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Therapeutics

• The addition of folic acid to fluoxetine for major depression increased response rates especially in women (1 May, 2001) Free
• Cognitive behavioural therapy improved most sleep outcomes in insomnia secondary to chronic pain (1 May, 2001) Free
• Review: selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors reduce symptoms in premenstrual syndrome (1 May, 2001) Free
• Review: no evidence exists that antidepressants acting at >1 pharmacological site differ in efficacy from SSRIs in major depression (1 May, 2001) Free
• Review: antidepressants plus benzodiazepines lead to fewer dropouts and less depression severity at 4 weeks in major depression (1 May, 2001) Free
• Review: behavioural interventions have a small to medium beneficial effect on diabetes management in adolescents with type 1 diabetes (1 May, 2001) Free
• No difference in effectiveness existed between community and hospital based interventions for children with behavioural disorders (1 May, 2001) Free
• Review: evidence on anxiolytic drugs for smoking cessation is inconclusive (1 May, 2001) Free
• Nurse telehealth care reduced depressive symptoms and improved functioning (1 May, 2001) Free
• A cognitive behavioural family intervention reduced psychiatric morbidity in caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease (1 May, 2001) Free
• Partner support reduced depressive symptoms in postpartum depression (1 May, 2001) Free
• Virtual reality exposure was as effective as standard exposure for reducing fear of flying (1 May, 2001) Free
• Cognitive behavioural therapy was more effective for panic disorder when given with 6 hours of total therapist contact than with 2 or 0 hours (1 May, 2001) Free
• Review: SSRIs and tricyclic antidepressants increase response rates in post-traumatic stress disorder in the short term (1 May, 2001) Free
• Review: behavioural treatment has a small to moderate beneficial effect on chronic low back pain (1 May, 2001) Free
• Hypericum extract was as effective as imipramine but had fewer adverse effects in mild to moderate depression (1 May, 2001) Free