Prevalence, management, and outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infections in older people and those with dementia in mental health wards in London, UK: a retrospective observational study

Older people and those with multimorbidity have higher mortality if they become infected with SARS-CoV-2. Of 344 inpatients, 131 (38%) were diagnosed...

Suicide risk assessment in UK mental health services: a national mixed-methods study

Few studies have looked at suicide risk assessment tools used in mental health services in the UK. We obtained 156 tools from all 85 National Health S...

A large-scale genome-wide association study meta-analysis of cannabis use disorder

Study: Variation in liability to cannabis use disorder has a strong genetic component. It is associated with negative outcomes, including an increased...

Association between mental illness and COVID-19 susceptibility and clinical outcomes in South Korea: a nationwide cohort study

Evidence for the associations between mental illness and the likelihood of a positive SARS-CoV-2 test result and the clinical outcomes of COVID-19 is...

Real-time suicide mortality data from police reports in Queensland, Australia, during the COVID-19 pandemic: an interrupted time-series analysis

The study analyzed suspected suicide rates in 2020 relative to 2015–19 in Queensland, Australia. There does not yet appear to be an overall change in...

The association between loneliness and depressive symptoms among adults aged 50 years and older: a 12-year population-based cohort study

Loneliness is experienced by a third of older adults in the UK and is a potential risk factor for depression. 11–18% of cases of depression could pote...

Time-varying associations of pre-migration and post-migration stressors in refugees' mental health during resettlement: a longitudinal study in Australia

Study used data from a national refugee-based longitudinal study. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and high risk of severe mental illness were us...

The effect of flexible assertive community treatment in Denmark: a quasi-experimental controlled study

Flexible assertive community treatment is a community-based treatment model for severe mental illness. It has been widely implemented despite little e...