Mental disorders after critical illness: depression, PTSD and functional...
The BRAIN-ICU prospective cohort study published in the Lancet Respiratory Medicine looks at mental health outcomes and functional disabilities in a general ICU population. It explores the hypothesis...
View ArticleStudy finds initial stages of fixed orthodontic treatment result in...
Pain is a common side effect of orthodontic treatment and it is particularly common in the first 24 hours following appliance placement. The aims of this prospective controlled longitudinal study were...
View ArticleStudy suggests that daily consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks increases...
There is a well-established association between sugar and dental caries which was reinforced in a recent systematic review by Moynihan and Kelly (Dental Elf 12th Dec 2013). S ugar-sweetened beverages...
View ArticleDoes depression make us lethargic, or does lack of exercise make us depressed?
Helge Hasselmann highlights a new cohort study in JAMA Psychiatry, which finds a bidirectional relationship between physical activity and depressive symptoms; strengthening the case for exercise as a...
View ArticleMaxillofacial trauma: assaults and falls the main causes in Europe
This prospective year long multi-centre study involving 11European counties provides an interesting overview of the current demographics, causes and characteristics of maxillofacial fractures in these...
View ArticleAvascular necrosis of the jaws (BRONJ): risk and incidence low in the UK
This 2 year long prospective study of new cases of BRONJ presenting at oral surgery, oral medicine, oral and maxillofacial surgery units, and dental hospitals provides a rough estimate of 508–793 new...
View ArticleComposite resin restorations- which adhesive system?
This study compared Class II nanohybrid resin composite restorations bonded with a one-step self-etch or a two-step etch-and-rinse adhesive after 8 years, finding no difference between the two...
View ArticleMemory lane: the road to recovery in depression?
Becci Strawbridge explores a prospective cohort study that looks at variation in the recall of socially rewarding information and depressive symptom severity. The post Memory lane: the road to recovery...
View ArticleCannabis use can lead to relapse in psychosis, partially because patients...
Thomas Richardson writes his debut blog about a recent prospective analysis of poor medication adherence and risk of relapse associated with continued cannabis use in patients with first-episode...
View ArticlePsychodynamic programmes for personality disorders: residential versus...
Keir Harding explores a recent study of community-based, step-down, and residential specialist psychodynamic programmes for personality disorders, which includes some surprising findings. The post...
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