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November 2004, Volume 7, Issue 4

[Author index]

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  1. Purpose and procedure
  2. EBMH Notebook
  3. Editorial
  4. Other articles noted
  5. Prognosis
  6. Therapeutics
  7. Aetiology
  8. Prevalence
  9. Glossary
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Purpose and procedure

  • Purpose and procedure

    Evid Based Mental Health 2004;7:4 94-95 doi:10.1136/ebmh.7.4.94

EBMH Notebook

  • Evidence-based medicine: ethically obligatory or ethically suspect?

    • Mona Gupta
    Evid Based Mental Health 2004;7:4 96-97 doi:10.1136/ebmh.7.4.96

  • Response to Dr Gupta

    • Peter Szatmari
    Evid Based Mental Health 2004;7:4 97-98 doi:10.1136/ebmh.7.4.97

Editorial

  • The worm turns: publication bias and trial registers revisited

    • John Geddes,
    • Peter Szatmari,
    • David Streiner
    Evid Based Mental Health 2004;7:4 98-99 doi:10.1136/ebmh.7.4.98

Other articles noted

  • Other articles noted

    Evid Based Mental Health 2004;7:4 100 doi:10.1136/ebmh.7.4.100

Prognosis

  • Duration of untreated psychosis significantly associated with positive symptoms one year after treatment

    1. Commentator:
      • Michael T Compton
    Evid Based Mental Health 2004;7:4 101 doi:10.1136/ebmh.7.4.101

  • Acute stress disorder is of limited benefit in predicting post-traumatic stress disorder in people surviving traumatic injury

    1. Commentator:
      • Steven C Palmer
    Evid Based Mental Health 2004;7:4 102 doi:10.1136/ebmh.7.4.102

  • Psychological function is mildly impaired for prolonged periods before and after first unipolar major depressive episode

    1. Commentator:
      • Vaughan J Carr
    Evid Based Mental Health 2004;7:4 103 doi:10.1136/ebmh.7.4.103

Therapeutics

  • Review: in people with schizophrenia, lithium is ineffective as sole therapy, while evidence on augmenting antipsychotics with lithium is inconclusive

    1. Commentator:
      • Stefan Bender and
      • Alexandra Dittmann-Balcar
    Evid Based Mental Health 2004;7:4 104 doi:10.1136/ebmh.7.4.104

  • Cognitive behavioural therapy improves psychotic symptoms at 18 months in people with schizophrenia

    1. Commentator:
      • Patrick K Kingsep
    Evid Based Mental Health 2004;7:4 105 doi:10.1136/ebmh.7.4.105

  • Review: high doses of antipsychotic drugs are no more or less effective than medium doses in people with schizophrenia

    1. Commentator:
      • Scott W Woods
    Evid Based Mental Health 2004;7:4 106 doi:10.1136/ebmh.7.4.106

  • Review: combining pindolol with an SSRI improves early outcomes in people with depression

    1. Commentator:
      • Michael T Isaac
    Evid Based Mental Health 2004;7:4 107 doi:10.1136/ebmh.7.4.107

  • Review: antidepressants are moderately effective in people with depression and a substance dependence disorder

    1. Commentator:
      • Charlene E Le Fauve
    Evid Based Mental Health 2004;7:4 108 doi:10.1136/ebmh.7.4.108

  • Review: St John’s Wort may be less effective than previously thought in people with depression

    1. Commentator:
      • Y C Janardhan Reddy
    Evid Based Mental Health 2004;7:4 109 doi:10.1136/ebmh.7.4.109

  • PEARLS home based treatment significantly improves depression, dysthymia, and health related quality of life in older people

    1. Commentator:
      • Ashok Raj
    Evid Based Mental Health 2004;7:4 110 doi:10.1136/ebmh.7.4.110

  • Withdrawing neuroleptic treatment from people with dementia, does not result in a significant change to their behaviour, psychiatric symptoms, or quality of life

    1. Commentator:
      • Donald Mowat
    Evid Based Mental Health 2004;7:4 111 doi:10.1136/ebmh.7.4.111

  • Donepezil did not reduce the rate of institutionalisation or disability in people with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease

    1. Commentator:
      • John B Standridge
    Evid Based Mental Health 2004;7:4 112 doi:10.1136/ebmh.7.4.112

  • Trauma focused cognitive behavioural therapy reduces PTSD more effectively than child centred therapy in children who have been sexually abused

    1. Commentator:
      • Chase Stovall-McClough
    Evid Based Mental Health 2004;7:4 113 doi:10.1136/ebmh.7.4.113

  • Switching serotonin reuptake inhibitors may be of benefit in people with obsessive compulsive disorder

    1. Commentator:
      • Kamaldeep Bhui
    Evid Based Mental Health 2004;7:4 114 doi:10.1136/ebmh.7.4.114

  • Review: relying on published data alone overestimates efficacy and safety of SSRIs in children

    1. Commentator:
      • Mark L Wolraich
    Evid Based Mental Health 2004;7:4 115 doi:10.1136/ebmh.7.4.115

  • Increasing a partner’s understanding of motherhood significantly reduces postnatal distress and depression in first time mothers with low self esteem

    1. Commentator:
      • John S Ogrodniczuk
    Evid Based Mental Health 2004;7:4 116 doi:10.1136/ebmh.7.4.116

  • Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy is as effective as Traditional Behavioral Couple Therapy for distressed couples

    1. Commentator:
      • Kristina Coop Gordon
    Evid Based Mental Health 2004;7:4 117 doi:10.1136/ebmh.7.4.117

  • Cognitive behavioural therapy significantly improves hypochondriacal symptoms

    1. Commentator:
      • Fugen Neziroglu
    Evid Based Mental Health 2004;7:4 118 doi:10.1136/ebmh.7.4.118

Aetiology

  • Review: current evidence does not show a strong causal relation between the use of cannabis in young people and psychosocial harm

    1. Commentator:
      • Mikkel Arendt
    Evid Based Mental Health 2004;7:4 119 doi:10.1136/ebmh.7.4.119

  • Concomitant loop diuretics and ACE inhibitors increase risk of lithium toxicity in elderly people

    1. Commentator:
      • Robin Jacoby
    Evid Based Mental Health 2004;7:4 120 doi:10.1136/ebmh.7.4.120

  • Externalising problems and environmental stressors predict adolescent problems in children from divorced families

    1. Commentator:
      • Thomas G O’Connor
    Evid Based Mental Health 2004;7:4 121 doi:10.1136/ebmh.7.4.121

  • Individuals with opioid dependence who leave drug treatment have higher overdose and death rates than those still in treatment

    1. Commentator:
      • Gabriel Rubio
    Evid Based Mental Health 2004;7:4 122 doi:10.1136/ebmh.7.4.122

Prevalence

  • Depressive disorders were the fourth leading cause of global disease burden in the year 2000

    1. Commentator:
      • Christian Meyer
    Evid Based Mental Health 2004;7:4 123 doi:10.1136/ebmh.7.4.123

  • Personality disorders commonly occur in people with alcohol and drug use disorders

    1. Commentator:
      • Timothy J Trull and
      • Kenneth J Sher
    Evid Based Mental Health 2004;7:4 124 doi:10.1136/ebmh.7.4.124

Glossary

  • Glossary

    Evid Based Mental Health 2004;7:4 124 doi:10.1136/ebmh.7.4.124-a

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