🌤️ Hello, I’m the Mental Elf! 🌳 Follow me to keep up to date with the latest reliable #MentalHealthResearch. 🍄 Do you need some #ElfHelp? https://elfi.sh/help 🔗 https://linktr.ee/thementalelfhttps://bsky.app/profile/thementalelf.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/thementalelf.bsky.social/post/3muwtlbbvlg2nHave YOU ever written for The Mental Elf? buff.ly/hxX0Cjy07 Sep 2026 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:nqz5etf7kbqctuocjp62fapi/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwtlbbvlg2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/thementalelf.bsky.social/post/3muvvngn7lo2tYoung people in the UK were asked what they make of tools that predict depression and anxiety. 🔍 Cautious openness in these interviews, but they wanted to know what data feeds the model and who sees it. buff.ly/UQ9jS5S #YouthMentalHealth #DataPrivacy07 Sep 2026 06:41 +0000at://did:plc:nqz5etf7kbqctuocjp62fapi/app.bsky.feed.post/3muvvngn7lo2thttps://bsky.app/profile/thementalelf.bsky.social/post/3muoeanx6c525130,000 people, 43 years of follow-up, diet remeasured throughout. Moderate coffee and tea drinkers had less dementia. Decaf drinkers did not. ☕ Strong cohort work, but it cannot tell us whether the coffee did anything. buff.ly/lUOcjlu #Dementia #Epidemiology04 Sep 2026 06:41 +0000at://did:plc:nqz5etf7kbqctuocjp62fapi/app.bsky.feed.post/3muoeanx6c525https://bsky.app/profile/thementalelf.bsky.social/post/3multrql5lm2jMetabolic research in severe mental illness has been judged on weight and glucose. 🥗 Asked what should come next, patients, carers and clinicians put psychiatric symptoms and quality of life first. buff.ly/NwciamN #MetabolicPsychiatry #MentalHealth03 Sep 2026 06:41 +0000at://did:plc:nqz5etf7kbqctuocjp62fapi/app.bsky.feed.post/3multrql5lm2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/thementalelf.bsky.social/post/3mujdct5noa2qAustralia's under-16 social media ban, three months on. 86% of under-16s had still used a restricted platform in the past week. 📱 The study didn't measure mental health, the thing the Act was sold on. buff.ly/8RZSEPT #SocialMedia #YouthMentalHealth02 Sep 2026 06:41 +0000at://did:plc:nqz5etf7kbqctuocjp62fapi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujdct5noa2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/thementalelf.bsky.social/post/3mueceymtmn2fAcademic pressure at 15 was linked to more depressive symptoms and slightly higher odds of self-harm years later, in nearly 5,000 ALSPAC participants. Observational, so causation is not established. 📚 buff.ly/HEKdYwB #MentalHealth #YoungPeople31 Aug 2026 06:41 +0000at://did:plc:nqz5etf7kbqctuocjp62fapi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mueceymtmn2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/thementalelf.bsky.social/post/3mu7iewyinc2cODDESSI, the first randomised trial of Open Dialogue in the NHS, has had a warm reception. Its primary outcome, time to first relapse, was null. 🌳 The admission and re-referral findings are secondary. Interesting, but secondary. buff.ly/mp8StLn #OpenDialogue #CrisisCare29 Aug 2026 08:45 +0000at://did:plc:nqz5etf7kbqctuocjp62fapi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu7iewyinc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/thementalelf.bsky.social/post/3mswzygj2bq23New review of 266 studies finds IPS and Housing First work for mental illness, but only 8% of research studies checked if they work equally well across gender, ethnicity or socioeconomic status. buff.ly/hwDznGo #MentalHealth #HealthInequalities13 Aug 2026 06:41 +0000at://did:plc:nqz5etf7kbqctuocjp62fapi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mswzygj2bq23https://bsky.app/profile/thementalelf.bsky.social/post/3msujjisve322Most mums learned to recognise and escape domestic violence and abuse within two years of For Baby's Sake. Most dads still hadn't admitted their own violence. 🌱 A longitudinal look at whole-family support's limits. buff.ly/9i0GVDX #DomesticAbuse #ChildWelfare12 Aug 2026 06:41 +0000at://did:plc:nqz5etf7kbqctuocjp62fapi/app.bsky.feed.post/3msujjisve322https://bsky.app/profile/thementalelf.bsky.social/post/3mspiln5sbb2hA new study finds parents more likely to be diagnosed with a mental health disorder in the months after their child is. Correlation, not causation: genetics, environment and caregiving stress are all plausible drivers. buff.ly/wI4DRnY #ChildMentalHealth #Parenting #PostnatalMentalHealth10 Aug 2026 06:41 +0000at://did:plc:nqz5etf7kbqctuocjp62fapi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mspiln5sbb2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/thementalelf.bsky.social/post/3mshx6uiyt62e💷 A Danish study of 5.3m people found something stark: the same relative risk means very different numbers of physical illnesses. 716 extra COPD cases per 100k among the poorest with a mental illness, vs 337 among the richest. buff.ly/QWglKzh #MentalHealth #Poverty07 Aug 2026 06:41 +0000at://did:plc:nqz5etf7kbqctuocjp62fapi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mshx6uiyt62ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thementalelf.bsky.social/post/3msfvqybfby2eNew meta-ethnography of 805 ADHD youth across 11 countries: paediatric-to-adult handover described as a cliff edge, not a pathway. Long waits and patchy provider knowledge make it worse. buff.ly/x0TXJvg #ADHD #MentalHealth06 Aug 2026 11:10 +0000at://did:plc:nqz5etf7kbqctuocjp62fapi/app.bsky.feed.post/3msfvqybfby2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thementalelf.bsky.social/post/3mscwb2bn6g2xOnly 55% of people with severe mental illness get an annual physical health check. 🩺 A new review of 12 studies found little robust evidence, though case management (2 studies) showed an early positive signal. #SevereMentalIllness #PhysicalHealth buff.ly/5UFhhpP05 Aug 2026 06:41 +0000at://did:plc:nqz5etf7kbqctuocjp62fapi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mscwb2bn6g2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/thementalelf.bsky.social/post/3msatytvpfk2jThe July Mental Elf Monthly is OUT NOW: "What Did We Get Wrong?" Please share with anyone you might benefit from the latest mental health research updates 🙏🏽 #MentalHealth #ElfHelp #Research https://national-elf-service.kit.com/posts/mental-elf-monthly-what-did-we-get-wrong04 Aug 2026 10:55 +0000at://did:plc:nqz5etf7kbqctuocjp62fapi/app.bsky.feed.post/3msatytvpfk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/thementalelf.bsky.social/post/3msafs4o5us2tChronic inflammation and a single immune challenge don't dent motivation the same way. Long-term inflammation cut effort for reward; a one-off immune hit blunted how motivating bigger rewards felt. Two mechanisms, not one. buff.ly/zKBgmGb #Immunopsychiatry #MentalHealth04 Aug 2026 06:41 +0000at://did:plc:nqz5etf7kbqctuocjp62fapi/app.bsky.feed.post/3msafs4o5us2thttps://bsky.app/profile/thementalelf.bsky.social/post/3mryznlcyjg2eFive children ask mental health researchers & clinicians about mental health: 😖 why we feel certain ways, 📲 the impacts of technology, and ✏️ how we can learn more about mental health. https://buff.ly/zujXk0X01 Aug 2026 08:15 +0000at://did:plc:nqz5etf7kbqctuocjp62fapi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mryznlcyjg2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thementalelf.bsky.social/post/3mrxcsxqpuw2aPeer support workers want to help people recover. Low pay, thin funding and blurry job boundaries often get in the way, 35 interviews in England show. buff.ly/BBQMo4s #PeerSupport #MentalHealth31 Jul 2026 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:nqz5etf7kbqctuocjp62fapi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxcsxqpuw2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/thementalelf.bsky.social/post/3mrrcylsisg2xAfter Netflix's Adolescence aired, coverage of teens and social media in UK/Irish news got sharply more negative and alarmist, per a new mixed-methods analysis. Balanced reporting dropped. buff.ly/P7iydYO #MediaLiteracy #YouthMentalHealth29 Jul 2026 06:41 +0000at://did:plc:nqz5etf7kbqctuocjp62fapi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrrcylsisg2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/thementalelf.bsky.social/post/3mrmc2qsse32jTeenage irritability looks strikingly similar across nine countries, from Bulgaria to the UAE. 🌍 Under 1% of the variation was down to nationality, individual differences like gender mattered more. buff.ly/3SorRSH #Irritability #GlobalMentalHealth27 Jul 2026 06:41 +0000at://did:plc:nqz5etf7kbqctuocjp62fapi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrmc2qsse32jhttps://bsky.app/profile/thementalelf.bsky.social/post/3mrfoa4rvgy23Semaglutide cut weight by around 11kg in people with schizophrenia, per a new meta-analysis, without destabilising mental health. But the evidence is just 3 trials, 258 people, and tirzepatide for weight loss in schizophrenia has zero published trials. buff.ly/6Vcqa0w #Schizophrenia #Semaglutide24 Jul 2026 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:nqz5etf7kbqctuocjp62fapi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfoa4rvgy23https://bsky.app/profile/thementalelf.bsky.social/post/3mrca733uub2x👶 The riskiest window for depression isn't birth, it's the fortnight after. A global meta-regression correcting for measurement bias puts postpartum MDD at 8.3% in week two, staying elevated all year. buff.ly/YE0PvxT #PerinatalMentalHealth #GlobalHealth23 Jul 2026 06:41 +0000at://did:plc:nqz5etf7kbqctuocjp62fapi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrca733uub2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/thementalelf.bsky.social/post/3mr7pq5z4iv22Could a body clock app catch a mood episode before it starts? A year-long trial found pairing a circadian app with a Fitbit cut mood relapse in depression and bipolar disorder. buff.ly/8c3smsh #MentalHealth #Bipolar #Depression #RelapsePrevention #DigitalMentalHealth22 Jul 2026 06:41 +0000at://did:plc:nqz5etf7kbqctuocjp62fapi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr7pq5z4iv22https://bsky.app/profile/thementalelf.bsky.social/post/3mr57badd3j2sA third of people with schizophrenia don't respond to antipsychotics, and we can't predict who. 🔬 A new mega-analysis links brain metabolite differences to treatment response. 🎯 Could this help personalise care? buff.ly/4WuGy2t #Psychosis #Schizophrenia21 Jul 2026 06:41 +0000at://did:plc:nqz5etf7kbqctuocjp62fapi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr57badd3j2shttps://bsky.app/profile/thementalelf.bsky.social/post/3mr2oscptqr2qCBT dominates depression guidelines. Is that because it works best, or because it's been studied most? 🛋️ A new Norwegian RCT finds short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy matched CBT in routine outpatient care. buff.ly/5yeKf0a #Depression #Psychotherapy20 Jul 2026 06:41 +0000at://did:plc:nqz5etf7kbqctuocjp62fapi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr2oscptqr2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/thementalelf.bsky.social/post/3mqu25qirkw2xNew narrative inquiry: Windrush Generation elders often stayed silent about the racism they faced, not to avoid it, but to protect their children. Researchers call it intergenerational resistance over intergenerational trauma. buff.ly/n1GlIfo #Windrush #RacialTrauma17 Jul 2026 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:nqz5etf7kbqctuocjp62fapi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqu25qirkw2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/thementalelf.bsky.social/post/3mqtzumrh3q2aNew podcast: Eileen Joyce and Trevor Robbins remember Sue Iversen, the scientist who fused psychopharmacology and neuropsychology. Previews a tribute session at BAP's Summer Meeting in Birmingham next week. #BAP2026 buff.ly/BKbBnRe17 Jul 2026 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:nqz5etf7kbqctuocjp62fapi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqtzumrh3q2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/thementalelf.bsky.social/post/3mqr5wcpenr2wNew 13-year study: violence's health effects show little sign of fading. 📊 ELSA data on 6,171 English adults 50+ found violence exposure linked to depression and long-term illness throughout, with no narrowing of the gap. #HealthyAgeing #PublicHealth buff.ly/Pne03Lp16 Jul 2026 11:45 +0000at://did:plc:nqz5etf7kbqctuocjp62fapi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqr5wcpenr2w