André Tomlin looks back at the #MQScienceMeeting Mental Health Science Meeting that took place in London on 2-3 Feb 2017.
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In search of the sweet spot: the links between dysglycaemia and first episode psychosis
Ben Perry publishes his debut blog on a recent systematic review of impaired glucose homeostasis in first-episode schizophrenia.
[read the full story...]Risperidone versus placebo for people with schizophrenia
Joanne Wallace summarises the recent Cochrane systematic review on risperidone versus placebo for schizophrenia, which concludes that the best available evidence does not show that the benefits of risperidone outweigh the harms.
[read the full story...]Shared treatment decision-making: does it help people with psychosis?
Matthew Broome on a systematic review and meta-analysis of shared treatment decision-making and empowerment-related outcomes in psychosis.
[read the full story...]Substance misuse and addiction in people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Andrew Jones summarises a recent Canadian cohort study, which explores the extent of substance misuse and addictive disorders among adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
[read the full story...]Antipsychotic efficacy measured by real-world observational study
Tracey Roberts examines whether a retrospective observational study accurately investigates the effectiveness of second and first generation antipsychotics.
[read the full story...]Nutrition interventions for people with severe mental illness: do we need more dieticians?
Elena Marcus considers a brand new systematic review, which evaluates the impact of nutrition interventions for people with severe mental illness.
[read the full story...]Physical activity and schizophrenia: how much exercise do people do?
Joanne Wallace summarises a novel systematic review that actually quantifies the amount of physical activity done by people with schizophrenia.
[read the full story...]How do people with psychosis use online health information, and do they tell their clinicians?
Sarah Knowles reviews a recent qualitative study of online mental health information seeking behaviour by people with psychosis.
[read the full story...]Depot antipsychotics: If you pay me, you can keep injecting me
John Baker looks at the 2-year follow-up results of a cluster RCT on the effectiveness of financial incentives to improve adherence to maintenance treatment with depot antipsychotics.
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