Mark Horowitz looks at the prospective UK Million Women Study and wonders if happiness itself has a directly impact on mortality.
[read the full story...]Do happy people live longer?
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Mindfulness-based interventions in primary care: absent but successful
Ioana Cristea appraises a meta-analysis on the effectiveness of mindfulness in primary care. She finds that the evidence is insufficient to draw any reliable conclusions about the actual effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions in primary care settings.
[read the full story...]Lifetime prevalence of anxiety disorders in people with bipolar disorder
Alan Underwood appraises a recent meta-analysis that finds anxiety disorders are three times more common in people with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder.
[read the full story...]The scars of modern slavery: trafficked people with severe mental illness
Yesterday was #AntiSlaveryDay, so today we are publishing a blog by Mina Fazel who considers the findings of an historical cohort study in the Lancet Psychiatry, which explores the characteristics of trafficked people with severe mental illness.
[read the full story...]The effects of emotional labour in social work practice
Jo Moriarty explores a Danish study on emotional labour and social work and discovers how social workers manage their emotional responses in practice.
[read the full story...]Mindfulness based group therapy for common mental health disorders
Mark Smith summarises a recent RCT of mindfulness based group therapy in primary care patients with depression, anxiety and stress and adjustment disorders.
[read the full story...]Social workers' caregiver identity and distress
Jo Moriarty examines a study on social worker caregiver identity and distress and discovers some useful findings about the nature of stress in social work, with helpful practice messages for team managers.
[read the full story...]Do high levels of caring mean poorer carer mental health?
Mary Larkin looks at research on carer mental health and asks us to consider the wider implications for social care policy and carer support.
[read the full story...]Woodland walks and your ‘Elf
Kirsten Lawson dons her walking boots and reports on the national Walks for Health (WfH) programme, which has been investigated in an observational study looking at the mental, emotional and social well-being of people who participate in woodland walks.
[read the full story...]Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy may reduce the demand for primary care visits
Can’t get an appointment with your GP? Don’t stress, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy may help by reducing the demand for primary care visits by distressed patients, according to a new study in the Journal of Psychosomatic Research.
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