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Critical care admissions for people with dementia are increasing for those in their last year of life

A study led by the Cicely Saunders Institute at King’s College London has found that whilst critical care admissions for people with dementia are going down, they are increasing during the last year of life.

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 8 Sep 2023

Identifying mentions of pain in mental health records text: A natural language processing approach

Jaya Chaturvedi recently won the Best Student Paper Award at MedInfo 2023, the 19th world congress on medical and health conference, in Sydney, Australia. Jaya is a KCL DRIVE-Health CDT PhD Student in the Department of Biostatistics and Health Informatics, at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London. Jaya writes about the  process and findings from her winning paper.

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 10 Aug 2023

Exposure to air pollution is associated with increased use of psychiatric services in people with dementia

New National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) supported research has found exposure to air pollution is associated with increased use of Community Mental Health Teams among people with dementia. 

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 7 Aug 2023

Antidepressants prescription associated with a lower risk of testing positive for COVID-19

New research led by the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) and supported by NIHR Maudsley BRC has found that community mental health patients who were prescribed antidepressants were significantly less likely to test positive for COVID-19 when admitted to inpatient care.

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 21 Jun 2023

Higher rates of HIV diagnoses found amongst mental health service users

New National Institute for Health and Care Research Maudsley BRC supported research has found HIV is 2.5 times more frequent in people who use mental health services than the general population in South London. 

 

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 26 Apr 2023