A systematic review shows relationships between staffing and incidents of violence on wards is complex suggesting an urgent ...

Xiaolin Guo, a MSc student in Global Mental Health at the University of Glasgow, and Nina Higson-Sweeney summarise a recent ...

Jasmine completed undergraduate studies in dual-field adult and mental health nursing in 2018. While completing her ...

KCL MSc student, Geetika Sharma, reviews a study on the contribution of cannabis use to the increased psychosis risk among ...

Risk of respiratory disease is greatly heightened for people with bipolar disorder but we are missing opportunities to intervene to improve lung health.

Welcome to the Mental Elf. This website will help you find just what you need to keep up-to-date with all of the important and reliable mental health research and guidance. Our team of mental health ...

Chiara is an aspiring clinical psychologist and current master's student at King’s College London. Currently completing a clinical placement within an eating disorder service, she is gaining ...

Exercise-based interventions, potentially serving as either alternative treatments for depression or alongside medication and/or therapy, are recommended by the UK National Institute for Health and ...

Conclusions Findings show a wide spectrum of strategies employed by Black individuals in North America to cope with racism. More research on the functionality of these strategies for wellbeing is ...

Olivia is an NHS mental health worker based in North London. She completed her BSc (Hons) in Psychology at the University of Manchester and studied her MSc in Clinical Mental Health Sciences at UCL.

Diagnosis is one of the most important and controversial areas in mental health science and care. It’s become a commonplace to say that psychiatry lacks the biomarkers—blood tests, imaging, and so ...