Rachel Symons summarises a qualitative study that explores the relationship between autism and social anxiety in male adults.
[read the full story...]Autism and social anxiety: qualitative research shows how we can help
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COVID-19 Dental Elf Blogs -4
This blog pulls together a number of our blogs on COVID-19 publishing since July. We also include links to our other COVID-19 relevant blogs published since March 2020.
[read the full story...]Saliva in the diagnosis of COVID-19
Saliva has been suggested as having potential diagnostic value in COVID-19 patients. In this blog Manas Dave looks at a recent review of the subject which included 28 studies.
[read the full story...]Oral Cancer – Referral by primary care doctors and dentists
This review comparing primary care doctors and dentists in the referral of oral cancer included 22 mainly retrospective studies. Doctors refered sliightly more than dentists, typically 50% compared with 40% respectively.
[read the full story...]Interproximal caries detection: near-infrared light transillumination (NILT) compared to bitewing radiograph
This review of the accuracy of the near-infrared light transillumination (NILT) for the detection of interproximal dental caries in permanent dentition included 13 studies with 6 contributing to a meta-analasis. Findings suggest that NILT is reasonably comparable to bitewings.
[read the full story...]Social media to diagnose depression: should this be used to target mental health care?
In their debut blog, Rina Dutta and Charlotte Cliffe summarise a mixed methods study, which explores public opinion about using social media to diagnose depression.
[read the full story...]“I mean, what is depression?” How GPs distinguish between emotional distress and depressive disorder
Linda Gask reviews a recent qualitative exploration of UK general practitioners’ perceptions of distinctions between emotional distress and depression.
[read the full story...]Towards a symptom-based diagnosis of psychotic spectrum disorders?
Stefanie Sturm critically analyses a recent paper that suggests a symptom-based continuum of psychosis explains cognitive and real-world functional deficits better than traditional diagnoses.
[read the full story...]Personality disorder: new position statement from the Royal College of Psychiatrists
Keir Harding summarises the recently published position statement on personality disorder from the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Readers interested in personality disorder research and services should follow #BIGSPD2020 on Twitter for the British and Irish Group for the Study of Personality Disorder conference on 24-26 March 2020.
[read the full story...]Transdiagnostic approaches to mental health: Keeping the baby and throwing out the bathwater
Melissa Black and Tim Dalgleish summarise and critique a recent review on transdiagnostic psychiatry, which they feel presents an overly negative view of transdiagnostic approaches in mental health.
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