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About The National Elf Service
The National Elf Service is owned and managed by Minervation Ltd; an Oxford University spin-out company founded by information scientists Douglas Badenoch and André Tomlin, who have been building evidence-based healthcare websites since the early 1990s.. Douglas and André share a vision for making evidence-based research more accessible and usable for busy health and …
Treatment - National Elf Service
Shuichi Suetani blogs a new study published today in The Lancet Psychiatry, which suggests that those patients who might benefit most from evidence-based guidance are the least represented in clinical trials about ADHD medication.
Bipolar Disorder - National Elf Service
Bipolar, otherwise known as manic depression, now exists largely within common consciousness and understanding, thanks to high profile stigma-busting publicity. Characterised by episodic shifts in a person’s mood (between manic and depressed states), …
Welcome! Start here - National Elf Service
Welcome to the National Elf Service and thank you for registering on the website! We have recorded a video introduction to give you an overview of the subscription features now available to you.
PTSD - National Elf Service
Sofiia Kornatska considers a recent systematic review on effective and feasible psychological interventions for populations under ongoing threats; including terrorist attacks, shootings, fire, physical and psychological abuse, political and armed violence, and …
training - National Elf Service
Sarah Knowles reports on a survey and brief intervention study of the National Elf Service across the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, which sheds some light on how best to increase research uptake in mental health professionals.
suicide - National Elf Service
Suicide is the act of intentionally ending your life. There are three levels of intervention in suicide; 1) universal 2) selective and 3) indicated. Universal interventions target everyone in a defined population. They aim to increase awareness about suicide, remove barriers to care, promote help-seeking and encourage protective factors. Some examples of universal interventions include …
Diagnosis - National Elf Service
Ayana Cant summarises the findings from a recent umbrella review on the social determinants of mental health in major depressive disorder, which suggests that early life adversities, intimate partner violence, and food insecurity were the biggest risk factors for depression.
Our Motto - National Elf Service
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