This new commentary explores where psychedelic mental health treatments might be heading and what needs to happen next.

Rena Gatzounis blogs about a systematic review and meta-analysis investigating the effectiveness of immersive virtual reality ...

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 ...

Today Emily Wood reminds us that there is an urgent need for high quality evidence to inform guidelines and practice.

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 ...

Results 111 papers were included in the review. These papers used a range of methodologies and were overall rated as good quality. The studies spanned the globe but were predominantly conducted in ...

Conclusions This review highlights the urgent need for comprehensive research to build a strong evidence base for effective gambling harm interventions in the UK. Without research, clinicians are ...

Over the past decade there has been huge interest in the role of the microbiome-gut-brain axis in brain function and mental health (as covered in these previous Mental Elf blogs: Murray, 2024; Clarke, ...

Aggressive challenging behaviour includes verbal aggression, physical violence, sexual aggression, self-injurious behaviour and property damage. These behaviours in people with intellectual disability ...