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...]Family support and parenting interventions for youth anxiety and depression in low and middle income countries #ActiveIngredientsMH
In their debut blog, Zill-e-Huma & colleagues explore a systematic review finding family interventions beneficial for child anxiety and depression in low and middle income countries.
[read the full story...]Supporting the supporters: peer support in early intervention in psychosis
In her debut blog, Natalie Kashirsky explores a qualitative study finding valuable mechanisms of peer support in early intervention in psychosis services.
[read the full story...]‘Did not attend’: what are the barriers to attending initial psychotherapy appointments?
Laurence Palfreyman explores a mixed methods systematic review, which brings together research from across the world looking at why people fail to attend their first psychotherapy appointment.
[read the full story...]School-based mental health interventions: reducing depression, anxiety and aggressive behaviour
In their debut blog, Rasanat Fatima Nawaz and Lauren Cross summarise a comprehensive review from the Early Intervention Foundation on school-based mental health interventions.
[read the full story...]Mental health stigma and online social support for bipolar disorder: what can we learn from Twitter?
Charlotte Walker explores an online ethnography study that explores how Twitter users discuss mental illness, particularly bipolar disorder, and in what context; focusing specifically on the areas of stigma and social support.
[read the full story...]Barriers to citizenship for people living with mental health problems
In their debut blog, Nagina Khan and Subodh Dave review a qualitative paper exploring the barriers to citizenship that people with mental health problems face.
[read the full story...]ADHD: which medications are most effective and safe?
In his debut blog, Franco De Crescenzo summarises a narrative review that finds good evidence for the short-term pharmacological treatment of ADHD.
[read the full story...]Joining the dots: how can we support all young people to seek help for their mental health problems?
In her debut blog, Vanessa Bennett looks at a systematic review which examines barriers, facilitators and interventions for help-seeking in adolescents, and describes her Emerging Minds placement on characterising peer-support via the Childline online message-boards.
[read the full story...]Self-stigma and depression amongst sexual minorities: can mindfulness help?
Brendan Dunlop summarises a recent Chinese cross-sectional study, which looks at how mindfulness may be useful in reducing self-stigma and depressive symptoms in lesbian, gay and bisexual people.
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