Elwira Lubos summarises a recent review of reviews looking at the evidence for improving outcomes in first-episode psychosis.
[read the full story...]Improving outcomes for people with first episode psychosis
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Person-centred care for dementia: impact on quality of life, agitation and antipsychotic use
Hilary Shepherd reports on a recent paper from the WHELD trial on the impact of person-centred care training and person-centred activities on quality of life, agitation, and antipsychotic use in people with dementia living in nursing homes.
[read the full story...]Antipsychotic effectiveness: the numbers don’t lie, check the scoreboard
Students and Teachers from the King’s College London PNoMH Distance Learning MSc summarise a major new meta-analysis that brings together the last 60 years of placebo-controlled antipsychotic drug trials in acute schizophrenia.
[read the full story...]Improving health related quality of life for people with dementia in care homes
Hilary Shepherd writes her debut blog on a new paper from the WHELD cluster RCT, which looks at the impact of antipsychotic review and psychosocial intervention on health-related quality of life in people with dementia living in care homes.
[read the full story...]Antidepressants for depression in schizophrenia: when good-enough evidence is good enough
Carmine Pariante is positive about a recent systematic review and meta-analysis of antidepressants for the treatment of depression in schizophrenia.
[read the full story...]Antipsychotic combinations for schizophrenia: safe and effective?
Elena Marcus presents the findings of an updated Cochrane review on antipsychotic combinations for schizophrenia.
[read the full story...]#UnderstandingPsychosis?
Sameer Jauhar and Paul Morrison consider the revised Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia report from the British Psychological Society Division of Clinical Psychology, which includes updated sections on definitions, aetiology and treatment.
[read the full story...]MRI in first episode psychosis
Dan Joyce publishes his debut blog on a recent paper in the British Journal of Psychiatry that considers the feasibility and clinical utility of magnetic resonance imaging in first-episode psychosis.
[read the full story...]Antipsychotics for acute treatment of first episode schizophrenia
Elwira Lubos writes her debut blog on a recent systematic review with pairwise and network meta-analyses, looking at antipsychotic drugs for the acute treatment of patients with first episode schizophrenia.
[read the full story...]Medication for mental health: Oral health impacts
This review of the side effects of medications prescribed for the management of mental health highlights their potential impact on oral health. The commonest problems being xerostomia.
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