic review that found small to medium long-term effects from anti-stigma interventions with very little research coming from low income countries.
[read the full story...]IPT and CBT best for depression in children and young people, says network meta-analysis
Laura Hemming summarises a recent network meta-analysis of psychotherapies for depression in children and young people, which finds that Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) were significantly more efficacious than other psychotherapies at post-treatment and follow-up.
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