Antidepressants are a commonly used treatment for a range of mental health conditions, including depression and anxiety.

Coercion in children and young people's inpatient services should be minimized but there is wide variance in what predicts ...

Elisha Joshi reviews a study exploring the prevalence and risk factors for self-harm in adolescents with and without ...

Chinese study suggests that combining MRI scan and behavioural assessments data may increase the accuracy of diagnosing ...

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 ...

The Learning Disabilities Elf aims to bring you the latest learning disabilities evidence that is published each week. We scan the most important websites, databases and journals and select evidence ...

Dr Katie Marwick is a Senior Clinical Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist with NHS Lothian, specialising in Liaison Psychiatry and Perinatal Psychiatry.

Understanding the mechanisms by which psychotherapy improves outcomes for individuals with mental health conditions is crucial for the continuous advancement of treatments. One proposed mechanism is ...

Dental friends and colleagues tell me they find it difficult to keep up to date with the latest evidence. They want to keep in touch but they don’t have time to wade through everything that’s ...