Coproduction of quality standards for youth mental health in primary care
Lisa Burscheidt reports on a mixed methods study that produced user-generated quality standards for youth mental health in primary care. The post Coproduction of quality standards for youth mental...
View ArticleParent Infant Psychotherapy: a gap in the evidence
Paul Ramchandani assesses the latest Cochrane review on Parent Infant Psychotherapy for improving parental and infant mental health, which finds little evidence to support the claim that PIP is an...
View ArticleCognitive bias modification for anxiety and depression in children and...
Shirley Reynolds writes her debut Mental Elf blog on a recent meta-analysis of cognitive bias modification (CBM) for anxiety and depression in children and adolescents. The review suggests that, on the...
View ArticleLimited benefits of cognitive bias modification for adolescents: is it time...
Ioana Cristea reviews a recent randomised controlled trial of cognitive bias modification to treat interpretation bias in adolescents. She argues that this new study adds weight to the ascertion that...
View ArticleSuicide prevention in schools: all plain SEYLE-ing?
Stephen Wood appraises the SEYLE cluster RCT that investigates the effectiveness of suicide prevention in schools. This is the first large-scale European study of universal interventions for suicide...
View ArticleHow can commissioners improve the mental health and wellbeing of children and...
Alison Turner summarises the Department of Health's Future in Mind report, which builds on the work of the Children & Young People’s Mental Health Taskforce and sets out a vision for increased...
View ArticleWhen to see a child and adolescent psychiatrist: recent RCPsych guidance
Emily Stapley summarises the recent Royal College of Psychiatrists guidance on child and adolescent psychiatry, which sets out the standards to which child and adolescent psychiatrists work. The post...
View ArticleCan family-based interventions prevent young people from starting to smoke?
Sally Adams summarises a recent Cochrane systematic review on family-based interventions for preventing smoking by children and adolescents, which shows the evidence is strongest for high intensity,...
View ArticleE-cigarettes and teenagers: cause for concern?
Marcus Munafò appraises a recent cross-sectional survey, which looks at associations between e-cigarette access and smoking and drinking behaviours in teenagers. The post E-cigarettes and teenagers:...
View ArticleThe value of family meals
Helen Bould appraises a recent systematic review, which investigates the effects of family meal frequency on psychosocial outcomes in young people. The post The value of family meals appeared first on...
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