Psychotherapies can be an effective treatment for depression in people with...
This systematic review conducted by the UK National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health set out to review the efficacy of non-pharmacological treatment for depression in people with depression and...
View ArticlePhysical illness may be the trigger for one in ten suicides
Some of the risk factors for suicide are well known. Research shows that mental illness is the most significant risk factor and we also know that gender plays a big part (men are at greater risk)....
View ArticlePsychiatrists need to carry out more physical health checks for metabolic...
A new systematic review conducted by a research team from Leicester suggests that psychiatrists are failing to carry out physical health checks for metabolic complications common in patients with...
View ArticleFree resources from Rethink to help mental health professionals address the...
The charity Rethink Mental Illness has launched a comprehensive range of new tools to help mental health professionals address the physical health needs of the people they work with. The tools have...
View ArticleSelf-harm is associated with poor physical health, according to new Lancet...
Published yesterday in the Lancet, the Multicentre Study of Self-harm in England is a large (30,950 patients) cohort study of people presenting to hospital emergency departments in Oxford, Manchester...
View ArticleValuing mental health as much as physical health: new report from the Royal...
The Royal College of Psychiatrists has today published what they are calling a landmark report on achieving parity between mental and physical health. The report, Whole-Person Care: From Rhetoric to...
View ArticleLimited evidence suggests that co-morbid chronic physical illness may not...
There is a widespread clinical presumption that people who have both major depressive disorder (MDD) and a co-morbid chronic physical illness represent a ‘double trouble’ group. This leads to the...
View ArticleHealthy Active Lives (HeAL): tackling premature death in young people with...
The Healthy Active Lives (HeAL) international consensus statement aims to reverse the trend of people with severe mental illness dying early by tackling risks for future physical illnesses pro-actively...
View ArticleSystematic review shows higher quality RCTs needed on psychological effects...
In the UK alone it’s estimated over two million adults have type 2 diabetes. That clearly warrants some serious research into its prevention and treatment, including the valuable role of exercise. We...
View ArticleOff to a good start. Are self-help interventions effective for people with...
The ideal treatment for common mental health problems in those with chronic physical illness would have to be reliable, easy to deliver, inexpensive and accessible by a group of people whose physical...
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...
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