@mndsci

Brain, mind, mental illness, medicine, neuroscience, neuropsychology, psychiatry. All based on science+evidence+research. ps...the NHS needs your help!

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alexjmitchell.co.uk/
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We have simplified permission to try the EmotionThermometers scale. Usage to date: 30 studies, 15 translations, 100 centres! If its clinical use or unfunded research use this link: bit.ly/etpermission and you will receive permission to use it immediately. #emotionthermometers
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After studying #COVID19 mortality across 188 countries & 846,395 deaths, here are factors linked with premature death. NB: lockdowns appear to have no effect whereas exercise, environment and comorbidity do (Ref frontiersin.org/articles/10.…) @carlheneghan @ProfKarolSikora @FatEmperor
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All unsung heroes @SCoRCBeardmore
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Check out this week’s Grand Round either in person or virtually! #Psychiatry #MentalHealth Don’t forget you can also catch up if you missed last week’s Grand Round. #GrandRound #MedicalEducation #VirtualLearning @drstuartwalker @CAV_LenRichards @CV_UHB
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Risk of Suicide After Cancer Diagnosis in England: 20% increase in suicide in 4million patients with cancer. Patients with mesothelioma, pancreatic, esophageal, and lung cancer had the highest risk. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…

Risk of Suicide After Cancer Diagnosis in England

This population-based study examines the risk of suicide in patients in England after diagnosis of cancer, including cancer type and stage, time since diagnosis, and sociodemographic factors.

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Adherence to Antipsychotics Measured by Electronic Adherence Monitoring in Schizophrenia: Meta-analysis Excellent free full text sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Wow! Very proud to be named as one of the 1% @webofscience most Highly Cited Researchers for 2019. Thanks to all my amazing collaborators and co-authors. See the full list bit.ly/32erZjx #HighlyCited2019 #mentalhealth @LPTnhs @AngelaHillery @uniofleicester
Clarivate for Academia & Government@ClarivateAG19 Nov 2019
JUST LAUNCHED >> #HighlyCitedResearchers 2019, representing 1,200+ institutions in over 60 countries. Click to explore our list of the world's most influential researchers: bit.ly/2rZORqR #HighlyCited2019 #InstituteSciInfo #ResearcherRecognition #ecrchat #phdlife
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New study tracking cognition in 13,462 participants with normal cognition at baseline. Depression and subjective memory impairment were both risks for later MCI/dementia (HR 1.4 and 2.0 respectively & HR 2.8 with both). alzres.biomedcentral.com/tra…
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Finally a visual summary of STAR*D algorithm for treatment resistant depression that everyone can understand! (2,876 patients) RED = most favourable option (adapted from BMJ 2019;365:l835)
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R= recovery rate; r = remission rate
Wow impressive: "a systematic review on the use of the *emotion thermometer* in individuals diagnosed with cancer" is out! 17 studies #emotionthermometers Free PDF here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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In new VitalSign6 primary care study: 25k patients were screened using the PHQ2, 17% screened positive; of those: 52.0% dropped out, 9% refused treatment and clinicians failed to document a diagnosis in 28%. Only 12% attended 3x follow ups. #shocking; link annfammed.org/content/17/4/3…
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Interesting paper on use of smartphone apps for lifestyle management in schizophrenia see sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Congratulations to Prof Alex Mitchell @mndsci and Prof Sir Nilesh Samani @UoLCVS for being in the @webofscience Highly Cited Researchers of 2018! hcr.clarivate.com/
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Brilliant work! However it's a shame patients with SMI receive less equitable cardioprotective drugs ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2320…

Differences in the prescribing of medication for physical disorders in individuals with v. without...

Individuals with severe mental illness (including schizophrenia) appear to be prescribed significantly lower quantities of several common medications for medical disorders, largely for cardiovascular...

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Sedentary behaviour and barriers to exercise among youth at clinical high risk of psychosis sciencedirect.com/science/ar… @OscarLederman @joefirth7 @RebekahCarney10
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David_Shiers@Davidiris18 Jul 2017
I took my first antidepressant this week. The effects were frightening | Deborah Orr theguardian.com/commentisfre…

I took my first antidepressant this week. The effects were frightening | Deborah Orr

The Guardian journalist Deborah Orr began taking antidepressants this week – but only after a year of psychotherapy

theguardian.com
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QRISK3 includes atypical antipsychotics and SMI. More recognition of increased risk of CVD for these groups @rcpsych #RCPsychIC
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Replying to @mndsci
@mndsci Thank you Prof. Mitchell for mentioning @NCEPOD @HQIP Treat as One report findings #RCPsychIC
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Can apps reduce anxiety? psyberguide.org/2017/05/02/c… My take on @joefirth7 @JohnTorousMD @JMNBDI @RebekahCarney10 @simon_rosenbaum meta-analysis
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