New Cochrane review published on Personal assistance for adults with both physical and intellectual impairments

Personal assistance for adults (19-64) with both physical and intellectual impairments, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 2.  Systematic Review
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Abstract:
Background
There is a high incidence of impairments among working age adults, and their prevalence is increasing in the West. Many countries offer personal assistance in the form of [...]

New Reviews from Cochrane April 2008 - Occupational, Depression, CBT take your pick

  New Reviews from Cochrane
·         Anticonvulsants for cocaine dependence  
·         Clobazam as an add-on in the management of refractory epilepsy  
·         Cognitive-behavioural interventions for preventing youth gang involvement for children and young people (7-16) 
·         Dopamine agonist therapy in early Parkinson’s disease  
·         Huperzine A for Alzheimer’s disease   
·         Interventions to improve occupational health in depressed people 
·         Omega-3 fatty [...]

Cochrane Review - Drama therapy for schizophrenia or schizophrenia-like illnesses

       Cochrane Review - Drama therapy for schizophrenia or schizophrenia-like illnesses, Ruddy RA, Dent-Brown K. Drama therapy for schizophrenia or schizophrenia-like illnesses. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007, Issue 1.
Abstract: Drama therapy is one of the creative therapies suggested to be of value as an adjunctive treatment for people with schizophrenia or schizophrenia-like illnesses. Randomised [...]

Cochrane Systematic Review - CBT Benefit - Psychotherapeutic treatments for older depressed people

   Psychotherapeutic treatments for older depressed people 23rd January 2008, Systematic Review
Abstract: The findings of this systematic review were based on a small number of trials, but do suggest that CBT may be of ‘potential benefit’. This conclusion correlates with the findings of a larger meta-analysis, which looked at a population with a broader age range.BackgroundDespite [...]

Cochrane Systematic Review - Psychosocial interventions for people with both severe mental illness and substance misuse

     Cochrane Systematic Review - Psychosocial interventions for people with both severe mental illness and substance misuse, 23rd January 2008
The authors looked at 25 RCTs but none provided compelling evidence that any one psychological therapy was better than another at reducing substance use by people with severe mental illnesses.

Cochrane - Occupational Therapy for Patients with Parkinson’s Disease

   Occupational Therapy for Patients with Parkinson’s Disease, Dixon L, Duncan D, Johnson P, Kirkby L, O’Connell H, Taylor H, KHO Deane. Occupational therapy for patients with Parkinson’s disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007, Issue 3.
Background
Despite drug and surgical therapies for Parkinson’s disease, patients develop progressive disability. It has both motor and non-motor symptomatology, [...]

Cochrane - Wandering & Dementia

   Non-pharmacological interventions for wandering of people with dementia in the domestic setting, : Hermans DG, Htay U Hla, McShane R. Non-pharmacological interventions for wandering of people with dementia in the domestic setting. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007, Issue 1.

Background
A number of studies exist of interventions for wandering in the institutional setting, but much [...]

Cochrane - Risperidone versus placebo for schizophrenia (Protocol)

    Risperidone versus placebo for schizophrenia (Protocol), Rattehalli RD, Jayaram MB. (Protocol) Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008,Issue 1. Art. No.: CD006918. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006918.
Abstract: Conventional antipsychotic drugs, introduced into widespread use in the 1950s, formed the mainstay of drug treatment for schizophrenia. Although these drugs were indeed a revolution, their early promise of complete recovery [...]

Cochrane Review - Aripiprazole versus typicals for Schizophrenia

     Aripiprazole versus typicals for schizophrenia (Review), 23rd January 2008
Bhattacharjee J, El-Sayeh HGG. Aripiprazole versus typicals for schizophrenia. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 1.Art. No.: CD006617
Background
Aripiprazole is a relatively new antipsychotic drug, said to be the prototype of a new third generation of antipsychotics; the so-called dopamine-serotonin system stabilisers. In this review we [...]

Cochrane Review - Infection Control (MRSA) & Nursing Homes

      Infection control strategies for preventing the transmission of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in nursing homes for older people,   Hughes CM, Smith MBH, Tunney MM. Infection control strategies for preventing the transmission of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in nursing homes for older people. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008,
Background
Nursing homes for older people provide an [...]

Cochrane Review - Music Therapy for Depression

        Music Therapy for Depression,  Maratos AS, Gold C, Wang X, Crawford MJ. Music therapy for depression. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD004517.
A B S T R A C T
Background Depression is a highly prevalent disorder associated with reduced social functioning, impaired quality of life, and increased mortality. Music therapy [...]

Psychological treatments, CBT versus Treatment for OCD

    Psychological treatments versus treatment as usual for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) (Review) Gava I, Barbui C, Aguglia E, Carlino D, Churchill R, De Vanna M, McGuire HF. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007, Issue 2.
Authors’ conclusions
The findings of this review suggest that psychological treatments derived from cognitive behavioural models are an effective treatment for [...]

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Works for OCD

    Behavioural and cognitive behavioural therapy for obsessive compulsive disorder in children and adolescents (Review)  Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2006, Issue 4. Authors: O’Kearney RT, Anstey KJ, von Sanden C,
The onset of obsessive-compulsive disorder often occurs in childhood and adolescence. It can be an extremely debilitating disorder, resulting in high levels of distress, impairment [...]

Family Interventions for Bipolar Disorder

    Family Interventions for Bipolar Disorder, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007 Issue 4 (Status: New) Authors:  LP Justo, BGO Soares, HM Calil

Background
Pharmacological treatments are the principal intervention for bipolar disorder. Alone, however, they are not sufficient to control symptoms and maintain psychosocial functioning. Adjunctive psychosocial interventions may help to improve the patient’s condition and the course of [...]

Cognitive behaviour therapy for schizophrenia (Review)

   Cognitive behaviour therapy for schizophrenia (Review) Jones C, Cormac I, Silveira da Mota Neto JI, Campbell C. Cognitive behaviour therapy for schizophrenia. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2004, Issue 4.
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Background
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is now a recommended treatment for people with schizophrenia. This approach helps to link [...]

The effects of sertindole compared with other atypical antipsychotics for people with schizophrenia

Sertindole versus other atypical antipsychotics for schizophrenia (Protocol), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007, Issue 4. (Status: New) Authors:  Komossa K, Hunger H, Leucht S, Lewis R, Rummel C, Schmidt F, Schwarz S
This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows:
To review the effects of sertindole compared [...]

Fancy a Dance

   Dance therapy for schizophrenia (Protocol), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007 Issue 4 (Status: New) Authors: J Xia, TJ Grant
Objectives:  To evaluate the effects of dance therapy for people with schizophrenia or schizophrenia-like illnesses compared with standard care and other interventions
Background: Dance has been used as a healing ritual since the earliest recorded history, but the establishment [...]