Lorna Collins reflects on a systematic review exploring the benefits of Hearing Voices and other self-help groups for people with auditory hallucinations.
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For: TreatmentCan rights-based practitioner-research contribute to both civic inclusion and inform the social care evidence-base?
The paper sets out and examines the impact of a local project called Promote the Vote running in West Yorkshire.
[read the full story...]Guided self-help for anxiety: the importance of choice
In her latest blog, Francesca Zecchinato summarises findings from a recent pragmatic, partially randomised, patient preference trial on two forms of guided self-help for anxiety.
[read the full story...]From criminal to person: therapeutic relationships through the eyes of young offenders
Sofiia Kornatska reviews a qualitative study on the importance of child-staff therapeutic relationship in the Children and Young People’s Secure Estate, which offers insights into the implementation of the SECURE STAIRS trauma-informed framework that has been commissioned by NHS England across these settings.
[read the full story...]Predicting treatment-resistant psychosis using routine clinical measures
Lorna Staines summarises a recent study on predicting treatment-resistant psychosis, which suggests that future risk prediction efforts should seek to consider routinely collected data.
[read the full story...]Menopause in the workplace revisited: A feminist perspective and a visit to the Employment Tribunal (ET)
For the last in our World Menopause Day 2023 series, we are combining a paper and some recent case law, to think about some of the things that have been discussed this week through these blog posts.
[read the full story...]Using the highs to combat the lows: ketamine-assisted therapy for anxiety and depression
In her debut blog, Gabrielle Williams reviews a US study on the safety and effectiveness of ketamine-assisted therapy (a digital intervention combining psychotherapy, journaling and ketamine) for moderate to severe anxiety and depression.
[read the full story...]Social Constructions of Menopause: A blog to Celebrate World Menopause Day 2023
This is the second of three-blog posts to celebrate World Menopause Day 2023, Daisy Long looks at the social constructions of menopause based on a paper recently published in the Journal of Aging.
[read the full story...]Menopause in the workplace: A blog to celebrate World Menopause Day 2023
Today, 18th October 2023, is World Menopause Day. It’s the now annual discussion on the impact that menopause has for the individual in the workplace, in the family and in our communities.
[read the full story...]The pill and ‘baby blues’: does experiencing depression with hormonal contraception predict postpartum depression?
Flo Martin explores a recent cohort study of Danish registry data that investigate whether women with a history of depression associated with using hormonal contraception were also at a higher risk of developing postpartum depression.
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