A new RCT tested text message CBT for generalised anxiety in young adults, with promising results. But is it ready for clinical practice?
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Asking preadolescents about suicide does not increase suicidal thoughts
Clinicians have long feared that asking younger children about suicide could cause harm. New evidence from a 12-month study suggests that fear is not supported by the evidence.
[read the full story...]Skin-picking as self-soothing: is emotion regulation the missing piece?
A systematic review (of mostly cross sectional studies) explores whether difficulties regulating emotions play a role in skin picking disorder, and what this could mean for treatment.
[read the full story...]Growing up hungry: food insecurity’s lasting impact on eating
Children who experienced food insecurity in early childhood had higher odds of binge eating and compensatory behaviours in adolescence, even when food insecurity resolved.
[read the full story...]Anorexia recovery looks different for professionals and people with lived experience
Qualitative study reveals gap between how lived experience individuals and professionals conceptualise anorexia recovery; particularly around weight restoration and residual symptoms.
[read the full story...]Waiting for CAMHS: worsening symptoms and strained families
Qualitative study reveals young people on CAMHS waiting lists feel alone and dismissed, with mental health deteriorating while they wait. Communication and interim support urgently needed.
[read the full story...]Identity, place and belonging: The new cornerstone of school-based approaches to student wellbeing?
The Connected Belonging model argues that schools should support young people’s relationships to their community, culture and peers, rather than focusing on individual skills like “grit” and resilience. Should centre identity and relationships in our work with young people?
[read the full story...]When CBT doesn’t work for OCD: could mindfulness help?
Meta-analysis of 46 studies found mindfulness and acceptance programmes significantly reduced OCD symptoms, performing as well as CBT but with more research needed on long-term effects.
[read the full story...]Supporting student mental health after natural disasters: What role can schools play?
Meta-analysis of 13 studies found school-based interventions reduced PTSD, depression and anxiety after natural disasters, with effects strongest immediately post-intervention.
[read the full story...]Mental health admissions to medical wards: 65% increase in a decade for young people
Mental health admissions to acute medical wards rose 65% for young people in England (2012-2022), with eating disorder admissions up 515% and anxiety admissions doubling in 10 years. Self-harm admissions accounted for more than half of the total. Adolescent girls by far the biggest group affected.
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