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This is a free interactive webinar to introduce Imroc's new Demystifying Research series. Each paper will break down complex concepts—bias, variables, methods—into clear, jargon-free insights, paired ...

The low mood that characterises depression is accompanied by changes in bodily processes, manifested in symptoms such as insomnia, reduced appetite an…

Eleanor Dawkins explores a new review and meta-analysis suggesting that cognitive impairment is linked with anticholinergic medication in psychosis, providing grounds for more careful monitoring and r...

Recovery-oriented practice is a contemporary and internationally accepted approach to mental health care. Moving away from privileging ‘clinical recovery’, it recognises and supports ‘personal recove...

What can we learn from population data in Canada, a decriminalisation front runner, about the to the risk of psychosis after policy changes?

A third of people with schizophrenia have symptoms that will not sufficiently respond to two adequate trials of antipsychotic medications.1 For these people with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, clo...

Analyses of a national database adds to the case that antipsychotic continuation during pregnancy is associated with a reduced risk of postpartum relapse.

A brief critique of the pseudo-diagnosis ‘complex emotional needs’

This article presents a metamorphic model to describe the manifold role of narrative identity, a person's internal life story, across the course of me…

Background Internationally, mental health policy has highlighted the exchange of peer support between people with lived experience as a key component of recovery-oriented care. There is some evidenc...

Considered alongside previous RCTs, our findings suggest that short first-line treatments with therapist-guided iCBT are at least as effective and efficacious as fCBT. Our findings eliminate error sou...

Since medications are typically started when depressive symptoms re-emerge, all treatments might appear less effective than they actually are when the reference is non-use of medication. Lithium was t...

Objective: The authors aimed to increase measurement-based care in an outpatient academic psychiatry service. Methods: The Measurement-Assisted Care program (MAC) was implemented as a clinical quality...

To meet the aim of synthesising research on nurses' experiences of promoting personal recovery within psychiatric inpatient care, meta ethnography according to Noblit and Hare has been chosen as the ...

In the largest genome-wide study of bipolar disorder to date, an international team involving UCL researchers has identified 298 regions of the genome containing DNA variations that increase risk for ...

Updated systematic review of experiences of compulsory treatment builds the case for legal reform to be grounded in lived experiences.

Crisis Cafés are a novel form of community-based crisis alternative and this interview study provides the first evidence on their UK implementation.

Former mental health patients are worried camera surveillance is being used without explicit consent.

Crisis Cafés are a novel form of community-based crisis alternative and this interview study provides the first evidence on their UK implementation.

Join our panel for an interactive, in-person discussion on the current state of peer support in mental health services in England.

Research into the genetic causes of severe mental illness (SMI) might offer new ways of understanding and addressing these complex conditions.

Objective: Mental health lived experience organizations (LEOs) and their lived experience workforce are increasingly recognized as invaluable. However, a deeper understanding of the elements that enha...

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Detecting transitions in bipolar disorder (BD) is essential for implementing early interventions. Our aim was to identify the earliest indicator(s) of…

Results of this systematic review and meta-analysis reveal that BLT was an effective adjunctive treatment for nonseasonal depressive disorders. Additionally, results suggest that BLT may improve the r...

Magenta Simmons and Belle Boland consider an umbrella review on the effectiveness and implementation of peer support interventions in mental health.

Explore the role of peer support in mental health & gain fresh insights into the current national landscape, guided by compelling research.

Amy Ferguson says there is much to learn about whether short sleep in children increases the risk of later psychosis and the role of inflammation in that.

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