Attachment in people with dementia and their carers
Mary Larkin explores a systematic review on attachment between people with dementia and their carers and explains what the findings mean for social care practice and policy for carers. The post...
View ArticleHow do older people experience social care support?
Jill Manthorpe gets to grips with a systematic review of qualitative research to find out how older people experience social care support and calls on a surprising literary character for help. The post...
View ArticleWhat psychosocial factors promote and challenge mental health recovery?
In this blog, Sarah Carr examines a systematic review into the psychosocial factors that help and hinder mental health recovery and discusses implications for policy. The post What psychosocial factors...
View ArticleSocial care for men with long term conditions: disability, masculinity and...
Hannah Morgan examines a study on social care for disabled men living with long term conditions and discovers the importance of agency, choice and control. The post Social care for men with long term...
View ArticleCould partner factors reduce the risk of maternal depression and anxiety in...
Paul Ramchandani and Ellen Grimas report on the findings of a recent systematic review and meta-analysis of modifiable partner factors associated with perinatal depression and anxiety. The post Could...
View ArticleCan digital communication improve relationships between young people and...
Victoria Betton reports on the LYNC study; mixed methods research into timely digital patient-clinician communication in specialist clinical services for young people. The post Can digital...
View ArticlePower to the people: practitioners, patients and power
Rob Allison explores a recent qualitative study of dependence and resistance in community mental health care, which looks at negotiations of user participation between mental health staff and service...
View ArticleFamily therapy for anorexia: can it create closeness and containment in...
Sarah McDonald blogs about a recent study that explores the effect of family-based treatment for anorexia on familial relationships. The post Family therapy for anorexia: can it create closeness and...
View ArticleTeenage depression linked to poor psychological and social outcomes in later...
Maria Loades writes her debut elf blog on a recent systematic review and meta-analysis on the long-term psychosocial outcomes of teenage depression, which finds that depression as a youth is linked to...
View ArticleBipolar disorder and distress: systematic review of first-person accounts
A group of UCL Mental Health Masters Students summarise a meta-synthesis of qualitative research, which looks at what people diagnosed with bipolar disorder experience as distressing. The post Bipolar...
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