Mental health

Increasing the value of digital phenotyping through reducing missingness: a retrospective review and analysis of prior studies

Background Digital phenotyping methods present a scalable tool to realise the potential of personalised medicine. But underlying this potential is…

2 years ago

Placebo response in trials with patients with anxiety, obsessive-compulsive and stress disorders across the lifespan: a three-level meta-analysis

Question Randomised controlled trials assessing treatments for anxiety, obsessive-compulsive and stress-related disorders often present high placebo response rates in placebo…

2 years ago

Police-led real-time surveillance system for suspected suicides in Great Britain

It has become increasingly apparent that rapidly available information about the occurrence of suicides is needed, particularly to support suicide…

2 years ago

Blinding successfulness in antipsychotic trials of acute treatment for schizophrenia: a systematic review

Background Blinding of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) is very important for the accurate assessment of drug efficacy. Without proper blinding,…

2 years ago

Prevalence estimates of major depressive disorder in 27 European countries from the European Health Interview Survey: accounting for imperfect diagnostic accuracy of the PHQ-8

Background Cut-offs on self-report depression screening tools are designed to identify many more people than those who meet criteria for…

2 years ago

Exploring the efficacy of psychotherapies for depression: a multiverse meta-analysis

Background Hundreds of randomised controlled trials and dozens of meta-analyses have examined psychotherapies for depression—yet not all points in the…

2 years ago

Decoding fMRI alcohol cue reactivity and its association with drinking behaviour

Background Cue reactivity, the enhanced sensitivity to conditioned cues, is associated with habitual and compulsive alcohol consumption. However, most previous…

2 years ago

metaumbrella: the first comprehensive suite to perform data analysis in umbrella reviews with stratification of the evidence

Objective Umbrella reviews are a new form of literature review that summarises the strength and/or quality of the evidence from…

2 years ago

Symptom-specific effects of counselling for depression compared to cognitive-behavioural therapy

Background Cognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT) and counselling for depression (CfD) are recommended first-line treatments for depression. While they approach change differently,…

2 years ago

What I stand for as BMJ Mental Health editor

Welcome to BMJ Mental Health. In January 2023, Evidence-Based Mental Health (EBMH) has changed its name to BMJ Mental Health,…

2 years ago