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David McDaid

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  • Freelance Journalist, Producer, and Media Consultant, Freelance
Manchester
As seen in: BBC, BBC Sport, Color Research & Application, The Independent (UK), Wiley Online Library, Yahoo Canada, PLOS Medicine, Educational Studies, MDPI, The Conversation and
Freelance journalist/self-shooting PD/media consultant. 15 years with @BBCNews & @BBCSport. Former network Olympic & Paralympic sports reporter.
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Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a stepped care framework for psychological interventions for reducing common mental health symptoms in Jordan: a single-blind randomised clinical trial

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By Richard Bryant, David McDaid 
| The Lancet
Introduction Despite evidence that people in low- income and middle-income-countries (LMICs) have significant rates of common mental illnesses, a huge treatment gap exists in poorly resourced settings.1 Approximately 75% of people with mental health illnesses in LMICs do not receive treatment.2 One of the factors contributing to this treatment gap is the lack of mental health specialists in LMICs,1 resulting in task-sharing approaches in which non-specialists provide brief evidence-based...
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Winter Olympics 2026: Vomiting Andrew Musgrave battles heat & Norwegians to set new best Original

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By Richard Winton , David McDaid 
| BBC Sport
Image source, Reuters ByRichard Winton & David McDaid BBC Sport in Cortina Published 7 minutes ago Nobody could doubt how hard Andrew Musgrave tried to win his first Winter Olympics medal in his fifth Games. Having to stop mid-interview to vomit was as vivid an illustration of that as anything. The 35-year-old Scot finished sixth in the 10km interval start freestyle to post Britain's best finish in a Winter Olympic cross-country skiing event.
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Literary Festival 2012: The Medicine Chest of the Soul: arts and health

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By Jane Davies, David McDaid , Margaret Perkins, Jeanette Winterson
| LSE Connect
This session explores the substantial role that arts can play in improving health and wellbeing. A number of studies have demonstrated the positive benefits from, for example, reading for people with dementia. Speakers within this session have been working to demonstrate the benefits of arts on health and to develop integral services within health and social care practices. This session will discuss the healing power of literature and hear what is cutting edge today.
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