With NHS services under strain, digital therapies are attracting more attention. This new study tested a generative AI chatbot in a national RCT and found significant clinical improvements. But are we ...

Could boosting resilience help prevent perinatal mental health problems? Review investigates the evidence, limitations, and implications for practice.

Referrals to CAMHS have skyrocketed, but are we getting any better at diagnosing youth mental health problems? Could ...

New study analysed nearly 1 million responses from 49,000 people to find out how time of day, week, and year shape our mental ...

Lisa Lloyd reviews the strengths and weaknesses of a new collaborative referral system, to support people with mental health ...

Largest ever multi-ancestry GWAS meta-analysis of bipolar disorder provides novel insights into the genetic basis of bipolar.

New review highlights the significant stigma faced by people with psychosis and their families in Middle Eastern communities ...

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The University College London Mental Health Sciences Research MSc course features a journal club, which sometimes contributes blogs to the National Elf Service. These blogs are co-authored by the ...

André Tomlin is an Information Scientist with 20 years experience working in evidence-based healthcare. He's worked in the NHS, for Oxford University and since 2002 as Managing Director of Minervation ...

Implications for practice The framework developed from the findings of this review offers a tool for a wide range of stakeholders, from academics and clinicians to commissioners and policymakers, to ...