Throughout June, we are shining a spotlight on living with long-term conditions, sharing blogs that include relevant evidence and personal reflections. The series will also include a discussion on Twitter about the impact language can have on people with long-term conditions.
Preventing suicide and self-harm in young people
Researchers from Cochrane Common Mental Disorders blog about the need for youth input in work to prevent suicide and self-harm young people.
Picturing mental health: what sort of images are the right ones?
A blog about responsibility and challenges when using images to communicate mental health research.
Confessions of a rookie consumer peer reviewer
Karen Morley blogs and draws her experiences as a daunted and delighted volunteer peer reviewer for Cochrane Common Mental Disorders.
Game-changer: the NIHR’s new funding stream for ‘Studies Within A Trial’ (SWATs)
Shaun Treweek points a finger at the thin evidence base for trial process decision-making and highlights a new funding initiative from the National Institute for Health Research that will help.
Confidence after stroke: dating with dysarthria
Annette Dancer blogs about her life after stroke: rebuilding confidence and getting speech problems into perspective.
Research is better together: a stroke survivor and a researcher tell us why
Annette Dancer and Claire Mitchell give us their perspectives on the benefits of working together in stroke research
I have dementia and I take part in research. Here’s why.
For our series Dementia in the Spotlight, Wendy Mitchell, who has young onset dementia, writes about taking part in dementia research and being valued again
Vaginal dilator therapy: vibrate, dilate, or wait?
Nurse and researcher Tracie Miles blogs about Cochrane evidence on vaginal dilator therapy after pelvic radiotherapy, and about what happens when science listens to women
Let’s talk about sex and chronic pelvic pain: it matters!
Sex and chronic pelvic pain was one of the things people talked about, at a workshop to discuss which treatment outcomes mattered to them. Sally Crowe tells the story.
The problem with sex: is our reluctance to talk about it harming patients?
Introducing Cochrane UK's special blog series #theproblemwithsex, which aims to lift the lid on sex and chronic health conditions
“Curiosity… with a purpose”. Starting out together on health research through social media
What's possible for health research through social media? This blog reflects on our tweetchat about this and the #HARTSofthepossible project