Papers & Interviews

"Researchers have launched a pioneering study to investigate if keeping smartphones in a lockable pouch while at school impacts students’ behaviour and academic performance."

As Dr Livia Martucci, a psychiatrist and chair of the perinatal faculty at the Royal College of Psychiatrists, explains: ‘It affects thinking processes. People’s thoughts turn inwards to all the things they do wrong or that could go wrong. It might make parents feel incompetent or inadequate, that they can’t bond with their baby or, very strongly, that they are no good to that baby.’

"Schema modes have been theorized and tested as mechanisms of change in the treatment of personality disorders. We investigated whether schema modes also function as mechanisms of change in borderline personality disorder (PD) treatment."

Research, published last year, shows adolescents who used it were 11 times more likely to have a psychotic episode as an adult. However, many parents still see it as relatively safe, Dr Smith warned, calling on the government to do more to educate parents and young people. 'We've not got the public health message right,' she said. 'We know that cannabis is not a safe option.'

"Actually, in my experience, a lot of people who have suffered from anxiety and depres­sion find that having a baby strengthens their sense of purpose and brings such a positive change that, in some ways, their symptoms lose their power.”

"Although hormones can negatively impact people’s emotions, Martucci says they can have “very positive” effects too. “Sometimes people are very pleasantly surprised that they actually feel really well and very settled and happy in pregnancy,” she says. “That is something that does happen — not all of it is going to be very difficult.”

"Home Instead brings together Dr Michelle, an independent consultant clinical psychologist, Paschalina, a Registered Care Manager at Home Instead, and Tony, a family carer, who share their professional advice and lived experiences to show how people can live well with dementia and how carers can cope day to day."

"The "Teens, Screens & Social Media" webinar, held on Thursday 18 September, brought together clinicians, researchers and educators to critically examine both the opportunities and challenges posed by digital technologies in the lives of children and young people."

"Stemming from part 3 of The Lancet Psychiatry Commission: a blueprint for protecting physical health in people with mental illness from 2019, this Commission report provides an expanded and structured systems-based overview of psychotropic side-effects and their management strategies relevant to the use of antipsychotics, mood stabilisers, and antidepressants in mental health globally."