The physical environment as a fall risk factor in older adults: Systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-sectional and cohort studies

The physical environment as a fall risk factor in older adults: Systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-sectional and cohort studies, Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, Volume 57, Issue 1, Date: February 2010, Pages: 51-64 Lori Letts, Julie Moreland, Julie Richardson, Liliana Coman, Mary Edwards, Kathleen Martin Ginis, Seanne Wilkins, Laurie Wishart Abstract: Background/aim:  Evidence that the physical environment is a [...]

Olanzapine versus other atypical antipsychotics for schizophrenia

Olanzapine versus other atypical antipsychotics for schizophrenia , Komossa K, Rummel-Kluge C, Hunger H, Schmid F, Schwarz S, Duggan L, Kissling W, Leucht S. Olanzapine versus other atypical antipsychotics for schizophrenia. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2010, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD006654 Click on the title above to access the full-text of this Cochrane review Abstract: [...]

Vulnerability & Stress – a new view of schizophrenia – Zubin & Spring

Vulnerability – a new view of schizophrenia, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1977, Vol.86, No.2, pp.103-124 Zubin J. & Spring B Abstract: Although descriptive and etiological approaches to psychopathology have made notable advances, they seem to have reached a plateau. After reviewing the six approaches to etiology that now preempt the field–ecological, developmental, learning, genetic, internal [...]

Identification of bipolar disorder in women with postpartum depression

Identification of bipolar disorder in women with postpartum depression, Bipolar Disorders, May 2010, Volume 12 Issue 3, Pages 335 - 340   Verinder Sharma, Mustaq Khan   Abstract:   No studies to date have assessed the pharmacological management of treatment-resistant postpartum depression. We reviewed the pharmacological treatment of postpartum depression in patients diagnosed with treatment-resistant ‘unipolar’ depression.Methods: We conducted a chart review [...]