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Therapeutics

• A primary care-based treatment programme improves postpartum depression at 12 months (9 January, 2013)
• Tuberculosis patients in South Africa have a high prevalence of psychological distress (9 January, 2013)
• Targeted education for general practitioners reduces risk of depression or suicide ideation or attempts in older primary care patients (9 January, 2013)
• A preventative intervention for disruptive young boys may reduce adult criminality by reducing antisocial behaviour in adolescence (9 January, 2013)
• Review: non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may reduce schizophrenia symptom severity in the short term when added to antipsychotics (9 January, 2013)
• Review: social skills groups may improve social competence in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (9 January, 2013)
• Review: little evidence that PUFA supplementation improves symptoms in ADHD (9 January, 2013)
• The Family-School Success intervention improves some family and educational outcomes in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder more than a control psychosocial intervention (9 January, 2013)
• Review: limited evidence suggests mental health literacy interventions may improve help-seeking attitudes for depression, anxiety and general psychological distress (9 January, 2013)
• The DAISY psychosocial intervention does not improve outcomes in patients with mild Alzheimer's disease or their carers (9 January, 2013)
• Similar benefits with dialectical behaviour therapy or general psychiatric management for people with borderline personality disorder (9 January, 2013)
• Review: some evidence of benefit for psychotherapies in borderline personality disorder (9 January, 2013)
• Non-pharmacological interventions reduce antipsychotic-associated weight gain in outpatients (9 January, 2013)
• Long-acting risperidone increases medication costs and does not improve outcomes in unstable schizophrenia (9 January, 2013)
• An assertive outreach intervention does not reduce repeat suicide attempts compared with usual care (9 January, 2013)
• Review: antipsychotics do not increase weight in women with anorexia nervosa (9 January, 2013)
• Review: non-pharmacological interventions delivered by family caregivers improve symptoms in people with dementia (9 January, 2013)