Despite strong evidence, collaborative care remains underused in the NHS. This blog explores new findings that highlight which components of the model are most effective in reducing depression symptoms.
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CBT is a cornerstone of mental health care, but how well does it really work across different disorders? This massive new meta-analysis offers some answers and raises new questions.
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Emotional abuse in childhood was linked to a more than 3.5x greater chance of developing psychosis later in life. This comprehensive new meta-analysis explores the role of early trauma, sex differences, and symptom onset timing in psychosis risk.
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KCL MSc student, Jingyi Zhang, considers a recent meta-analysis on gender non-conformity and common mental health problems, which suggests that governments should prioritise inclusive laws and gender-affirmative care to protect mental health.
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Dr Fabiana Corsi-Zuelli discusses the differences in immune cell counts in patients with schizophrenia compared to controls; highlighting a recent meta-analysis by Dudeck et al. (2025) that reinforces the growing consensus that immune dysfunction plays a role in schizophrenia.
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Ella Bradley, a MSc Global Mental Health student from the University of Glasgow, summarises a systematic review and meta-analysis investigating the prevalence of eating disorders in migrants compared to local populations.
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Kirsten Lawson reviews a pair of papers looking at the interplay between developmental trauma, dissociation and psychosis, which suggest that dissociation may act as a mediator between developmental trauma and psychosis.
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Alexis An Yee Low considers a systematic review published in The Lancet Psychiatry which highlights the effectiveness of preventive psychological interventions for subthreshold depressive symptoms.
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Lisa Lloyd and Milagros Pallavicini review a recent study on psychotherapies for 8 mental disorders, finding that while most outperform control treatments, response rates remain modest.
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Jenna Jacob summarises a co-produced systematic review and meta-analysis exploring rumination and worry as transdiagnostic targets for mental health interventions in young people.
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