Dementia and the drive to increase diagnosis rates: the debate goes on
As part of its excellent ‘Too Much Medicine’ series, the British Medical Journal last week published an important analysis of the current direction of travel in the field of dementia care. The article...
View ArticleWEAVE RCT: GP training, but not screening, may benefit women who have...
Behaviour within an intimate relationship which causes psychological, physical or sexual harm to either party is known as intimate partner violence (IPV). This violence is perpetrated by both men and...
View ArticleFinancial incentives don’t increase depression screening for patients with...
The lines between physical health and mental health are blurred in lots of ways, and one example is the fact that people with chronic physical conditions are also more likely to suffer from depression....
View ArticlePhysical health monitoring in serious mental illness is a priority in...
It is widely acknowledged that individuals with serious mental illnesses (SMI) such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and severe depression have increased rates of mortality, due to poor physical...
View ArticleAddressing 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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