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Kaleidoscope - Volume 222 , Issue 5 (2023)
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Tracy, D. K., Albertson, D. N., Cordoba, E. L., & Shergill, S. S. (2023). Kaleidoscope - Volume 222 , Issue 5. British Journal of Psychiatry, 222(5), 224-225. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2023.38

‘A glass of wine to help my heart!’ is – in the K Team's experience – the most optimistically overused health cry at parties. How strong are the data that suggest moderate alcohol also decreases the risk of depression? A challenge has been the inabil... Read More about Kaleidoscope - Volume 222 , Issue 5.

Kaleidoscope - Volume 222 , Issue 4 (2023)
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Tracy, D. K., Albertson, D. N., Lloyd, L., & Shergill, S. S. (2023). Kaleidoscope - Volume 222 , Issue 4. British Journal of Psychiatry, 222(4), 182-183. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2023.26

As core content to the monthly journal, Kaleidoscope highlights and discusses the most interesting recent mental health research

Kaleidoscope - Volume 222 , Issue 3 (2023)
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Tracy, D. K., Albertson, D. N., Sri, A., & Shergill, S. S. (2023). Kaleidoscope - Volume 222 , Issue 3. British Journal of Psychiatry, 222(3), 146-147. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2023.1

We continue to count the ongoing costs of COVID-19, with an increasing emphasis on ‘long covid’ and enduring systemic effects. Writing in Nature, Stein et alReference Stein, Ramelli, Grazioli, Chung, Singh and Yinda1 undertook autopsies on 44 unvacci... Read More about Kaleidoscope - Volume 222 , Issue 3.

Kaleidoscope - Volume 222 , Issue 2 (2023)
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Tracy, D. K., Joyce, D. W., Albertson, D. N., & Shergill, S. S. (2023). Kaleidoscope - Volume 222 , Issue 2. British Journal of Psychiatry, 222(2), 93-94. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2022.187

In de Wildeman is the lead author's favourite bar in Amsterdam. As well as having the best beers and most knowledgeable and friendly staff, its door-sign is of a gruff Neanderthal or early Homo sapiens. Musing about this over some of Holland's finest... Read More about Kaleidoscope - Volume 222 , Issue 2.

Kaleidoscope - Volume 221 , Issue 6 (2022)
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Tracy, D. K., Joyce, D. W., Albertson, D. N., & Shergill, S. S. (2022). Kaleidoscope - Volume 221 , Issue 6. British Journal of Psychiatry, 221(6), 771-772. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2022.161

Sexual violence is a significant trauma for anyone, but its frequency and impact on mental health of adolescents have not been well mapped. This might at first seem a little surprising, but much of the existing work has been on broader adverse childh... Read More about Kaleidoscope - Volume 221 , Issue 6.

Kaleidoscope - Volume 221 , Issue 5 (2022)
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Tracy, D. K., Joyce, D. W., Albertson, D. N., & Shergill, S. S. (2022). Kaleidoscope - Volume 221 , Issue 5. British Journal of Psychiatry, 221(5), 709-710. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2022.137

Medication non-serious adverse events (NSAEs) are common yet frequently overlooked in the scientific literature. Chevance et alReference Chevance, Tomlinson, Ravaud, Touboul, Henshall and Tran1 conducted an international survey of patients and clinic... Read More about Kaleidoscope - Volume 221 , Issue 5.

Kaleidoscope - Volume 221 , Issue 4 (2022)
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Tracy, D. K., Joyce, D. W., Albertson, D. N., & Shergill, S. S. (2022). Kaleidoscope - Volume 221 , Issue 4. British Journal of Psychiatry, 221(4), 651-652. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2022.127

Antidepressants and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) are two areas of mental health where there are strong polarised views on the available data. Writing in the BMJ, Stone et alReference Stone, Yaseen, Miller, Richardville, Kalaria and Kirsch1 explore... Read More about Kaleidoscope - Volume 221 , Issue 4.

Kaleidoscope - Volume 221 , Issue 3 (2022)
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Tracy, D. K., Joyce, D. W., Albertson, D. N., & Shergill, S. S. (2022). Kaleidoscope - Volume 221 , Issue 3. British Journal of Psychiatry, 221(3), 585-586. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2022.106

Mindfulness. We've debated how much is hype on a recent Kaleidoscope Live webinar,1 so our eyes naturally turned to a very large trialReference Kuyken, Ball, Crane, Ganguli, Jones and Montero-Marin2 of school-based mindfulness training (SBMT) to prev... Read More about Kaleidoscope - Volume 221 , Issue 3.

Kaleidoscope - Volume 221 , Issue 2 (2022)
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Tracy, D. K., Joyce, D. W., Albertson, D. N., & Shergill, S. S. (2022). Kaleidoscope - Volume 221 , Issue 2. British Journal of Psychiatry, 221(2), 505-506. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2022.92

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is underreported and underdocumented, but it is the most common form of violence worldwide and makes a significant contribution to subsequent mental health problems. The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on IPVReference Ora... Read More about Kaleidoscope - Volume 221 , Issue 2.

Kaleidoscope - Volume 221 , Issue 1 (2022)
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Tracy, D. K., Joyce, D. W., Albertson, D. N., & Shergill, S. S. (2022). Kaleidoscope - Volume 221 , Issue 1. British Journal of Psychiatry, 221(1), 435-436. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2022.75

As part of the core content of this monthly journal, Kaleidoscope highlights and discusses the most interesting recent mental health research

Kaleidoscope - Volume 220 , Issue 6 (2022)
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Tracy, D. K., Joyce, D. W., Albertson, D. N., & Shergill, S. S. (2022). Kaleidoscope - Volume 220 , Issue 6. British Journal of Psychiatry, 220(6), 369-370. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2022.62

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has wrought untold suffering on tens of millions of people, and one can anticipate acute and chronic mental health impacts. The editorial in Lancet Psychiatry by Liebrenz et alReference Liebrenz, Bhugra, Buadze, Schlei... Read More about Kaleidoscope - Volume 220 , Issue 6.

Kaleidoscope - Volume 220 , Issue 5 (2022)
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Tracy, D. K., Joyce, D. W., Albertson, D. N., & Shergill, S. S. (2022). Kaleidoscope - Volume 220 , Issue 5. British Journal of Psychiatry, 220(5), 307-308. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2022.45

Randomised controlled trials (RCTs): the top of the research pyramid, but we need to remain mindful of their limitations. Taipale et alReference Taipale, Schneider-Thoma, Pinzon-Espinosa, Radua, Efthimiou and Vinkers1 considered studies on individual... Read More about Kaleidoscope - Volume 220 , Issue 5.

Kaleidoscope - Volume 220 , Special Issue 4: Themed Issue: Precision Medicine and Personalised Healthcare in Psychiatry (2022)
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Tracy, D. K., Joyce, D. W., Albertson, D. N., & Shergill, S. S. (2022). Kaleidoscope - Volume 220 , Special Issue 4: Themed Issue: Precision Medicine and Personalised Healthcare in Psychiatry. British Journal of Psychiatry, 220(4), 249-250. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2022.33

Multiple sclerosis is an immune-mediated inflammatory demyelinating condition putatively triggered by a viral infection. The Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) has been proposed as a causative agent in multiple sclerosis because of observations of an increased... Read More about Kaleidoscope - Volume 220 , Special Issue 4: Themed Issue: Precision Medicine and Personalised Healthcare in Psychiatry.

Kaleidoscope - Volume 220 , Issue 3 (2022)
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Tracy, D. K., Joyce, D. W., Albertson, D. N., & Shergill, S. S. (2022). Kaleidoscope - Volume 220 , Issue 3. British Journal of Psychiatry, 220(3), 167-168. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2022.6

The number of foodbanks in the UK has increased dramatically over the past few years. So, it's timely to read the work by Paquin et alReference Paquin, Muckle, Bolanis, Courtemanche, Castellanos-Ryan and Boivin1 on the longer-term impact of childhood... Read More about Kaleidoscope - Volume 220 , Issue 3.

Kaleidoscope - Volume 220 , Issue 2 (2022)
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Tracy, D. K., Joyce, D. W., Albertson, D. N., & Shergill, S. S. (2022). Kaleidoscope - Volume 220 , Issue 2. British Journal of Psychiatry, 220(2), 105-106. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2021.208

Although awareness of the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on individuals has been growing, quantifying their broader societal costs has perhaps been more challenging. Early life exposure to a range of significant trauma – from direct a... Read More about Kaleidoscope - Volume 220 , Issue 2.

Kaleidoscope - Volume 220 , Issue 1 (2021)
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Tracy, D. K., Joyce, D. W., Albertson, D. N., & Shergill, S. S. (2022). Kaleidoscope - Volume 220 , Issue 1. British Journal of Psychiatry, 220(1), 47-48. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2021.177

You're only as old as you feel – or think. Certainly, brain senescence has a disproportionate impact on individuals’ abilities and degree of independence. In addition to your actual chronological age, recently developed machine learning algorithms ca... Read More about Kaleidoscope - Volume 220 , Issue 1.

Kaleidoscope - Volume 219 , Issue 6 (2021)
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Tracy, D. K., Joyce, D. W., Albertson, D. N., & Shergill, S. S. (2021). Kaleidoscope - Volume 219 , Issue 6. British Journal of Psychiatry, 219(6), 701-702. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2021.160

The majority of people treated with antidepressants receive them in primary care, but there are limited data on medication maintenance or discontinuation in this setting. Nevertheless, much of the public discourse centres on primary care practices, w... Read More about Kaleidoscope - Volume 219 , Issue 6.

Kaleidoscope - Volume 219 , Issue 5 (2021)
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Tracy, D. K., Joyce, D. W., Albertson, D. N., & Shergill, S. S. (2021). Kaleidoscope - Volume 219 , Issue 5. British Journal of Psychiatry, 219(5), 624-625. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2021.139

There are ongoing concerns about the impact of antipsychotic use during pregnancy, particularly with respect to increased risks of neurodevelopmental complications. There are few randomised controlled trials in pregnant women, and there is the major... Read More about Kaleidoscope - Volume 219 , Issue 5.

Kaleidoscope - Volume 219 , Issue 4 (2021)
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Tracy, D. K., Joyce, D. W., Albertson, D. N., & Shergill, S. S. (2021). Kaleidoscope - Volume 219 , Issue 4. British Journal of Psychiatry, 219(4), 573-574. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2021.125

Kindness and compassion are important for all of us, not least when working in healthcare. Patients inevitably tell us it is important to them, and we believe that most staff care deeply, but perhaps we lack the hard data to back up its impact; how t... Read More about Kaleidoscope - Volume 219 , Issue 4.

Kaleidoscope - Volume 219 , Issue 3 (2021)
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Tracy, D. K., Joyce, D. W., Albertson, D. N., & Shergill, S. S. (2021). Kaleidoscope - Volume 219 , Issue 3. British Journal of Psychiatry, 219(3), 527-528. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2021.106

Covid has made us increasingly familiar with using digital technologies, from work team meetings to social and clinical interactions; where might the novel tech opportunities lie? Social anxiety disorders (SAD) can limit individuals’ abilities to lea... Read More about Kaleidoscope - Volume 219 , Issue 3.