Psychosis in Low-income and Middle-income Countries
People with psychosis experience poor physical as well as mental health and infringement of their human rights in several spheres. How is this being addressed through legal frameworks? Which intervent...
17 Aug 46min
On Cannabis and Mental Health
What does the science actually say about cannabis and mental health? In this episode of In Conversation With, hosted by Dustin Graham (Deputy Editor, The Lancet Psychiatry), three leading researchers ...
17 Juni 30min
Tasdik Hasan on co-production of a Bangla mental health sign language bank
A Health Policy piece in our April issue by Tasdik Hasan and co-authors titled: Co-designing a Bangla Mental Health Sign Language Bank in Bangladesh https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/...
19 Mars 33min
Emily Holmes on an imagery competing task for intrusive trauma memories
How can you stop traumatic flashbacks in just one session? Intrusive memories are so common after experiencing traumatic events and are one of the hallmark features of PTSD, but what if you could tak...
18 Feb 32min
Mike Crawford on a brief intervention for personality disorder
Can personality disorder treatments be reduced to just a few months? The evidence base for personality disorder treatments, like dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT) or mentalisation-based treatment...
12 Feb 34min
Ethelreda Nakimuli and Peter Jones on the COVID-19 pandemic and mental health
How did the COVID-19 pandemic affect mental health? Now that some years have passed since the pandemic's height, we can learn more from synthesising all the evidence about its shorter and longer term...
21 Jan 37min
Ilaria Costantini and Francesca Solmi on young people’s body dissatisfaction and mental health
Body dissatisfaction has been rising among adolescents in recent years, and so have symptoms and diagnoses of mental disorders. To help us know what to do about increasing youth mental ill health, we ...
10 Dec 202537min
Melissa DelBello on metformin for youth with bipolar disorder
Weight gain is a typical side-effect of taking antipsychotics and can have a big impact on people. But for young people with bipolar disorder, metformin isn't commonly prescribed alongside an antipsyc...
11 Nov 202531min
