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Therapeutics

• Fluoxetine reduced depressive symptoms and alcohol consumption in patients with comorbid major depression and alcohol dependence (1 May, 1998) Free
• Reinforcing behaviours other than abstinence was effective in reducing drug use (1 May, 1998) Free
• Cognitive behavioural therapy improved symptoms in children with anxiety disorders (1 May, 1998) Free
• Exposure and response prevention reduced obsessive compulsive disorder symptoms (1 May, 1998) Free
• Pimozide was superior to haloperidol for children and adolescents with Tourette's disorder and caused fewer side effects (1 May, 1998) Free
• Buprenorphine and methadone were equally effective in reducing opiate or cocaine use (1 May, 1998) Free
• Alprazolam had short term anxiolytic effectiveness but increased physiological activation in flight phobia (1 May, 1998) Free
• Review: some psychosocial interventions can help children and families cope with chronic health conditions (1 May, 1998) Free
• Fluoxetine decreased depressive symptoms in children and adolescents with non-psychotic major depressive disorder (1 May, 1998) Free
• Review: selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors differ from tricyclic antidepressants in adverse events (1 May, 1998) Free
• Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors were less cost effective than initial treatment with tricyclic antidepressants (1 May, 1998) Free
• Home visitation improved some maternal and child outcomes (1 May, 1998) Free
• Home visits by nurses reduced child abuse and neglect (1 May, 1998) Free
• An assertive community treatment programme led to improved housing stability in homeless people with severe mental illness (1 May, 1998) Free
• Olanzapine produced a higher clinical response rate than risperidone in schizophrenia (1 May, 1998) Free
• Review: zuclopenthixol is not more effective than other neuroleptic drugs in the acute treatment of schizophrenia (1 May, 1998) Free