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Picking up the pieces: psychological therapies for women who experience intimate partner violence
(2021-10)Intimate partner violence (IPV) is highly prevalent worldwide. Women are disproportionately more likely than men to experience IPV towards them at any point in their lifetime. Psychological therapies could be offered to ... -
Promoting resilience in healthcare students through psychological interventions
(2022-06)Given the impact of well-known chronic stressors on health and social care students, the concept of resilience has gained importance in the field of health professional education. Many interventions have been tested that ... -
Psychotropic medication prescribing in people with autism spectrum disorders with and without psychiatric comorbidity
(2021-04)Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are a group of lifelong neurodevelopmental disorders characterised by difficulties in social interactions and social communication, and restricted and repetitive behaviours. Relative to the ... -
Simulated virtual on-call training programme for improving non-specialised junior doctors’ confidence in out-of-hours psychiatry: quantitative assessment
(2022-09)Aims and method To investigate whether a psychiatry-specific virtual on-call training programme improved confidence of junior trainees in key areas of psychiatry practice. The programme comprised one 90 min lecture and a ... -
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, ... -
Strategies for preventing occupational stress in healthcare workers: past evidence, current problems
(2021)The problem of occupational stress in healthcare workers is hardly new, but effective interventions in this area are lacking despite being sorely needed – especially in the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The review ... -
A Structural Brain Network of Genetic Vulnerability to Psychiatric Illness
(2020-05)Psychiatry is undergoing a paradigm shift from the acceptance of distinct diagnoses to a representation of psychiatric illness that crosses diagnostic boundaries. How this transition is supported by a shared neurobiology ... -
The tail wagging the dog: the diagnostic accuracy of first rank symptoms COMMENTARY ON… COCHRANE CORNER
(2019-10)Outcomes for people with schizophrenia are improved by expedient diagnosis and specific treatment. ICD-11 and DSM-5 have reduced the importance of Schneider's first rank symptoms (FRS) in the diagnosis of schizophrenia; ... -
Valproate in dementia: time to move on? Commentary on…Cochrane Corner
(2019-02)Baillon et al ’s Cochrane review included 430 participants with agitation in dementia from five randomised controlled trials. Overall, the reviewers found that valproate was no better than placebo for the treatment of ... -
Vortioxetine for depression: the evidence for its current use in the UK: COMMENTARY ON… COCHRANE CORNER
(2018-12-17)The pharmacological treatment of depression is often hampered by side-effects and unsatisfactory response to treatment. Vortioxetine is one of the newest antidepressants on the market, purportedly with a different mechanism ...
