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Contents: May 2000, Volume 3, Number 2 [Index by Author]


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Purpose and procedure: Back

Purpose and Procedure (Abbreviated)
Evid Based Ment Health 2000; 3: 34. doi:10.1136/ebmh.3.2.34

EBMH notebook: Back

Evidence based psychotherapy: special case or special pleading?
Glenys Parry
Evid Based Ment Health 2000; 3: 35-37. doi:10.1136/ebmh.3.2.35
Welcome to our new associate editors
The Editors
Evid Based Ment Health 2000; 3: 37. doi:10.1136/ebmh.3.2.37
A new addition to this journal
The Editors
Evid Based Ment Health 2000; 3: 37. doi:10.1136/ebmh.3.2.37-a

Resource corner: Back

Clinical Evidence.
Andrew Polmear
Evid Based Ment Health 2000; 3: 38. doi:10.1136/ebmh.3.2.38
Netting the Evidence: A ScHARR Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice on the Internet.
Toby Lipman
Evid Based Ment Health 2000; 3: 39. doi:10.1136/ebmh.3.2.39

Other articles noted: Back

OTHER ARTICLES NOTED
Evid Based Ment Health 2000; 3: 40. doi:10.1136/ebmh.3.2.40

Correction: Back

Correction
Evid Based Ment Health 2000; 3: 40. doi:10.1136/ebmh.3.2.40-a

Therapeutics: Back

Paroxetine was effective for reducing symptoms in social phobia
Stephen A Wilson (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2000; 3: 41. doi:10.1136/ebmh.3.2.41
The Fast Track prevention programme improved some outcomes in high risk schoolchildren
Dan R Offord (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2000; 3: 42. doi:10.1136/ebmh.3.2.42
The Fast Track prevention programme improved classroom atmosphere and peer reported behaviour problems
Dan R Offord (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2000; 3: 43. doi:10.1136/ebmh.3.2.43
Review: lithium augmentation increases treatment response in refractory depression
Raymond W Lam (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2000; 3: 44. doi:10.1136/ebmh.3.2.44
Sertraline was more effective than desipramine or placebo for premenstrual syndrome
Joan D Haynes (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2000; 3: 45. doi:10.1136/ebmh.3.2.45
Reading and social skills programmes had limited effectiveness on behavioural maladjustment in primary school children
Alan E Kazdin (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2000; 3: 46. doi:10.1136/ebmh.3.2.46
A community reinforcement and family training approach was effective in engaging unmotivated problem drinkers in treatment
Lawrence A Palinkas (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2000; 3: 47. doi:10.1136/ebmh.3.2.47
Antidepressants plus cognitive therapy reduced relapse in residual depression
Lata K McGinn (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2000; 3: 48. doi:10.1136/ebmh.3.2.48
Plasma exchange and intravenous immunoglobulin improved symptoms in a subtype of obsessive compulsive disorder and tic disorders
Paul Sandor (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2000; 3: 49. doi:10.1136/ebmh.3.2.49
Review: psychotherapy may be of benefit in personality disorders
Glenys Parry (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2000; 3: 50. doi:10.1136/ebmh.3.2.50
Venlafaxine had higher response and remission rates than paroxetine in non-chronic treatment resistant depression
Lawrence Martin (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2000; 3: 51. doi:10.1136/ebmh.3.2.51
Synthetic human secretin did not improve symptoms or communication skills in children with autistic disorders
Bryna Siegel (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2000; 3: 52. doi:10.1136/ebmh.3.2.52
Involuntary outpatient commitment did not reduce hospital recidivism, though may for some patient subgroups
Richard O'Kearney (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2000; 3: 53. doi:10.1136/ebmh.3.2.53
Integrated outpatient treatment increased abstinence in men with alcohol related illness who were ongoing drinkers
Katharine A Bradley (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2000; 3: 54. doi:10.1136/ebmh.3.2.54

Diagnosis: Back

The 15 item Geriatric Depression Scale had perfect sensitivity but low specificity for detecting depression in elderly people
Rob Butler (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2000; 3: 55. doi:10.1136/ebmh.3.2.55
The Even Briefer Assessment Scale for Depression in German was accurate for identifying depression in elderly patients
Rob Butler (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2000; 3: 56. doi:10.1136/ebmh.3.2.56

Prognosis: Back

Dementia in advanced age led to higher mortality rates and shortened life
Simon Hatcher (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2000; 3: 57. doi:10.1136/ebmh.3.2.57

Aetiology: Back

Review: most antipsychotic drugs are associated with weight gain
Wayne S Fenton (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2000; 3: 58. doi:10.1136/ebmh.3.2.58
A lower minimum legal drinking age was associated with increased suicide in youths 18–23 years of age
Paul Links (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2000; 3: 59. doi:10.1136/ebmh.3.2.59
The association between cognitive function and mortality pertained to specific but not general measures of cognitive function when health factors were considered
Robert van Reekum (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2000; 3: 60. doi:10.1136/ebmh.3.2.60
Review: 7.7 to 12.9 units of alcohol per week is the level of alcohol consumption at which mortality is the lowest in men
Woody Caan (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2000; 3: 61. doi:10.1136/ebmh.3.2.61

Qualitative: Back

Resilience was not necessarily a healthy concept for adolescents in inner city vocational high schools
Steven Pryjmachuk (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2000; 3: 62. doi:10.1136/ebmh.3.2.62
Physicians indicated the need to frame questions and develop indirect approaches that foster patient trust in evaluating victims of domestic violence
Harold J Bursztajn (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2000; 3: 63. doi:10.1136/ebmh.3.2.63
St John's Wort users reported: a history of exposure to herbal remedies and belief in their safety; depressed mood; and ease of access to alternative medicines
Roberta L Bashore (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2000; 3: 64. doi:10.1136/ebmh.3.2.64

Glossary: Back

Glossary
Evid Based Ment Health 2000; 3: 64. doi:10.1136/ebmh.3.2.64-a
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