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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, ...
Could health-improving interventions address the growing unemployment crisis?
(2021-02)
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing unprecedented rates of unemployment. Poorer mental health is a cause and a consequence of unemployment, and job seekers with poorer mental health remain unemployed for longer. The review ...
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 ...
Length of hospitalisation for people with severe mental illness: is the longer the better? Commentary on… Cochrane Corner
(2021)
The Cochrane review in this month’s Cochrane Corner (Babalola 2014) compares short-stay hospital admission to long-stay/standard admission in patients with severe mental illness for a number of outcomes in a total 2030 ...
Cerebral venous thrombosis: a retrospective cohort study of 513,284 confirmed COVID-19 cases and a comparison with 489,871 people receiving a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine
(2021-04)
Objectives To estimate the absolute risk of cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) and portal vein thrombosis (PVT) in the two weeks following a diagnosis of COVID-19, and to assess the relative risks (RR) compared to influenza ...
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 ...
My journey into mental healthcare as an international medical graduate (IMG)
(2021-06)
Over half of doctors who joined the General Medical Council's (GMC) medical register in the UK in 2020 were from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) background, and I am one of them. Having experienced clinical settings ...
Incidence and outcomes of eating disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic
(2021-07)
There are concerns that eating disorders have become commoner during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Using the electronic health records of 5.2 million people aged under 30, mostly in the USA, we show ...
Depression and anxiety disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic: knowns and unknowns
(2021-10)
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on people's mental health. Yet, the global extent of this impact remains largely unknown. By leveraging the best available data from surveys around the world with measurements of ...
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 ...