Watch yourself! Investigating the efficacy of remotely delivered video...
KCL Masters student Katherine Jolly considers a study on internet-delivered compared to face-to-face video feedback to update negative self-perceptions in iCBT for social anxiety disorder. The post...
View ArticleCats and autistic people: scoping out the purrfect pair?
KCL Masters student Lily Zhang considers a scoping review on the positive impacts of cat ownership in autistic adults and children, which helps to carve out a path for further research in this field....
View ArticleAre psychological interventions effective in preventing relapse and...
Andrea Cipriani is back, this time writing with Rosario Aronica to summarise an individual patient data meta-analysis on the use of psychological interventions for preventing relapse in depression. The...
View ArticleWhat’s BESST for young people? Efficacy of CBT-informed workshops for stress...
Matthias Schwannauer explores the BESST cluster randomised controlled trial, which is out today in The Lancet Psychiatry. BESST stands for Brief Educational Workshops in Secondary Schools Trial. The...
View ArticleIs brief text messaging effective to reduce repeat hospital-treated self-harm?
Amelia Mullett summarises an Australian RCT on the efficacy of a short message service brief contact intervention (SMS-SOS) in reducing repetition of hospital-treated self-harm. The post Is brief text...
View ArticleCommunity perinatal teams associated with more mental health service access...
Roxanne Keynejad summarises the ESMI-II study on community perinatal mental health teams and mental health, obstetric and neonatal outcomes in pregnant women. The post Community perinatal teams...
View ArticleForensic social work education around the world: Challenges, dilemmas and...
Forensic social work is not recognised as a separate discipline from generic social work education offered at the BA or MA level in universities worldwide (Wormer, 2008; Lattes and Davis,2023). The...
View ArticleAntidepressants: what is the Smallest Worthwhile Difference?
Linda Gask summarises findings from a cross-sectional online survey that investigated the Smallest Worthwhile Difference necessary for individuals with depression to consider taking antidepressants....
View ArticleEnhancing mental health care for autistic individuals: bridging gaps and...
Today Ruby Jarvis presents two new reviews from the Mental Health Policy Research Unit, which summarise the adjustments that clinicians can make to improve mental health care for autistic children,...
View ArticleAre chatbots the answer to minimising inequalities in treatment access?
Robert Meadows considers the findings of a recent paper on the use of artificial intelligence chatbots in increasing self-referrals to mental health services. The post Are chatbots the answer to...
View ArticleDigital 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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