In her debut blog, Carla Kundert explores a systematic review which looks at how diagnostic labels affect social responses to people with mental illness.
[read the full story...]Diagnostic labels: helpful or harmful?
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Understanding atypical social reward anticipation in psychopathology
Francesca Bentivegna summarises a meta-analytic review exploring atypical social reward anticipation as a transdiagnostic characteristic of psychopathology.
[read the full story...]Learning to focus on smiles not frowns: challenging unhelpful attention and interpretation patterns #ActiveIngredientsMH
Jennifer Lau summarises a recent systematic review relating to her own Wellcome Trust funded research into promoting helpful attention and interpretation patterns to reduce anxiety and depression in young people.
[read the full story...]Poor school attendance and anxiety: what’s the link?
Lucinda Powell summarises a recent systematic review about the association between anxiety and poor attendance at school, which suggests links between anxiety and unexcused absences/truancy, and school refusal.
[read the full story...]Medical cannabis for mental illness: current use is not supported by research #MHQT
As we prepare for our Cannabis #MHQT event on Wed 26 Sep, Luke Sheridan Rains dissects a narrative review that asks: Is cannabis treatment for anxiety, mood, and related disorders ready for prime time?
His answer is that current evidence does not support the use of medical cannabis for mental illnesses such as anxiety or depression.
[read the full story...]Loneliness in psychosis and related psychological and social factors
Jingyi Wang publishes her debut blog on a recent systematic review of loneliness in psychosis, which shows that the relationship between loneliness and psychosis remains poorly understood due to a lack of high quality studies.
[read the full story...]CBT for anxiety: new meta-analysis confirms significant improvements to target symptoms
Inês Pote summarises a recent meta-analysis of randomised placebo-controlled trials of cognitive behavioural therapy for anxiety and related disorders.
[read the full story...]Poor social communication in children may be a risk factor for social anxiety
Carla McEnery appraises a new study that asks: are social and communication difficulties a risk factor for the development of social anxiety?
[read the full story...]Virtual Reality for Social Anxiety Disorder: can we get fully immersed in this treatment just yet?
Joe Barnby publishes his debut elf blog on a recent randomised controlled trial of virtual reality compared with in vivo exposure in the treatment of social anxiety disorder.
[read the full story...]Digital interventions for social anxiety disorder: new meta-analysis finds mixed results
Carla McEnery reports on a recent meta-analysis of technology-assisted interventions for Social Anxiety Disorder, which finds positive results from Internet-delivered CBT and Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy.
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