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BMJ Journals

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August 1998 - Volume 1 - 3

Purpose and procedure

PURPOSE AND PROCEDURE (Abbreviated) (1 August, 1998) Free

Other articles noted

OTHER ARTICLES NOTED (1 August, 1998) Free

Understanding and interpreting systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Part 1: rationale, search strategy, and describing results (1 August, 1998) Free
John Geddes, Nick Freemantle, David Streiner, Shirley Reynolds
The contribution of reliable and clinically significant change methods to evidence-based mental health (1 August, 1998) Free
Chris Evans, Frank Margison, Michael Barkham

Therapeutics

Outreach treatment was as effective as hospital treatment for comorbid intellectual disabilities and psychiatric disorders (1 August, 1998) Free
Assessment and follow up of depressed patients by practice nurses was similar to care by GPs (1 August, 1998) Free
Brief, non-directive psychotherapy and GP care both improved patients' emotional difficulties (1 August, 1998) Free
Review: cognitive therapy has a beneficial effect equivalent to behaviour therapy and that of antidepressants in patients with mild to moderate depression (1 August, 1998) Free
Review: heterocyclic antidepressants and rational psychological therapies are effective in older patients with mild to moderate depression (1 August, 1998) Free
Review: bona fide psychotherapies are similar in effectiveness (1 August, 1998) Free
Fluoxetine reduced impulsive aggressive behaviour in patients with a personality disorder (1 August, 1998) Free
Family therapy improved outcomes in patients with early onset and short history anorexia nervosa (1 August, 1998) Free
Review: family or couples therapy is more effective than non-family therapy for drug abuse (1 August, 1998) Free
Clozapine reduced symptoms and side effects in patients who had refractory schizophrenia (1 August, 1998) Free
Review: chlorpromazine reduces relapse but increases adverse events in schizophrenia (1 August, 1998) Free
Cognitive behavioural therapy improved overall symptomatology in patients with medication resistant psychosis (1 August, 1998) Free
Haloperidol plus amitriptyline was superior to risperidone in a psychotic and depressive syndrome (1 August, 1998) Free
Long term amphetamine treatment improved behaviour in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (1 August, 1998) Free
Methylphenidate improved symptoms in children and adolescents with conduct disorder independent of ADHD severity (1 August, 1998) Free
Donepezil improved cognitive and global function in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease (1 August, 1998) Free
Review: professional or social support reduce postpartum depression (1 August, 1998) Free

Diagnosis

A checklist and structured lay interview had low agreement but comparable validity for childhood psychiatric disorders (1 August, 1998) Free

Prognosis

Review: patients who have schizophrenia have increased mortality from all causes, natural causes, and unnatural causes (1 August, 1998) Free
Higher female rates of clinical depression began to emerge between 13 and 15 years (1 August, 1998) Free

Aetiology

Early attentional difficulties were associated with later academic failure and arrests (1 August, 1998) Free
Review: apolipoprotein E ε4 allele is a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease in different ethnic groups (1 August, 1998) Free
Adolescent drug use was associated with psychiatric disorders in young adulthood (1 August, 1998) Free

Quality improvement

Caregiver teamwork improved psychotropic drug prescribing in nursing homes (1 August, 1998) Free

Glossary

GLOSSARY (1 August, 1998) Free

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