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Why don’t people receive a psychosocial assessment in emergency departments after self-harm?

The Social Care Elf

Amelia Talbot looks at a recent qualitative study of patient and carer perspectives, which explores the reasons why some patients do not receive a psychosocial assessment in emergency departments following self-harm. The post Why don’t people receive a psychosocial assessment in emergency departments after self-harm?

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A roadmap to prevent people being gone too soon

MQ Mental Health

Now, a new paper published in the Lancet Psychiatry calls for action on a global scale to put an end to the growing mortality rates of people with mental illness and distress. Group therapy improves depression and HIV treatment 2. Too many people are gone too soon. App co-design 6.

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2022 International Women’s Day

MQ Mental Health

Since then Bronwyn has become an Associate professor and has received the Aubrey Lewis Award from Biological Psychiatry Australia. “I Ethels work in delivering community based therapy to people living with both AIDs and depression in remote communities in Uganda has been internationally recognised.

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Inequality of Mental Health

MQ Mental Health

A report by the UN Human Rights office showed people with mental health conditions and those with psychosocial disabilities experience disproportionately higher rates of poor physical health; and have a reduced life expectancy – a 20-years fewer for men and 15 years for women - compared with others in the population.

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Do Dialectical Behavior Therapy-Based Interventions Decrease Adolescent Externalizing Symptoms? A Meta-Analysis

Society of Clinical Psychology

depressive symptoms, substance use), how might co-occurring symptoms be incorporated into intervention efforts? Biological Psychiatry, 89 (2), 109-118. Evidence-based psychosocial treatments for adolescents with disruptive behavior. inpatient, community, correctional, educational settings)? About the Authors Rafaella J.

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Prioritizing Mental Health on College Campuses

Society of Clinical Psychology

ABPP is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University and Division of Clinical Developmental Neuroscience at the Sackler Institute. He has been ranked for many years by ISI as the most widely-cited researcher in the world in psychiatry and psychology. Depression and Anxiety. Auerbach, Ph.D.,

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The Promise of Transdiagnostic Treatments for Anxiety Disorders

Society of Clinical Psychology

David Barlow and Matthew Gallagher discusses a new article in JAMA Psychiatry pertaining to the Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders. Significant progress has been made in recent decades in identifying effective psychosocial treatments for anxiety and mood disorders. JAMA psychiatry , 74, 875-884.

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