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December has been a busy old month so far and the Christmas deliveries haven't even started yet! #SoreElfFeet

Headline story this month
27th November 2014
Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia: a critique by Laws, Langford and Huda 

Our most popular blog ever: Keith Laws, Alex Langford and Samei Huda provide a critique of the British Psychological Society Division of Clinical Psychology report.
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Popular blogs this month
25th November 2014
Are treatments for borderline personality disorder cost-effective? 

Our resident Elf Economist, Chris Sampson, reports on a new systematic review of economic evaluations for borderline personality disorder. Are any cost-effective?
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4th December 2014
Reflections on #UnderstandingPsychosis

Something a bit different in this post; a reflective blog from André Tomlin who spent quite some time during December discussing the new DCP #UnderstandingPsychosis report on social media and elsewhere.
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26th November 2014
Stigma in bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder: time for a cultural shift. 

Andrew Shepherd summarises a critical realist analysis that looks at experiences of stigma in people with bipolar disorder or borderline personality disorder.
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Don't miss these other posts
 
19th December 2014 

How can we improve mental health services for young people? Ask them 
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18th December 2014 

Medication for the maintenance treatment of bipolar disorder 
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17th December 2014 

Mental health support for older adults needs to improve 
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16th December 2014 

The Internet Therapist: adherence to Internet CBT compared to face to face CBT
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15th December 2014 

Folic acid for depression: RCT finds no effect on reducing incidence of depression or bipolar 
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12th December 2014 

Joint Crisis Plans: empowering service users with psychotic disorders 
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11th December 2014 

Internet-based CBT for chronic somatic conditions: problematic meta-analysis offers an overly enthusiastic appraisal 
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10th December 2014 

Alcohol use disorders and mortality in Nordic countries 
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9th December 2014 

CBT for insomnia in psychiatric populations: an effective alternative to hypnotics? 
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8th December 2014 

What do acute mental health nurses do? 
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5th December 2014 

Brain stimulation offers hope for depression, but don’t try it at home 
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3rd December 2014 

Sustained smoking cessation intervention for hospitalised smokers 
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2nd December 2014 

Eating disorders: how can we care for carers? 
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1st December 2014 

Alcohol misuse and PTSD comorbidity: a significant problem lacking solutions 
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28th November 2014 

Anti-inflammatory drugs for depression: new review points to benefits, but more research needed 
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24th November 2014 

It’s not what you say: Examining the non-verbal behaviours of psychiatrists and patients 
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Have yours(elf) a very Merry Christmas 
We'll be back blogging in January!
 

Those of you who celebrate Christmas (and possibly those of you who don't) will know that this is a hectic time of year for us elves. We have the usual weekly duties (elflings to care for, evidence-based blogs to write), but on top of all that we also have reindeer to feed and water, presents to wrap and don't get us started on Old Saint Nick.

So we'll be taking a break for the festive period and returning in the New Year for more blogging. Until then, tread carefully through the woodland and have yourselves a peaceful December.
Check out the new elves

We have welcomed two new elves to the National Elf Service in recent weeks:
  1. The Social Care Elf: jointly funded by the NIHR School for Social Care Research and Minervation Ltd. The site is led by Sarah Carr (A senior research and policy analyst in mental health and social care).
  2. The Stroke Elf: led by Madeleine Grealy (Professor in the School of Psychological Sciences and Health at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow).

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