Lifestyle interventions for severe mental illness: time to deliver

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We have the evidence that lifestyle interventions work. Now what? The third Lancet Psychiatry Commission focuses on the messy business of implementation.

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Chronic pain in mental disorders: a widely overlooked comorbidity

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Chronic pain is highly common across mental disorders, yet routinely overlooked. This umbrella review of nearly a million people makes the case for integrated care.

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Suicide prevention must address homelessness, not just mental health

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A large population cohort study finds that homelessness is an independent driver of suicide risk, pointing to the limits of mental health-focused prevention alone.

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When words wound: the underestimated impact of verbal abuse

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We say words can hurt. But new research suggests we are not taking verbal abuse seriously enough, especially as it becomes more common than physical abuse.

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The ripple effect: photovoice and the lived experience of dementia

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Photographs taken by people with memory loss shared a story that statistics never could. New research asks: what happens when those images go on show?

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Carrying heavy secrets alone: sexual trauma disclosure in boys and men

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Boys and men take 15-20 years on average to disclose sexual trauma. Masculine norms, shame, and fear of disbelief create unique barriers to help-seeking.

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People in prison face disproportionate mental and physical illness

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Umbrella review of global prison populations finds 40% with antisocial personality disorder, 39% with drug use disorder, 24% with alcohol use disorder, 18% with hepatitis C, and 11% with major depression. Healthcare provision inadequate.

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Persistent poverty and adversity drives youth weapon-carrying and police contact

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New study using Millennium Cohort Study data finds that young people facing both persistent poverty and parental mental illness showed highest rates of police involvement (27.8%) and weapon-carrying (8.6%) at age 17.

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Midlife women: self-harm and suicide are not interchangeable

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Women aged 55-59 present far less often with self-harm than women aged 40-44, yet experience twice the suicide mortality. Different expressions of distress require different responses.

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Mental health service users face higher sexual victimisation risk

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Mental health service users face higher sexual victimisation rates than the general population: 13% in the past year for women, 3% for men, across all service settings.

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