Clinical Evidence Mental Health
(Third edition)
Royal College of Psychiatrists/BMJ Publishing Group
This book contains the mental health section extracted from
Clinical Evidence, Issue 11 (BMJ Publishing Group), the
international source of the best available evidence for effective
healthcare.
The book presents clear, concise summaries of the current
state of the evidence on the prevention and treatment of mental
health disorders derived, where possible, from randomised
controlled trials and systematic reviews.
This third edition covers 15 different mental health
disorders, 27 questions, and over 200 interventions.
- Based on the latest Clinical Evidence search and appraisal
results.
- Includes evidence on the short and long term treatment of
mental health disorders and their complications.
- Assesses drug treatments, non-drug treatments, and
psychological therapies.
- Uses explicit methodology for selecting which evidence to
summarise.
- Categorises interventions according to whether they have been
found to be effective or not.
- Presents key messages and structured summaries of filtered
evidence.
- Presents the balance between benefits and harms of
intervention.
"Very readable, accessible AND relevant to clinical
practice."
Primary Care Psychiatry
Contents
Clinical Evidence Mental Health (Introduction)
About
Clinical Evidence
A guide to the text
How
Clinical Evidence is put together
Glossary
Anorexia nervosa
Bipolar disorder
Bulimia nervosa
Chronic fatigue syndrome
Deliberate self harm
Dementia
Depression in children and adolescents
Depressive Disorders
Domestic violence towards women
Generalised anxiety disorder
Obsessive compulsive disorder
Panic disorder
Postnatal depression
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Schizophrenia
Index Appendix 1: The NNT
Appendix 2: Abbreviations, and How to calculate risk