Background
Existing research on refugee mental health is heavily skewed towards refugees in high-income countries, even though most refugees (83%) are hosted in low-income and middle-income countries. This problem is further compounded by the unrepresentativeness of samples, small sample sizes...
Background
Culturally competent early mental health interventions for ethnic minorities (EMs) with no formal diagnoses are needed.
ObjectivesTo determine whether 8–12 weeks culturally adapted counselling (CAC) is better than waiting (waitlist (WL) group) to reduce depressive and anxiety symptoms and stress...
Background
Worldwide uptake of telepsychiatry accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
ObjectiveTo conduct an evaluation of the opinions, preferences and attitudes to telepsychiatry from service users, carers and clinicians in order to understand how telepsychiatry can be best used in the peri/post-COVID-19...
Background
People who live alone experience greater levels of mental illness; however, it is unclear whether the COVID-19 pandemic had a disproportionately negative impact on this demographic.
ObjectiveTo describe the mental health gap between those who live alone and with others...
Arias de la Torre et al argue in ‘Population health surveys and screening tools for depressive disorders: aims and uses' that population-based studies like the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) are primarily intended to identify and compare vulnerable groups...
Background
Little is known about the role of air pollution in how people with dementia use mental health services.
ObjectiveWe examined longitudinal associations between air pollution exposure and mental health service use in people with dementia.
MethodsIn 5024 people aged 65 years...
Background
The components of care delivered by Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) services vary, but the impact on patient experience is unknown.
ObjectiveTo investigate associations between components of care provided by EIP services in England and patient-reported outcomes.
Methods2374 patients from EIP...
Question
Refugees and asylum seekers are at high risk of mental disorders due to various stressors before, during and after forceful displacement. The WHO Self-Help Plus (SH+) intervention was developed to manage psychological distress and a broad range of mental...
Background
Attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is frequently diagnosed in patients with substance use disorders (SUDs), including opioids. There remains concern about the safety and efficacy of prescription amphetamines (PAs) and their impact on effectiveness of opioid use disorder (OUD)...
Background
Long-standing ethnic inequalities in access and mental healthcare were worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic.
ObjectivesStakeholders coproduced local and national implementation plans to improve mental healthcare for people from minority ethnic groups.
MethodsExperience-based codesign conducted in four areas covered by National Health...