Targeting rumination and worry may help with youth anxiety, depression and repetitive negative thinking

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Jenna Jacob summarises a co-produced systematic review and meta-analysis exploring rumination and worry as transdiagnostic targets for mental health interventions in young people.

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Can green space help protect us from self-harm and suicide?

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Trish Darcy on a systematic review which suggests a protective association between green space exposure and all suicide-related outcomes. The protective associations were stronger for women than for men.

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Are ‘night owls’ more at risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviours? New review on social and circadian rhythm dysregulation

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Nick Donnelly explores a recent systematic review, which finds a small association between identifying as a night owl and experiences of suicide.

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Working on the edge: the therapeutic alliance in suicide prevention

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Laura Melzer considers a qualitative review of client and therapist perspectives on the therapeutic alliance in the context of psychotherapy for suicidal feelings.

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Treatment of harmful gambling in the UK: new review highlights worrying lack of evidence

Developing evidence-based interventions for gambling-related harms would help improve the effectiveness of care across under-recognised populations. 

Clare Gerada and Ruby Wiltshire summarise a new scoping review of UK-based research on the treatment of harmful gambling, which finds a complete lack of high quality intervention studies to support decision making.

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Guidelines for involving young people with lived experience in suicide research

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Dhea Bengardi summarises a Delphi study that involved lived experience and researcher stakeholders in developing a comprehensive set of guidelines for involving youth with lived and living experience of suicide in suicide research.

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Uncharted territory: cumulative trauma and bipolar disorder

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Magda Skowronska summarises a recent systematic review which finds that cumulative trauma could lead to earlier onset of bipolar disorder. A review that has important implications for mental health professionals.

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Not all people who make a suicide attempt have a psychiatric diagnosis

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In her debut blog, Emma Wallace explores a recent US cross-sectional study, which suggests an exclusive focus on the mental health antecedents of suicide will exclude around 20% of people who attempt to take their own lives.

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School connectedness may protect against suicidal ideation in adolescents

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Monika Raniti and Jennifer Dam summarise a recent narrative systematic review, which suggests that school connectedness can help protect against suicidality, but the research points to it being more protective of suicidal ideation than suicide attempts.

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The risks arising from having ADHD: physical health, mental health, social and lifestyle

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Jack Wainwright explores how ADHD can impact on all aspects of our lives, not just the three key symptom domains, but on our lifestyle, physical and mental health.

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