Review finds melatonin to be safest choice for children with sleep disturbance
This review of the literature searched Medline and PsychInfo to find clinical trials and case reports which were published between 1975 and 2009, focusing on pharmacological interventions for sleep...
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This audit of clinical practice in a mental health service for people with learning disabilities looked at the current approach to people with learning disabilities and psychotic disorders. The...
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Self injurious behaviour in people with learning disabilities can have a major impact on quality of life, in addition to physical harm. Positive behaviour approaches have been showing some degree of...
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Quality of life is becoming a common outcome in the reporting of trials. The authors of this literature review were interested to look systematically at the use of quality life as an outcome in...
View ArticleCost-effective strategies for mental health workplace intervention
Chris Sampson summarises a review on the cost-effectiveness of mental health workplace interventions, which presents up-to-date evidence on the different things that employers can do to help those in...
View ArticleMany men do seek help prior to suicide, but are services adequately designed...
Cara Richardson summarises a qualitative photovoice study, which finds that some men who died by suicide did seek help before their death, but the help given was often ineffective. The post Many men do...
View ArticleComplex PTSD: 3 recent reviews yield clues about what helps #BIGSPD22
Kirsten Barnicot summarises three recent systematic reviews exploring the most helpful interventions for people with complex PTSD. The post Complex PTSD: 3 recent reviews yield clues about what helps...
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