Populations and settings Blog Posts

• The mental health of migrant mothers: focus needed on attitudes to mental health, not language barriers

  12 May 2014

  • Nikki Newhouse

  
• Solution-Focused Brief Therapy shows goal attainment gains in people with mild learning disabilities

  09 May 2014

  • John Northfield

  
• New evidence on antidepressants and suicide risk in children and young people

  08 May 2014

  • David Steele

  
• New guidance on restrictive physical interventions published by Dept of Health

  06 May 2014

  • John Northfield

  
• Learning disability census finds high use of medication, incidents and restraint in specialist services

  02 May 2014

  • John Northfield

  
• Could measuring cortisol levels become a biological test for risk of depression in adolescent males?

  01 May 2014

  • Mark Horowitz

  
• Small trial suggests limited short-term benefit from 0.1% pilocarpine mouthwash for xerostomia

  01 May 2014

  • Derek Richards

  
• Trial found similar outcomes with total and partial caries removal in primary molars

  30 Apr 2014

  • Derek Richards

  
• Interventions by non-specialists can improve outcomes for children with learning disabilities or lower-functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders in low income countries

  28 Apr 2014

  • John Northfield

  
• Only phonics instruction is proven effective for treating reading disability, says systematic review

  25 Apr 2014

  • Alison Jones