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Family presence during resuscitation attempts is associated with positive psychological effects for the observers 9 Jul 2013 | 05:36 pm
Question Question: If relatives are given the choice of observing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), does this reduce their risk of developing symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder? Participa...
Limited evidence that neurolinguistic programming improves health-related outcomes 9 Jul 2013 | 05:36 pm
Question Question: What are the effects of neurolinguistic programming (NLP) on health-related outcomes? Outcomes: Studies were eligible if they had examined any health-related outcome in any popula...
No difference in psychosocial and mental health outcomes for clients receiving statutory mental health services from consumer-providers compared to pr... 9 Jul 2013 | 05:36 pm
Question Question: What is the effect of employing current or past consumers of mental health services as providers of statutory mental health services? Outcomes: Outcomes for clients in receipt of ...
Antipsychotics can be withdrawn from many older people with dementia, though caution is needed for people with more severe neuropsychiatric symptoms 9 Jul 2013 | 05:36 pm
Question Question: Is the withdrawal of antipsychotic medication in older people with dementia and neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) feasible, safe and effective? Outcomes: Primary outcomes: success o...
Review: SSRIs and TCAs equally effective at treating chronic depression and dysthemia; SSRIs are associated with fewer adverse events than TCAs 9 Jul 2013 | 05:36 pm
Question Question: What is the efficacy and acceptability of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) in the treatment of chronic depression? Outcomes: Pr...
Cognitive therapy may reduce psychotic symptom severity but not risk of transition to psychosis in young people at high risk 9 Jul 2013 | 05:36 pm
Question Question: Is cognitive therapy effective in preventing transition to psychosis and reducing symptom severity in young people at high risk for schizophrenia and other psychoses? Patients: 28...
Children of mothers who have recurrent depression in addition to anxiety, antisocial behaviour or problem alcohol use, are at increased risk of develo... 9 Jul 2013 | 05:36 pm
Question Question: In mothers with recurrent depression, do comorbid psychiatric conditions predict new-onset psychiatric disorders in the offspring? People: 337 parents (315 mothers and 22 fathers)...
Childhood disruptiveness and anxiousness impact the relationship between childhood adversity and later suicide attempt 9 Jul 2013 | 05:36 pm
Question Question: What influence do childhood anxiousness and disruptiveness have on the association between childhood adversity and later suicide attempts, and do mental disorders modify these asso...
Autism spectrum disorders are associated with fetal growth extremely below or above average for gestational age 9 Jul 2013 | 05:36 pm
Question Question: What is the association between fetal growth, gestational age and autism spectrum disorder (ASD)? People: A total 4283 children with ASD (1755 with and 2528 without intellectual d...
Exposure to combat and traumatic events increases risk of violent offending among military personnel 9 Jul 2013 | 05:36 pm
Question Question: Do deployment, combat history or postdeployment mental health problems impact on violent offending among military personnel? People: Participants were randomly sampled in two phas...
