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Disrupting the power balance between doctors and patients in the digital era
(2021-01)
The primary way of identifying symptoms of impending disease, and when it is time to seek care, relies heavily on a patient's own perception of how they feel. This reliance on a disease reaching a threshold at which ...
Trauma, mental health and the COVID-19 crisis: are we really all in it together?
(2021-02)
As the world adapts to varying levels of social lockdown – and the lifting of restrictions – due to the COVID-19 pandemic, evidence is mounting that quarantine and other social restrictions negatively affect the mental ...
Will COVID-19 be the coming of age for point-of-care testing?
(2020-09)
BACKGROUND
As countries deal with the COVID-19
pandemic in varying ways, one area
of agreement is the need to test for the
COVID-19 virus in as many people as
possible. Beeching et al have rightly
pointed out that ...
Risk, demand and capacity in adult specialist eating disorder services in the South of England – before and since Covid-19
(2020-12)
Aims and Method: This is a longitudinal cohort study describing the demand and capacity for specialist inpatient treatment of patients with severe eating disorders covering a population of 3.5 million. We compared the ...
How pharmacist prescribers can help meet the mental health consequences of COVID-19
(2020-11)
We suggest that Mental Health Trusts
should urgently develop prescribing roles
for specialist mental health pharmacists,
which are integrated within mental health
teams. In these roles, prescribing pharmacists can ...
Six-month Neurological and Psychiatric Outcomes in 236,379 Survivors of COVID-19
(2021-01)
Background. Neurological and psychiatric sequelae of COVID-19 have been reported, but
there are limited data on incidence rates and relative risks.
Methods. Using retrospective cohort studies and time-to-event analysis, ...
Bidirectional associations between COVID-19 and psychiatric disorder: retrospective cohort studies of 62 354 COVID-19 cases in the USA
(2020)
Background
Adverse mental health consequences of COVID-19, including anxiety and depression, have been widely predicted but not yet accurately measured. There are a range of physical health risk factors for COVID-19, but ...
The neurology and neuropsychiatry of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the early literature reveals frequent CNS manifestations and key emerging narratives
(2021-02)
There is accumulating evidence of the neurological and neuropsychiatric features of infection with SARS-CoV-2.
In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we aimed to describe the characteristics of the early literature ...
The Impact of COVID-19 on the Cancer Care of Adolescents and Young Adults and Their Well-Being: Results From an Online Survey Conducted in the Early Stages of the Pandemic
(2020-07)
The COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly evolving, and we learn new details every day. Even though the disrup-tions in our daily routines and health care systems pose many challenges, therein lie many ...
Harnessing the nursing contribution to COVID-19 mass vaccination programmes: Addressing hesitancy and promoting confidence
(2021-04)
The need for a mass vaccination programme for COVID-19 is considered a pivotal public health strategy to reduce rates of infection, hospitalizations and deaths which have been so much a feature of the past year of the ...