Mental Elf

I contribute blog posts regarding research into mental health for The Mental Elf. My efforts are below.

• Ending self-stigma: not at all straightforward

• How ARE you doing? A study of the mental health of men in the seduction community

• My watch knows when I’m anhedonic: wearable technology and social functioning in older adults with depression

• Fitness to practice: exercise for depression in adolescents

• Parent-focused treatment for anorexia in adolescents: more efficient than family-based treatment says new RCT

• Music therapy for depression in older adults: How can I be sure of you

• Stigma increases psychological distress in people with intellectual disabilities

• Eating disorders and suicide
• How can we reduce mental health stigma and discrimination?
• Suicide prevention at hotspots
• Review finds no link between stigma and intention to use mental health services in military personnel
• Placebo effect in psychiatry: What do we really know?
• Lisdexamfetamine for binge-eating disorder
• Mental health support for older adults needs to improve
• Mental health anti-stigma programs are (broadly) successful
• People with mental illness are more likely to be victims of homicide than perpetrators of homicide
• New evidence on antidepressants and suicide risk in children and young people
• People who died by suicide are more likely to have been last discharged from a general hospital
• We all know that the Internet can be a dangerous place for people with eating disorders, but can it also help them get better?
• Cognitive dissonance and positive health behaviours: a systematic review shows dissonance-based interventions can be successful
• Cost effectiveness analysis finds stepped care to be cheaper and more effective than CBT for bulimia nervosa
• Study shows that adolescents with symptoms of depression and suicidality are more at risk of unhealthy romantic relationships in adulthood

• New systematic review finds limited evidence for non-drug treatments for ADHD

• Fighting mental illness stigma in the classroom