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A compassionate imagery intervention for patients with persecutory delusions
(2021-06)
Negative beliefs about the self, including low self-compassion, have been identified as a putative causal factor in the occurrence of paranoia. Therefore, improving self-compassion may be one route to reduce paranoia.
Aims:
To ...
Brain glutamate concentration in men with early psychosis: a magnetic resonance spectroscopy case–control study at 7 T
(2021-06)
Abnormalities in glutamate neurotransmission are linked to psychotic symptoms and cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia. magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) provides an acceptable means of measuring glutamate in the ...
The impact of Patient and Public Involvement in the SlowMo study: Reflections on peer innovation
(2021-09)
Background: The SlowMo study demonstrated the effects of SlowMo, an eight-session digitally supported reasoning intervention, on paranoia in a large-scale randomized-controlled trial with 362 participants with schizophre ...
Weight change, cardio-metabolic risk factors and cardiovascular incidence in people with serious mental illness: protocol of a population-based cohort study in the UK from 1998 to 2020
(2021-11)
Introduction: People with serious mental illness (SMI), which includes people with diagnoses of schizophrenia spectrum and bipolar disorders, face significant health inequality. This includes a life expectancy reduced by ...
Identifying effective characteristics of behavioral weight management interventions for people with serious mental illness: A systematic review with a qualitative comparative analysis
(2021-10)
People with serious mental illness (SMI) have identified barriers to engaging in behavioral weight management interventions (BWMIs). We assessed whether BWMIs that addressed these barriers were more effective. First, we ...
Appraisal of patient-level health economic models of severe mental illness: systematic review
(2021-08)
Healthcare decision makers require accurate long-term economic models to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of new mental health interventions.
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To assess the suitability of current patient-level economic models to ...