Emily has worked at the University of Sheffield since 2015, where she specialises in researching factors affecting the mental ...

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

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

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

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 ...

KCL MSc student Yunyi Chen explores a study on the effectiveness of psychodynamic therapy in an NHS service for service-users ...

KCL MSc student, Jingyi Zhang, considers a recent meta-analysis on gender non-conformity and common mental health problems, ...

One in 6 adults in the UK has a common mental health disorder such as anxiety and depression (McManus et al, 2020). The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an 8.1% increase in common mental health ...

Over the years, there has been an increase in young people experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviours (Han et al., 2019). Now, suicide is the fourth leading cause of mortality amongst young people ...

In the UK 40% of adults with learning disabilities (28% if problem behaviours are excluded) experience mental health problems at any point in time. An estimated 36% of children and young people (24% ...

The Stanford-Lancet Commission on the North American Opioid CrisisThe Commission is a partnership between The Lancet and Stanford University’s addiction research group.The Commission started its work ...