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Addressing the health needs of people who are homeless

Liz Hughes reviews two recent Lancet papers about the health needs of people who are homeless and the best ways to meet these needs. The post Addressing the health needs of people who are homeless...

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Population screening for dementia

Rosalyn Nelson reports on a recent systematic review about population screening for dementia, which highlights the negative attitudes of patients, carers and health care professionals towards...

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Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)

Sally Adams summarises a meta-analysis of specialty substance use disorder services following brief alcohol intervention, which finds a lack of evidence for SBIRTs despite the widespread public health...

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Depression in fathers affects children as much as depression in mothers

Jennifer Burgess writes her debut elf blog on evidence from two population-based cohorts of the association between depression in fathers and their adolescent children. The post Depression in fathers...

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Poorer cardiovascular screening, diagnosis and management if you have a...

Joanne Wallace summarises a systematic review that highlights disparities in the management of cardiovascular risk factors in people with mental illness. The post Poorer cardiovascular screening,...

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Can we screen-and-treat victims of terror attacks?

Nia Oxbourgh summarises a recent study of the outcomes of mental health screening (the screen and treat programme) for UK nationals affected by the 2015-2016 terrorist attacks in Tunisia, Paris and...

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Cancer screening disparities in people with mental illness

Emily Peckham from the Closing The Gap Network writes her debut blog on a new systematic review, which finds that people with mental illnesses were less likely to receive screening for cancer compared...

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First episode psychosis in prison: is our screening effective?

Danny Whiting explores the issue of screening for first episode psychosis in prison using a retrospective cohort study from Australia. The post First episode psychosis in prison: is our screening...

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How do our genes affect our risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviours in...

A group of UCL masters students consider a JAMA Psychiatry study which looks at the associations between genetic risk for adult suicide attempt and suicidal behaviours in young children in the United...

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Can hearing interventions slow down cognitive decline?

In this blog, Daisy Long and the elf apprentices that took part in the woodland workshop undertook a group critical analysis on Lin, F.R., Pike, J.R., Albert. M.S., Arnold, M., Burgard, S., Chisolm, T....

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