Tuesday 3, November 2009

New NICE depression guidance

NICE have published two new guidelines in October:

• Depression in adults (update)
• Depression with a chronic physical health problem

Steve Pilling (Joint Director of the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health) has written a summary of the depression guidelines, which has been published on NHS Evidence - mental health.

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Systematic reviews

New or updated reviews from the Cochrane Library

• Aripiprazole versus other atypical antipsychotics for schizophrenia
• Mobile phone-based interventions for smoking cessation
• Monetary incentives for schizophrenia
• Risperidone dose for schizophrenia
• Special care units for dementia individuals with behavioural problems
• Ziprasidone versus other atypical antipsychotics for schizophrenia

Abstracts of reviews from DARE

• A meta-analysis of the accuracy of the mini-mental state examination in the detection of dementia and mild cognitive impairment
• Cognitive-behavioral therapy for adult anxiety disorders: a meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials
• Effects of psychotherapy and other behavioral interventions on clinically depressed older adults: a meta-analysis
• Is acupuncture beneficial in depression: a meta-analysis of 8 randomized controlled trials
• Meta-analysis of studies investigating one-year effectiveness of transdermal nicotine patches for smoking cessation
• Paroxetine versus placebo and other agents for depressive disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis
• Relative efficacy of psychotherapy and combined therapy in the treatment of depression: a meta-analysis
• The effectiveness of cognitive-behavioural therapy with hopeful elements to prevent the development of depression in young people: a systematic review
• The effectiveness of exercise in the management of post-natal depression: systematic review and meta-analysis
• The effectiveness of long-term psychoanalytic therapy: a systematic review of empirical studies
• The effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions prior to surgery: a systematic review
• The impact of clinical supervision on counsellors and therapists, their practice and their clients: a systematic review of the literature

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Economic evaluations

• Cost-effectiveness of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and routine specialist care with and without cognitive-behavioural therapy in adolescents with major depression
• Cost-effectiveness of varenicline compared with bupropion, NRT, and nortriptyline for smoking cessation in the Netherlands
• Long-acting methylphenidate-OROS in youths with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder suboptimally controlled with immediate-release methylphenidate: a study of cost effectiveness in the Netherlands

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Policy, reports and service development

Department of Health

• Outcomes compendium: helping you select the right tools for best mental health care practice in your field

Royal College of Psychiatrists

• No health within mental health

NHS Confederation

• Healthy mind, healthy body: how liaison psychiatry services can transform quality and productivity in acute settings
  

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News

The latest mental health stories in the newspapers from Behind the Headlines:

• Olive Oil and Alzheimer’s Disease
• Mediterranean diet ‘fights’ depression
• Jigsaws and Dementia Diagnosis

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