Prevention, screening and treatment of peripartum depression for women: new clinical guidelines

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International group developed 44 evidence-based recommendations for peripartum depression, supporting psychological interventions and universal screening with clear referral pathways.

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Bundle of joy, bundle of nerves: What do we really know about postpartum anxiety?

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Postpartum anxiety affects more than 1 in 10 new mothers worldwide, yet researchers still can’t agree on how to define or measure it. This new review in The Lancet Psychiatry takes stock of what we know so far and why the field urgently needs consensus.

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Tackling social determinants will reduce the global mental health burden: mega-blog of current prevention strategies

Social determinants such as early life adversity, socioeconomic disadvantage and ethnoracial discrimination all contribute to the development of mental ill health, with marginalised and minoritised communities being impacted the most.

Xiaolin Guo, a MSc student in Global Mental Health at the University of Glasgow, and Nina Higson-Sweeney summarise a recent narrative review exploring the social determinants of mental health and associated prevention strategies.

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“Dem sey mi mad”: Afro Caribbean Experiences of Psychosis

The findings suggest that the burnout measure successfully discriminated burnout from depression and anxiety symptoms.

Hári Sewell explores Afro Caribbean men’s experiences of psychosis, social and migration difficulties, and challenges accessing mental health services in North America and the United Kingdom.

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The diagnostic journey of autistic people: identity, relationships, adaptation and assimilation

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Jack Wainwright summarises a qualitative review which explores the impact of receiving a diagnosis of autism in adulthood.

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Nitrous oxide may be harmful for ‘heavy users’ according to new review, but more research needed

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Ian Hamilton looks at a recent literature review on the presence and prevalence of substance use disorder symptoms in recreational nitrous oxide users.

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What crisis and acute mental health care is available to those with a ‘personality disorder’ diagnosis?

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Keir Harding finds little published evidence to support people with ‘personality disorder’ diagnoses when they are in crisis.

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Self-disclosure and social media: review identifies two-way relationship with mental health #ActiveIngredientsMH

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Pattie Gonsalves explores the relationship between self-disclosure of mental health and wellbeing in young people, by summarising a recent review on self-disclosure and social media, and also presenting findings from a new review on self-disclosure as an active ingredient in interventions for youth anxiety and depression.

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Brief interventions for people diagnosed with a personality disorder #BIGSPD21

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Kirsten Barnicot helps us get in the mood for the #BIGSPD21 annual conference taking place online today and tomorrow (15-16 June 2021), by blogging a recent literature review on access to psychotherapy for patients with personality disorders, written by Professor Joel Paris who is speaking at the event today.

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