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February 1998, Volume 1, Issue 1

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  1. Purpose and procedure
  2. Therapeutics
  3. Diagnosis
  4. Prognosis
  5. Aetiology
  6. Glossary
  7. Economics
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Purpose and procedure

  • Purpose and procedure

    Evid Based Mental Health 1998;1:1 2-3 doi:10.1136/ebmh.1.1.2

  • Evidence-based practice in mental health

    • John Geddes,
    • Shirley Reynolds,
    • David Streiner,
    • Peter Szatmari,
    • Brian Haynes
    Evid Based Mental Health 1998;1:1 4-5 doi:10.1136/ebmh.1.1.4

  • Some useful concepts and terms used in articles about diagnosis

    • David Streiner,
    • John Geddes
    Evid Based Mental Health 1998;1:1 6-8 doi:10.1136/ebmh.1.1.6

Therapeutics

  • Caregiver training delayed admission of patients with dementia to nursing homes

    1. Commentator:
      • Bob Woods
    Evid Based Mental Health 1998;1:1 9 doi:10.1136/ebmh.1.1.9

  • A “critical time” intervention reduced homelessness in inner city men with psychiatric problems

    1. Commentator:
      • Philip Timms
    Evid Based Mental Health 1998;1:1 10 doi:10.1136/ebmh.1.1.10

  • Child and parent training sessions led to improved child behaviour in child conduct disorder

    1. Commentator:
      • Charles Cunningham
    Evid Based Mental Health 1998;1:1 11 doi:10.1136/ebmh.1.1.11

  • Cognitive behavioural therapy reduced symptoms in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorders with no overt compulsive rituals

    1. Commentator:
      • Padmal da Silva
    Evid Based Mental Health 1998;1:1 12 doi:10.1136/ebmh.1.1.12

  • Review: exposure with response prevention and serotonergic medication reduce symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder

    1. Commentator:
      • Padmal da Silva
    Evid Based Mental Health 1998;1:1 13 doi:10.1136/ebmh.1.1.13

  • Cognitive behaviour therapy improved functional impairment and fatigue in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome

    1. Commentator:
      • Simon Hatcher
    Evid Based Mental Health 1998;1:1 14 doi:10.1136/ebmh.1.1.14

  • Review: risperidone produces more clinical improvement and causes fewer extrapyramidal side effects in schizophrenia

    1. Commentator:
      • Karla V S Soares
    Evid Based Mental Health 1998;1:1 15 doi:10.1136/ebmh.1.1.15

  • Sertindole controlled symptoms of schizophrenia without motor side effects

    1. Commentator:
      • Malcolm Peet
    Evid Based Mental Health 1998;1:1 16 doi:10.1136/ebmh.1.1.16

  • Review: clozapine reduces relapse and symptoms compared with typical neuroleptic drugs in schizophrenia

    1. Commentator:
      • John McGrath
    Evid Based Mental Health 1998;1:1 17 doi:10.1136/ebmh.1.1.17

  • Review: benzodiazepines are more effective than neuroleptics in reducing delirium and seizures in alcohol withdrawal

    1. Commentator:
      • Jonathan Chick
    Evid Based Mental Health 1998;1:1 18 doi:10.1136/ebmh.1.1.18

  • Brief advice reduced drinking in non-dependent problem drinkers

    1. Commentator:
      • Richard Saitz
    Evid Based Mental Health 1998;1:1 19 doi:10.1136/ebmh.1.1.19

  • High dose levomethadyl acetate hydrochloride reduced heroin use in patients dependent on opiates

    1. Commentator:
      • Fergus Law
    Evid Based Mental Health 1998;1:1 20 doi:10.1136/ebmh.1.1.20

  • Review: discontinuation rates are the same for serotonin specific reuptake inhibitors and newer tricyclic and heterocyclic antidepressants

    1. Commentator:
      • Joanna Moncrieff
    Evid Based Mental Health 1998;1:1 21 doi:10.1136/ebmh.1.1.21

Diagnosis

  • Questionnaire for eating disorder diagnoses had good sensitivity in a clinical and non-clinical sample of women

    1. Commentator:
      • David M Garner
    Evid Based Mental Health 1998;1:1 22 doi:10.1136/ebmh.1.1.22

Prognosis

  • Child and maternal psychological status was predictive of psychiatric disorders in youths with IDDM

    1. Commentator:
      • Gary Rodin
    Evid Based Mental Health 1998;1:1 23 doi:10.1136/ebmh.1.1.23

  • Comorbid OCD, higher score on the MFQ, and older age at presentation predicted persistence of major depression in children and adolescents

    1. Commentator:
      • Mark Sanford
    Evid Based Mental Health 1998;1:1 24-25 doi:10.1136/ebmh.1.1.24

  • DSM-III-R and ICD-10 diagnoses of schizophrenia had higher predictive validity than that of ICD-9 and CATEGO S+ diagnoses

    1. Commentator:
      • Tony Kendrick
    Evid Based Mental Health 1998;1:1 26 doi:10.1136/ebmh.1.1.26

  • Review: risk for suicide is increased for most mental disorders where patients require treatment in a hospital setting

    1. Commentator:
      • Isaac Sakinofsky
    Evid Based Mental Health 1998;1:1 27 doi:10.1136/ebmh.1.1.27

Aetiology

  • Purchase of a handgun was associated with an increased risk of suicide or death by homicide

    1. Commentator:
      • Caroline Bradley
    2. Commentator:
      • Peter Cummings
    Evid Based Mental Health 1998;1:1 28 doi:10.1136/ebmh.1.1.28

  • Comorbid anxiety and depression in childhood was associated with poorer psychosocial functioning in early adulthood

    1. Commentator:
      • Lisa C Dierker
    Evid Based Mental Health 1998;1:1 29 doi:10.1136/ebmh.1.1.29

  • Antidepressant exposure before birth was not associated with language, physical, or behavioural development

    1. Commentator:
      • Guy M Goodwin
    Evid Based Mental Health 1998;1:1 30 doi:10.1136/ebmh.1.1.30

  • Psychiatric sickness absence was affected by social support at home and at work

    1. Commentator:
      • Steven J Linton
    Evid Based Mental Health 1998;1:1 31 doi:10.1136/ebmh.1.1.31

Glossary

  • Glossary

    Evid Based Mental Health 1998;1:1 32 doi:10.1136/ebmh.1.1.32-a

Economics

  • Review: psychotherapy reduces a variety of costs when used to treat patients with the most severe psychiatric disorders

    1. Commentator:
      • Bernie J O'Brien
    Evid Based Mental Health 1998;1:1 32 doi:10.1136/ebmh.1.1.32

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