Clinical evidence mental health the international source of the best available evidence for effective mental health care

• Corporate Author: Royal College of Psychiatrists/BMJ Publishing Group
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London BMJ Publishing Group 2004
• Subjects: Mental illness > Treatment; Mental Disorders > Handbooks > prevention & control; Mental Disorders > Handbooks > therapy; Mental illness > Prevention; Evidence-based medicine; Evidence-Based Medicine > Handbooks
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• Item Description: "Reprinted from Clinical evidence, issue 8, 2002, published by the BMJ Publishing Group"-- T.p. verso
• Physical Description: xiv, 190 pages illustrations 22 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9781904671169; 1904671160

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