Collaboration, collaboration, collaboration
Kirsten Lawson explores the benefits of working across professional and therapeutic boundaries, highlighted beautifully by the recent COINCIDE RCT of collaborative care for patients with depression...
View ArticleIs it bipolar disorder or borderline personality disorder?
Murtada Alsaif considers the challenges facing psychiatrists in diagnosing bipolar disorder or borderline personality disorder. He reports on a recent qualitative study that explores the practical...
View ArticleSearching for solutions: a new brief intervention for comorbid substance...
Ian Hamilton presents the findings of a recent pilot randomised trial of a brief intervention for comorbid substance misuse in psychiatric inpatient settings. The post Searching for solutions: a new...
View ArticleDepression may be an early symptom of dementia
Caroline Struthers summarises a recent population study that explores 10-year trajectories of depressive symptoms and subsequent risk of dementia. The post Depression may be an early symptom of...
View ArticleIn search of the sweet spot: the links between dysglycaemia and first episode...
Ben Perry publishes his debut blog on a recent systematic review of impaired glucose homeostasis in first-episode schizophrenia. The post In search of the sweet spot: the links between dysglycaemia and...
View ArticleNeurodevelopmental conditions and mental health research: it’s time to...
In her debut blog, Suzi Sapiets summarises a review exploring psychological treatment of depression in young people with neurodevelopmental conditions, which finds very limited evidence to help...
View ArticlePsychotherapeutic approaches and treatment efficacy for comorbid BPD and PTSD
Natalie Kashirsky summarises a systematic review on optimising treatment for comorbid BPD (borderline personality disorder) and PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). The post Psychotherapeutic...
View ArticleSmoking and bipolar disorder: the physical and mental health impact of...
Hannah Walsh explores the clinical and research implications of this French cohort study on bipolar disorder and smoking status, and how risks differ for current, former and never smokers. The post...
View ArticleIs persistent anxiety and depression in childhood a one-way road to adverse...
In her latest blog, Laura Hankey summarises a longitudinal study using ALSPAC data that explored associations between anxiety, depression, and comorbid anxiety/depression in childhood and adverse...
View ArticleIs anxiety a gateway to other mental health problems? Comorbidities with...
Nina Higson-Sweeney summarises a study using data from the UK-based GLAD and COPING NBR cohorts to investigate factors associated with anxiety disorder comorbidity with anxiety and depression. The post...
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