Emily Stapley summarises a recent multicentre linkage study, which presents the risk of suicide for people who have a history of self-harm.
[read the full story...]Suicide following self-harm
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The effect of depression and diabetes on the risk of dementia
Dr Kirsten Lawson reviews one of Dr Wayne Katons’ last cohort studies looking into depression and diabetes and it’s effect on the risk of dementia.
[read the full story...]Alcohol use confounds the relationship between cannabis use and conversion to psychosis
Kathryn Walsh presents a study of ‘high risk’ young people, which found that cannabis abuse or dependence significantly increased the risk of conversion to psychosis. The research also found that alcohol use weakened the relationship between cannabis use and conversion to psychosis.
[read the full story...]Risk factors for knee osteoarthritis in older adults
In her debut blog, Kim McLuckie considers a systematic review, which examined current evidence on risk factors for knee osteoarthritis in those aged 50 years and over.
[read the full story...]Periodontal disease: risk assessment may have promise
This review found 10 cohort studies related to 5 different periodontal risk assessment tools. The available evidence is limited in quality and should be interpreted with caution but suggests that they are able to identify subjects with different probability of periodontitis progression.
[read the full story...]Dementia risk factors in people with mild cognitive impairment
Akshay Nair summarises a recent systematic review and meta-analysis of modifiable predictors of dementia in mild cognitive impairment. The meta-analysis finds that diabetes and the presence of any neuropsychiatric symptoms significantly predicted the conversion of mild cognitive impairment to dementia.
[read the full story...]Disabled people’s experiences of violent and hate crime
Hannah Morgan examines a secondary analysis of the UK Life Opportunities Survey which explores disabled people’s experiences of violent and hate crime.
[read the full story...]What factors determine the need for social care in older age?
Martin Stevens interrogates an analysis of a longitudinal study dataset to discover what it says about determinants of social care and support use in older age.
[read the full story...]High potency cannabis and the risk of psychosis
Eleanor Kennedy writes her debut blog on a recent case-control study of people in South London, which explores the links between first-episode psychosis and the use of high potency cannabis (skunk).
[read the full story...]What are the main risk factors for running related injuries?
Lesley Dawson summarises a recent systematic review of prospective cohort studies, which explored risk factors for running related injuries.
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