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November 2001, Volume 4, Issue 4

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  1. Purpose and procedure
  2. Other articles noted
  3. Therapeutics
  4. Prognosis
  5. Aetiology
  6. Quality Improvement
  7. Qualitative
  8. Glossary
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Purpose and procedure

  • Purpose and procedure

    Evid Based Mental Health 2001;4:4 98-99 doi:10.1136/ebmh.4.4.98

  • Manual-based treatment Part 2: the advantages of manual-based practice in psychotherapy

    • Abigail K Mansfield,
    • Michael E Addis
    Evid Based Mental Health 2001;4:4 100-101 doi:10.1136/ebmh.4.4.100

  • Do we under utilise actuarial judgement and decision analysis?

    • John D Hamilton
    Evid Based Mental Health 2001;4:4 102-103 doi:10.1136/ebmh.4.4.102

Other articles noted

  • Other articles noted

    Evid Based Mental Health 2001;4:4 104 doi:10.1136/ebmh.4.4.104

Therapeutics

  • Exercise was more effective in the long term than sertraline or exercise plus sertraline for major depression in older adults

    1. Commentator:
      • Wilfrid Hume
    Evid Based Mental Health 2001;4:4 105 doi:10.1136/ebmh.4.4.105

  • Both multisensory stimulation and activity sessions improved mood and behaviour in dementia in the short term

    1. Commentator:
      • Georgina Charlesworth
    Evid Based Mental Health 2001;4:4 106 doi:10.1136/ebmh.4.4.106

  • Written, personalised feedback in addition to a standard intervention increased smoking cessation

    1. Commentator:
      • David Bronson
    Evid Based Mental Health 2001;4:4 107 doi:10.1136/ebmh.4.4.107

  • Psychosocial therapy reduced the risk of cardiovascular death at 2 years after “out of hospital” sudden cardiac arrest

    1. Commentator:
      • Lawrence A Palinkas
    Evid Based Mental Health 2001;4:4 108 doi:10.1136/ebmh.4.4.108

  • Review: pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions improve outcomes in patients with dementia and in their caregivers

    1. Commentator:
      • A Mark Clarfield
    Evid Based Mental Health 2001;4:4 109 doi:10.1136/ebmh.4.4.109

  • Intensive case management decreased hospital resource use in psychotic patients with borderline intelligence quotient

    1. Commentator:
      • Ben Thomas
    Evid Based Mental Health 2001;4:4 110 doi:10.1136/ebmh.4.4.110

  • Continuation phase cognitive therapy reduced relapse or recurrence in recurrent DSM-IV major depressive disorder

    1. Commentator:
      • Anne Garland
    Evid Based Mental Health 2001;4:4 111 doi:10.1136/ebmh.4.4.111

  • Review: haloperidol is effective for schizophrenia but increases parkinsonism, dystonia, and akathisia

    1. Commentator:
      • John McGrath
    Evid Based Mental Health 2001;4:4 112 doi:10.1136/ebmh.4.4.112

  • A depression relapse prevention programme improved adherence to medication and depressive symptoms but did not decrease relapses

    1. Commentator:
      • Roger Bullock
    Evid Based Mental Health 2001;4:4 113 doi:10.1136/ebmh.4.4.113

  • Men and women with chronic major depression responded differently to sertraline and imipramine

    1. Commentator:
      • Allan H Young
    Evid Based Mental Health 2001;4:4 114 doi:10.1136/ebmh.4.4.114

  • Review: self help, media based behavioural therapy is effective for behaviour problems in children

    1. Commentator:
      • Ted Taylor
    Evid Based Mental Health 2001;4:4 115 doi:10.1136/ebmh.4.4.115

  • Fluvoxamine reduced symptoms of social phobia, separation anxiety disorder, and generalised anxiety disorder in children

    1. Commentator:
      • Philip Hazell
    Evid Based Mental Health 2001;4:4 116 doi:10.1136/ebmh.4.4.116

  • Nortriptyline plus lithium increased time to relapse in unipolar depressed patients who responded to electroconvulsive therapy

    1. Commentator:
      • Chittaranjan Andrade
    Evid Based Mental Health 2001;4:4 117 doi:10.1136/ebmh.4.4.117

  • Group oriented interpersonal therapy reduced postpartum depression in women at risk

    1. Commentator:
      • Mary V Seeman
    Evid Based Mental Health 2001;4:4 118 doi:10.1136/ebmh.4.4.118

Prognosis

  • Patients with early adolescent bipolar disorder had 37.1% recovery and 38.3% relapse rates

    1. Commentator:
      • Elizabeth B Weller
    Evid Based Mental Health 2001;4:4 119 doi:10.1136/ebmh.4.4.119

  • Children with Asperger's syndrome had higher socialisation scores and fewer autistic symptoms than children with autism

    1. Commentator:
      • Marian Perkins
    Evid Based Mental Health 2001;4:4 120 doi:10.1136/ebmh.4.4.120

Aetiology

  • Review: prenatal exposure to cocaine does not independently affect physical growth, cognition, or language skills

    1. Commentator:
      • Judith Myles
    Evid Based Mental Health 2001;4:4 121 doi:10.1136/ebmh.4.4.121

  • Life dissatisfaction was associated with an increased risk of suicide but adjustment for confounding factors attenuated the association

    1. Commentator:
      • Isaac Sakinofsky
    Evid Based Mental Health 2001;4:4 122 doi:10.1136/ebmh.4.4.122

  • Risk of schizophrenia increased with increasing paternal age

    1. Commentator:
      • Roumen Milev
    Evid Based Mental Health 2001;4:4 123 doi:10.1136/ebmh.4.4.123

Quality Improvement

  • Group and individual academic detailing for clinicians influenced prescribing of antidepressants for the elderly

    1. Commentator:
      • Robert C Baldwin
    Evid Based Mental Health 2001;4:4 124 doi:10.1136/ebmh.4.4.124

Qualitative

  • Patients with schizophrenia found that clozapine improved their wellbeing without resulting in extrapyramidal motor side effects

    1. Commentator:
      • Hem Raj Pal
    Evid Based Mental Health 2001;4:4 125 doi:10.1136/ebmh.4.4.125

  • 3 themes related to a critical incident were identified in the decision to place a relative with Alzheimer's disease in an assisted living facility

    1. Commentator:
      • Jenny Ploeg
    Evid Based Mental Health 2001;4:4 126 doi:10.1136/ebmh.4.4.126

  • Patients with traumatic brain injury relayed neutral or positive self narratives for coping with their changed lives

    1. Commentator:
      • Stephen M Goldfinger
    Evid Based Mental Health 2001;4:4 127 doi:10.1136/ebmh.4.4.127

  • Physically injured patients described several forms of post-traumatic concerns

    1. Commentator:
      • Debbie Kralik
    Evid Based Mental Health 2001;4:4 128 doi:10.1136/ebmh.4.4.128

Glossary

  • GLOSSARY

    Evid Based Mental Health 2001;4:4 128 doi:10.1136/ebmh.4.4.128-a

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