Posted on March 20, 2008 by sjennings29
Current Pharmacologic Treatment of Dementia: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Family Physicians, Annals of Internal Medicine, 4 March 2008 | Volume 148 Issue 5 | Pages 370-378
Abstract: Description: The American College of Physicians and American Academy of Family Physicians developed this guideline to present the [...]
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Posted on March 20, 2008 by sjennings29
Effectiveness of Cholinesterase Inhibitors and Memantine for Treating Dementia: Evidence Review for a Clinical Practice Guideline Annals of Internal Medicine, 4 March 2008 | Volume 148 Issue 5 | Pages 379-397
Background: The effectiveness of the 5 U.S. Food and Drug Administration–approved pharmacologic therapies for dementias in achieving clinically relevant improvements is unclear. Purpose: To review [...]
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Posted on March 20, 2008 by sjennings29
Meeting Needs? The offenders learning and skills service, National Audit Office, March 2008
“Ensuring offenders have the underpinning skills for life (literacy, language, numeracy and basic IT skills), and have developed work skills, to enable them to meet the real needs of employers in the area where they live or will settle after their sentence [...]
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Posted on March 20, 2008 by sjennings29
Cognitive behavioural therapy for weight gain associated with antipsychotic drugs, Schizophrenia Research, Volume 91, Issues 1-3, March 2007, Pages 169-177
Abstract:
Background
Overweight and obesity are common concerns in individuals with severe mental disorders. In particular, antipsychotic drugs (AP) frequently induce weight gain. This phenomenon lacks current management and no previous controlled studies seem to use cognitive therapy to [...]
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