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February 2002, Volume 5, Issue 1

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  1. Purpose and procedure
  2. Other articles noted
  3. Therapeutics
  4. Diagnosis
  5. Clinical Prediction Guide
  6. Qualitative
  7. Glossary
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Purpose and procedure

  • Purpose and procedure

    Evid Based Mental Health 2002;5:1 2-3 doi:10.1136/ebmh.5.1.2

  • The scientific evaluation of mental health treatments: an historical perspective

    • Michele Tansella
    Evid Based Mental Health 2002;5:1 4-5 doi:10.1136/ebmh.5.1.4

  • Evidence-based practice and clinical social work

    • Bruce A Thyer
    Evid Based Mental Health 2002;5:1 6-7 doi:10.1136/ebmh.5.1.6

Other articles noted

Therapeutics

  • A geriatric evaluation and management programme prevented functional decline and reduced depression in high risk older adults

    1. Commentator:
      • David Burke
    Evid Based Mental Health 2002;5:1 9 doi:10.1136/ebmh.5.1.9

  • Lithium is more effective than placebo for preventing all relapses in patients with bipolar but not unipolar disorder

    1. Commentator:
      • Noel Kennedy and
      • Peter B Jones
    Evid Based Mental Health 2002;5:1 10 doi:10.1136/ebmh.5.1.10

  • Risperidone was effective for aggression in adolescents with disruptive behaviour disorders and below average intelligence

    1. Commentator:
      • J Gerald Young
    Evid Based Mental Health 2002;5:1 11 doi:10.1136/ebmh.5.1.11

  • Life skills training and booster sessions plus drinking reduction treatment was effective in heavily drinking women

    1. Commentator:
      • Pete Sudbury
    Evid Based Mental Health 2002;5:1 12 doi:10.1136/ebmh.5.1.12

  • Review: eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing is not better than exposure therapies for anxiety or trauma

    1. Commentator:
      • Paul Salkovskis
    Evid Based Mental Health 2002;5:1 13 doi:10.1136/ebmh.5.1.13

  • Brief psychodynamic interpersonal therapy after deliberate self poisoning reduced suicidal ideation and deliberate self harm

    1. Commentator:
      • Allan House
    Evid Based Mental Health 2002;5:1 14 doi:10.1136/ebmh.5.1.14

  • Review: placebo is better than no treatment for subjective continuous outcomes and for treatment of pain

    1. Commentator:
      • Toshi A Furukawa
    Evid Based Mental Health 2002;5:1 15 doi:10.1136/ebmh.5.1.15

  • Paroxetine but not imipramine improved depression related outcomes in adolescents with DSM-IV major depression

    1. Commentator:
      • Matthew Hotopf
    Evid Based Mental Health 2002;5:1 16 doi:10.1136/ebmh.5.1.16

  • Review: iron treatment does not improve psychomotor development and cognitive function at 30 days in children with iron deficiency anaemia

    1. Commentator:
      • Bob Armstrong
    Evid Based Mental Health 2002;5:1 17 doi:10.1136/ebmh.5.1.17

  • Olanzapine was more effective than lorazepam at 2 hours but not at 24 hours in bipolar mania with acute agitation

    1. Commentator:
      • Robert Kerwin
    Evid Based Mental Health 2002;5:1 18 doi:10.1136/ebmh.5.1.18

  • Ongoing contact for 2 years after discharge was associated with greater survival in patients at risk of post crisis suicide

    1. Commentator:
      • Paul Links
    Evid Based Mental Health 2002;5:1 19 doi:10.1136/ebmh.5.1.19

  • Once a day Concerta methylphenidate was equivalent to 3 times daily methylphenidate in children with ADHD

    1. Commentator:
      • Daniel Connor
    Evid Based Mental Health 2002;5:1 20 doi:10.1136/ebmh.5.1.20

  • Quintuple the daily maintenance dose of buprenorphine given every 5 days was associated with opioid withdrawal symptoms

    1. Commentator:
      • Paul J Fudala
    Evid Based Mental Health 2002;5:1 21 doi:10.1136/ebmh.5.1.21

  • Repeated doses of porcine secretin did not improve symptoms, language, or cognitive functioning in children with autism or autism spectrum disorder

    1. Commentator:
      • Susan E Levy
    Evid Based Mental Health 2002;5:1 22 doi:10.1136/ebmh.5.1.22

  • Cognitive treatment reduced symptoms and improved functioning in bipolar disorder

    1. Commentator:
      • Michael D Robertson
    Evid Based Mental Health 2002;5:1 23 doi:10.1136/ebmh.5.1.23

  • St John's wort was not better than placebo for reducing depression scores

    1. Commentator:
      • Chris Hawley and
      • Tim Dale
    Evid Based Mental Health 2002;5:1 24 doi:10.1136/ebmh.5.1.24

  • Paroxetine and sertraline delayed ejaculation in heterosexual men with lifelong rapid ejaculation

    1. Commentator:
      • Jose Catalán
    Evid Based Mental Health 2002;5:1 25 doi:10.1136/ebmh.5.1.25

Diagnosis

  • Review: most laboratory tests do not add to the diagnostic accuracy of clinical criteria for dementia

    1. Commentator:
      • Osvaldo P Almeida
    Evid Based Mental Health 2002;5:1 26 doi:10.1136/ebmh.5.1.26

Clinical Prediction Guide

  • A risk assessment system based on preoperative factors was fairly specific in predicting postoperative delirium risk in patients having major elective surgery

    1. Commentator:
      • Hedda Agüero-Torres
    Evid Based Mental Health 2002;5:1 27 doi:10.1136/ebmh.5.1.27

Qualitative

  • A 4 stage model described how clients and their relatives experienced the process of developing schizophrenia

    1. Commentator:
      • Janet Landeen
    Evid Based Mental Health 2002;5:1 28 doi:10.1136/ebmh.5.1.28

  • Parents' experiences of having children with a significant developmental disability

    1. Commentator:
      • Pat Frankish
    Evid Based Mental Health 2002;5:1 29 doi:10.1136/ebmh.5.1.29

  • Drug users' experiences of injecting included descriptions of needle fixation

    1. Commentator:
      • Hem Raj Pal
    Evid Based Mental Health 2002;5:1 30 doi:10.1136/ebmh.5.1.30

  • General practitioners often used emotional responses for “referrals away” and intellectual decision making for “referrals to” in patients with mild depression and/or anxiety

    1. Commentator:
      • Denise Defey
    Evid Based Mental Health 2002;5:1 31 doi:10.1136/ebmh.5.1.31

  • Caregivers described how an Alzheimer's disease respite programme gave them time to attend to their own needs

    1. Commentator:
      • E Ann Mohide
    Evid Based Mental Health 2002;5:1 32 doi:10.1136/ebmh.5.1.32

Glossary

  • GLOSSARY

    Evid Based Mental Health 2002;5:1 32 doi:10.1136/ebmh.5.1.32-a

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