Evidence-Based Mental Health articles from August 2001

Evidence-Based Mental Health archives from August 2001

Manual-based psychotherapies in clinical practice Part 1: assets, liabilities, and obstacles to dissemination.
August 1, 2001... Treatment manuals evolved in comparative psychotherapy outcome studies but are rapidly becoming a major medium for disseminating empirically supported treatments. Currently, the role of manual-based psychotherapies in clinical practice is a...

Intention to treat analysis in clinical trials when there are missing data.
August 1, 2001... The problem If you open any book about research design or statistics, you will see examples of studies in which 40 or 50 people are randomly assigned to a treatment and a control condition, tested at baseline, and then retested every week...

Treatment benefits of psychoanalytically oriented partial hospitalisation were maintained over 18 months in borderline personality disorder.
August 1, 2001... Bateman A, Fonagv P. Treatment of borderline personality disorder with psychoanalytically oriented partial hospitalization: an 18-month follow-up. Am J Psychiatry 2001 Jan;158:36-42. QUESTION: In patients with borderline personality...

Intramuscular ziprasidone reduced symptoms and was well tolerated in acute psychosis.
August 1, 2001... Brook S, Lucey JV, Gunn KP, for the Ziprasidone IM Study Group. Intramuscular ziprasidone compared with intramuscular haloperidol in the treatment of acute psychosis. J Clin Psychiatry 2000 Dec;61:933-41. QUESTIONS: In patients admitted to...

Risperidone was as effective as pimozide for Tourette's disorder.
August 1, 2001... Bruggeman R, van der Linden C, Buitelaar JK, et al. Risperidone versus pimozide in Tourette's disorder: a comparative double-blind parallel-group study. J Clin Psychiatry 2001 Jan;62:50--6. QUESTION: In patients with Tourette's disorder, is...

Review: supported employment is better than prevocational training for increasing competitive employment rates in people with severe mental illness.
August 1, 2001... Crowther RE, Marshall M, Bond GR, et al. Helping people with severe mental illness to obtain work: systematic review. BMJ 2001 Jan 27;322:204-8. QUESTION: Is prevocational training (a period of preparation before entering job market) or...

Review: the benefit of atypical antipsychotics over standard drugs disappears after controlling for comparator dose.(schizophrenia treatment)
August 1, 2001... Geddes J Freemantle N, Harrison P, et al, for the National Schizophrenia Guideline Development Group. Atypical antipsychotics in the treatment of schizophrenia: systematic overview and meta-regression analysis. BMJ 2000 Dec 2;321:1371-6. ...

A depression management programme reduced depression in frequent users of healthcare but did not reduce healthcare visits.
August 1, 2001... Katzelnick DJ, Simon GE, Pearson SD, et al. Randomized trial of a depression management program in high utilizers of medical care. Arch Earn Med 2000 Apr;9:345-51. QUESTION: Does a programme to identify and treat depression in frequent...

A depression management programme increased depression free days and costs in depressed frequent users of general healthcare.
August 1, 2001... Simon GE, Manning WG, Katzelnick DJ, et al. Cost-effectiveness of systematic depression treatment for high utilizers of general medical care. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2001 Feb;58:181-7. QUESTION: In depressed patients who are frequent healthcare...

Review: citalopram is effective and safe for depression.
August 1, 2001... Keller MB. Citalopram therapy for depression: a review of 10 years of European experience and data from US clinical trials. J Clin Psychiatry 2000 Dec;61:896-908. QUESTION: Is citalopram effective and safe in patients with depression? ...

Review: home visitation by nurses beginning prenatally and extending through infancy prevents child abuse and neglect.
August 1, 2001... MacMillan HL with the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care. Preventive health care, 2000 update: prevention of child maltreatment. CMAJ 2000 Nov 28;163:1451-8. QUESTION: Are interventions aimed at preventing child maltreatment...

Review: group psychotherapy is effective for depression.
August 1, 2001... McDermut W, Miller IW, Brown RA. The efficacy of group psychotherapy for depression: a meta-analysis and review of the empirical research. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice 2001 Spring;8:98--116. QUESTION: Is group psychotherapy...

Review: psychological interventions have a narrow application in influencing immune response.
August 1, 2001... Miller GE, Cohen S. Psychological interventions and the immune system: a meta-analytic review and critique. Health Psychol 2001 Jan;20:47-63. QUESTION: Do psychological interventions positively influence immune response? Data sources...

Cognitive treatment reduced concerns about shape, weight, and eating in obese binge and non-binge eaters.
August 1, 2001... Nauta H, Hospers H, Kok G, et al. A comparison between a cognitive and a behavioral treatment for obese binge eaters and obese non-binge eaters. Behavior Therapy 2000 Summer;31:441-61. QUESTION: In obese binge and non-binge eaters, is...

Review: galantamine improves most outcomes in suspected Alzheimer's disease.
August 1, 2001... Olin J, Schneider L. Galantamine for Alzheimer's disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2001;(2):CD001747 (latest version 01 Nov 2000). QUESTION: In elderly people with suspected Alzheimer's disease (AD), does galantamine improve clinical...

One 3 hour exposure session was as effective as 5 one hour sessions of either exposure or cognitive therapy for claustrophobia.
August 1, 2001... Ost LG, Alm T, Brandberg M, et al. One vs five sessions of cognitive therapy in the treatment of claustrophobia. Behav Res Ther 2001 Feb;39:167-83. QUESTIONS: Is 1 session of exposure treatment (ET) effective in people with claustrophobia?...

Reducing television, videotape, and video game use in children decreased peer rated aggressive behaviour.
August 1, 2001... Robinson TN, Wilde ML, Navracruz LC, et al. Effects of reducing children's television and video game use on aggressive behavior: a randomized controlled trial. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2001 Jan;155:17-23. QUESTION: In children, does...

Agnus castus fruit extract was safe and effective for relieving symptoms of premenstrual syndrome.
August 1, 2001... Schellenberg R, for the study group. Treatment for the premenstrual syndrome with agnus castus fruit extract: prospective, randomised, placebo controlled study. BMJ 2001 Jan 20;322:134-7. QUESTION: Is agnus castus fruit (Vitex agnus castus...

CBT added to medical management improved clinical outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis.(cognitive behavioral therapy)
August 1, 2001... Sharpe L, Sensky T, Timberlake N, et al. A blind, randomized; controlled trial of cognitive-behavioural intervention for patients with recent onset rheumatoid arthritis: preventing psychological and physical morbidity. Pain 2001 Jan;89:275-83....

Review: evidence for the effectiveness of attention training in schizophrenia is inconclusive.
August 1, 2001... Suslow T, Schonauer K, Arolt V. Attention training in the cognitive rehabilitation of schizophrenic patients: a review of efficacy studies. Acta Psychiatr Scand 2001 Jan;103:15-23. QUESTION: In patients with schizophrenia, how effective is...

Sertraline was effective and well tolerated for generalised social phobia.
August 1, 2001... Van Ameringen MA, Lane RM, Walker JR, et al. Sertraline treatment of generalized social phobia: a 20-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Am J Psychiatry 2001 Feb;158:275-81. QUESTION: In patients with generalised social phobia,...

Bupropion improved symptoms in adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
August 1, 2001... Wilens TE, Spencer TJ, Biederman J, et al. A controlled clinical trial of bupropion for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults. Am J Psychiatry 2001 Feb;158:282--8. QUESTION: In adults with attention deficit hyperactivity...

Clinical evaluation led to a definitive diagnosis in 95% of patients presenting with dementia.
August 1, 2001... Massoud F, Devi G, Moroney JT, et al. The role of routine laboratory studies and neuroimaging in the diagnosis of dementia: a clinicopathological study. J Am Geriatr Soc 2000 Oct;48:1204-10. QUESTION: In patients who present with dementia,...

Recurrence of depression in those with prepubertal onset was associated with higher rates of depression in relatives.
August 1, 2001... Wickramaratne PJ Greenwald S, Weissman MM. Psychiatric disorders in the relatives of probands with prepubertal-onset or adolescent-onset major depression. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2000 Nov; 39:1396-405. QUESTION: Is the pattern...

Self reported symptoms in children predicted schizophreniform disorder as adults.
August 1, 2001... Poulton R, Caspi A, Moffitt TE, et al. Children's self-reported psychotic symptoms and adult schizophreniform disorder: a 15-year longitudinal study. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2000 Nov;57:1053-8. QUESTION: Can self reported symptoms of...

Therapists of patients who committed suicide reported a wide range of emotional responses.
August 1, 2001... Hendin H, Lipschitz A, Maltsberger JT, et al. Therapists' reactions to patients' suicides. Am J Psychiatry 2000 Dec;157:2022-7. QUESTION: What are the emotional responses of therapists to the suicide of a patient? Design ...