Digital CBT can help people with depression or anxiety and comorbid long-term...
Stephanie Loukieh summarises the COMPASS trial, which presents promising results for digitally delivered CBT for depression and anxiety related to living with a long-term physical health condition. The...
View ArticleDigitally augmented CBT for child anxiety is more efficient and no less...
Helen Dodd summarises a recent non-inferiority randomised controlled trial led by Cathy Creswell, which investigated the effectiveness of digitally augmented parent-led CBT for child anxiety. The post...
View ArticleAntipsychotics and risk of violence and suicide in people diagnosed with...
A group of MSc students from UCL summarise a study examining the links between antipsychotics, risk of violent crimes and suicidal behaviour in people diagnosed with a 'personality disorder'. The post...
View ArticleThe great unknown? Assessing suicide risk in trials of psychological...
Derek de Beurs explores a meta-analysis which finds that randomised controlled trials of psychological interventions for depression rarely report assessments of suicide. The post The great unknown?...
View ArticleNew and emerging treatments for major depressive disorder
Kirsten Lawson summarises a new 'state of the art review' in the BMJ which focuses on novel and emerging pharmacotherapy and neuromodulation for people with 'treatment resistant depression'. The post...
View ArticleDigital self-help for bulimia recovery: encouraging results for waiting list...
In her debut blog, Ana Julia Ferreira summarises a randomised controlled trial investigating the effectiveness of a digital self-help intervention for improving bulimic-spectrum disorder symptomatology...
View ArticleCognition and heterogeneity in first-episode psychosis before antipsychotic...
Ana Veic looks at an updated systematic review which suggests that patients with psychosis display cognitive difficulties very early in the disease process, and concludes this variation in cognitive...
View ArticleUniversal DBT intervention in schools: help or hindrance?
Sofiia Kornatska reviews a non-randomised trial exploring a dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) based universal intervention on adolescent social and emotional well-being in Australian schools. The...
View ArticleWhen the clouds clear: the journeys of school psychologists working with...
Vanessa Coeli summarises a qualitative systematic review on the perspectives of school psychologists supporting young gender diverse people. The post When the clouds clear: the journeys of school...
View ArticleWhat is the role of mentalizing in psychological interventions?
Mentalizing is the human ability to comprehend intentional mental states, such as goals, desires, feelings, and wishes, of both oneself and others. In this blog, Amelia Mullet summarises a systematic...
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