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Contents: August 2003, Volume 6, Number 3 [Index by Author]

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EBMH notebook: Back

The internet and mental health practice
Helen Christensen and Kathleen Griffiths
Evid Based Ment Health 2003; 6: 66-69. doi:10.1136/ebmh.6.3.66
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Which treatments are effective for cognitive, behavioural and psychological symptoms in dementia?
James P Warner, Rob Butler, and Pramod Prabhakaran
Evid Based Ment Health 2003; 6: 69-71. doi:10.1136/ebmh.6.3.69
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The number needed to treat: problemsdescribing non-significant results
Vivek Muthu
Evid Based Ment Health 2003; 6: 72. doi:10.1136/ebmh.6.3.72
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Prevalence: Back

About 3 in every 1000 US children in large metropolitan areas may have autism or related developmental disorders
Susan E Bryson (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2003; 6: 73. doi:10.1136/ebmh.6.3.73
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Review: lifetime prevalence of schizophrenia and related disorders is about 5.5 per 1000, but there is significant variation between regions
Jan Olav Johannessen (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2003; 6: 74. doi:10.1136/ebmh.6.3.74
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Review: there is marked socioeconomic inequality in persistent depression
Stephen E Gilman (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2003; 6: 75. doi:10.1136/ebmh.6.3.75
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Review: black people are more likely than white people to be detained in psychiatric wards in the United Kingdom
Tony Kendrick (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2003; 6: 76. doi:10.1136/ebmh.6.3.76
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Diagnosis: Back

Review: antenatal screening tools to predict postnatal depression generally have low specificity and sensitivity
JM Sierra Manzano (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2003; 6: 77. doi:10.1136/ebmh.6.3.77
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Local adaptation of guidelines for identifying mental disorders in primary care may not improve patient outcomes
Michael Linden (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2003; 6: 78. doi:10.1136/ebmh.6.3.78
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Therapeutics: Back

Review: atypical antipsychotics and psychosocial interventions, alone or in combination, may reduce youth aggression
Jan K Buitelaar (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2003; 6: 79. doi:10.1136/ebmh.6.3.79
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Review: it is unclear whether treating internalising disorders in childhood prevents substance abuse in adolescence
Alan E Kazdin (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2003; 6: 80-81. doi:10.1136/ebmh.6.3.80
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Review: parent training and community-based interventions may benefit children with disruptive behaviour disorders
Alan E Kazdin (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2003; 6: 81. doi:10.1136/ebmh.6.3.81
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Problem solving programme implemented by teachers may prevent depression in the short term, but longer term benefits are unclear
Ian M Shochet (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2003; 6: 82. doi:10.1136/ebmh.6.3.82
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Review: electroconvulsive therapy may be an effective short term treatment for people with depression
Michael Bauer (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2003; 6: 83. doi:10.1136/ebmh.6.3.83
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Review: continuing antidepressants for 12 months following acute treatment may reduce the risk of relapse in depression
S John Donoghue (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2003; 6: 84. doi:10.1136/ebmh.6.3.84
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Adjunctive cognitive therapy is more effective, but more costly, than standard clinical management for relapse prevention in depression
Helen Christensen (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2003; 6: 85. doi:10.1136/ebmh.6.3.85
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Collaborative care may improve depression management in older adults
Thomas E Oxman (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2003; 6: 86. doi:10.1136/ebmh.6.3.86
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Review: counselling in primary care may have short term benefits for people with common mental disorders
Nick Kates (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2003; 6: 87. doi:10.1136/ebmh.6.3.87
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Advance directives about treatment preferences had little impact on compulsory readmissions for people with serious mental illness
Jeffrey L Geller (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2003; 6: 88. doi:10.1136/ebmh.6.3.88
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Review: women with schizophrenia have poorer pregnancy outcomes than other women, but it is unclear whether antipsychotic medications affect their infants
Andrea Levinson (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2003; 6: 89. doi:10.1136/ebmh.6.3.89
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The benefits of exposure therapy alone may last longer than sertraline alone or sertraline plus exposure therapy in social phobia
John R Walker (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2003; 6: 90. doi:10.1136/ebmh.6.3.90
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Hydroxyzine may be safe and effective in generalised anxiety disorder
Shahin Akhondzadeh (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2003; 6: 91. doi:10.1136/ebmh.6.3.91
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Buprenorphine may be more effective than clonidine and other symptomatic medications for short term ambulatory heroin withdrawal
Sylvie Petitjean (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2003; 6: 92. doi:10.1136/ebmh.6.3.92
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Clozapine may be more effective than olanzapine for reducing suicidal behaviour in people with schizophrenia at high risk
Jan Volavka (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2003; 6: 93. doi:10.1136/ebmh.6.3.93
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Review: cholinesterase inhibitors have a modest effect on neuropsychiatric and functional outcomes in Alzheimer’s disease
Debomoy K Lahiri and Martin R Farlow (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2003; 6: 94. doi:10.1136/ebmh.6.3.94
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Aetiology: Back

Ethnicity may be linked to thin body preoccupation and social pressure in the development of eating disorders
Eric Stice (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2003; 6: 95. doi:10.1136/ebmh.6.3.95
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Qualitative: Back

People with schizophrenia believe that they are stigmatised at work and in the community
R Thara (commentator)
Evid Based Ment Health 2003; 6: 96. doi:10.1136/ebmh.6.3.96
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Purpose and procedure
Evid Based Ment Health 2003; 6: 96. doi:10.1136/ebmh.6.3.96-a
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