Aliya Ayub explores a systematic review and meta-analysis on the effectiveness of physical activity interventions for the management of depression symptoms and glycaemic control in people with depression and type 2 diabetes.
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For: TreatmentAntidepressant withdrawal: recommendations for support from people with lived experience
Hannah Bowers summarises a study exploring the need for antidepressant withdrawal support, from 708 survey respondents with lived experience.
[read the full story...]Digital privilege? Negative effects of screen time linked to lower socioeconomic status in adolescence
In his debut blog, Isaac Winterburn evaluates an Irish longitudinal cohort study examining the impact of digital use and socioeconomic status on adolescent wellbeing.
[read the full story...]Compassion-focused therapy for psychosis: study suggests it’s feasible and acceptable, so what next?
Ellen Iredale and Poppy Brown summarise a case-series study on compassion‐focused therapy for distressing hallucinations and delusions in psychosis, suggesting the potential to benefit people with psychosis.
[read the full story...]Individual, group and guided self-help CBT for panic disorder: most delivery formats equally effective, but more evidence needed
Hannah Wallace summarises a network meta-analysis comparing four different formats of CBT for panic disorder, which finds “no efficacy differences between CBT delivered as guided self-help, or in the face-to-face individual or group format in the treatment of panic disorder”.
[read the full story...]The experience of treatment-resistant depression: we need to rethink treatment for people who do not respond to antidepressants
Amelia Talbot summarises a qualitative meta-synthesis exploring people’s experiences of living with ‘treatment-resistant’ depression.
[read the full story...]Deciphering self-help: how do adolescents experiencing emotional difficulties cope?
Nuria Gardia considers a scoping review on self‑management, self‑care, and self‑help strategies in adolescents with emotional problems.
[read the full story...]Towards better psychological treatment of depression #DepressionSolvingTheToll part 3
Part 3 in a four-part series on solving the toll of depression on populations. Pim Cuijpers focuses on the psychological treatment of depression and gives an overview of a meta-analytic research domain.
[read the full story...]Understanding maladaptive exercise in adolescence: who is at risk and why?
Caroline Touzeau and Caitlin Lloyd blog about a recent longitudinal cohort study that investigated patterns of maladaptive exercise in young people, which supports “re-framing motivations for exercise in youth away from weight loss at a population level”.
[read the full story...]Early intervention for psychosis: better outcomes in the short term?
Emanuele Osimo blogs about the 20-year follow up of the OPUS trial, which tested early intervention services for people with first-episode schizophrenia spectrum disorder.
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