Caroline Leah publishes her debut blog on crisis care for people with mental health issues, which concludes that better quality evidence is needed to support the overall effectiveness of crisis care interventions.
[read the full story...]Costs of the police service and mental health care pathways
Alastair Canaway reviews a new study that maps and costs pathways through mental health and police services, and models the cost impact of implementing key policy recommendations.
[read the full story...]Whiplash and neck pain: what’s most cost-effective?
GPs Tom Rowley and Michael Horsfield write their debut MSK Elf blog on a recent systematic review, which investigates the most cost-effective interventions for the management of whiplash-associated and neck pain-associated disorders.
[read the full story...]Economic impact of youth mental health services in the UK
Alastair Canaway and Chris Sampson look at a new PSSRU report on youth mental health services in the UK, and how they affect health, education and employment.
[read the full story...]School-based CBT for anxiety and low mood: the FRIENDS programme
Alan Underwood appraises a recent RCT of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a school-based CBT programme (FRIENDS) to help prevent anxiety and low mood in children.
[read the full story...]Parenting interventions for children with severe attachment problems
Jasmin Wertz summarises a systematic review of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of parenting interventions for children with severe attachment problems.
[read the full story...]CBT plus medication for treatment-resistant depression: the CoBalT RCT long-term follow-up
Sarah McDonald considers the findings of the CoBalT RCT long-term follow-up, which finds that CBT plus antidepressants are clinically and cost effective for treatment-resistant depression in primary care.
[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...]Stratify, specialise, standardise, analyse: maximising quality and efficiency in elective care
Our resident Elf Economist Chris Sampson summarises a recent report from Monitor (England’s health services regulator), which looks at how NHS providers can improve productivity in elective care.
[read the full story...]Patient safety- few dental studies have been conducted
There is growing interest in patient safety in health care. This review sought to identify any dental research in this area, only a small number of studies were identified demonstrating the need for further research
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