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Cost-effectiveness of cognitive therapy as an early intervention for post-traumatic stress disorder in children and adolescents: a trial based evaluation and model
Shearer, J., Papanikolaou, N., Meiser-Stedman, R., et al. J Child Psychol Psychiatr. Published online December 2017. doi:10.1111/jcpp.12851 This randomised controlled trial of cognitive therapy for children and adolescents who had experienced a trauma in the previous 2-6 months demonstrated a cost-effectiveness ratio at 3 years of 2,250 GBP vs 20-30,000 GBP per QALY decision threshold […]
January 13, 2018
The efficacy of systemic therapy for internalizing and other disorders of childhood and adolescence: A systematic review of 38 randomized trials
Retzlaff, Ruediger, et al. Family Process 52.4 (2013): 619-652. This article offers an excellent summary of the evidence base regarding family therapy interventions treating internalizing disorders in children and adolescents. There is a similar article by Sydow et al. regarding the value of these interventions for externalizing disorders. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/famp.12041/full
The efficacy of systemic therapy for childhood and adolescent externalizing disorders: A systematic review of 47 RCT
Sydow, Kirsten, et al. Family Process 52.4 (2013): 576-618. This article offers an excellent summary of the evidence base regarding family therapy interventions for treating externalizing disorders in children and adolescents. There is a similar article by Retzlaff et al. regarding the value of these interventions for intrnalising disorders. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/famp.12047/full
AVATAR therapy for auditory verbal hallucinations in people with psychosis: a single-blind, randomised controlled trial
Craig, Tom KJ et al. The Lancet Psychiatry , Volume 0 , Issue 0 , AVATAR therapy is a new therapy, developed by Julian Leff in the UK, during which people listening to a digital representation of their auditory hallucinations (voices) narrated by their therapist. As therapy progresses, the avatar becomes less hostile and concedes […]
December 14, 2017
A comparison of multi-component systems approaches to suicide prevention
Simon TE Baker, Jennifer Nicholas, FionaShand, Rachel Green, Helen Christensen. Australasian Psychiatry. First Published November 21, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1177/1039856217743888 This review of LifeSpan (adopted by Australia), European Alliance Against Depression (EAAD), and Zero Suicide (US) multi-component models of suicide prevention found that only EADD currently has some (albeit mixed) evidence for effectiveness and that LifeSpan and Zero Suicide approaches require further evaluation. While suicide prevention […]
Who benefits from adolescent sleep interventions? Moderators of treatment efficacy in a randomized controlled trial of a cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness-based group sleep intervention for at-risk adolescents
Blake, M. J., Blake, L. M., Schwartz, O., Raniti, M., Waloszek, J. M., Murray, G., Simmons, J. G., Landau, E., Dahl, R. E., McMakin, D. L., Dudgeon, P., Trinder, J. and Allen, N. B. (2017), J Child Psychol Psychiatr. doi:10.1111/jcpp.12842 This secondary analysis of data from a study of SleepSense, a sleep improvement therapy based […]
Tobacco cessation interventions for young people
Fanshawe TR, Halliwell W, Lindson N, et al. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 Nov 17;11:CD003289. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003289.pub6. (Review) PMID: 29148565 This comprehensive Cochrane review of 41 studies involving more than 13,000 adolescents identified limited evidence for either behavioural interventions or smoking cessation medication. Group-based behavioural interventions were more effective than individual approaches. https://plus.mcmaster.ca/EvidenceAlerts/NewArticles.aspx?Page=1&ArticleID=77766#Data
The association between paternal and adolescent depressive symptoms: evidence from two population-based cohorts
Lewis G, et al. The Lancet Psychiatry 2017, Volume 4 , Issue 12 , 920 – 926 This large study investigated links between paternal depression when children were 7 or 9 years old and later adolescent depressive symptoms in 6070 participants of the Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) and Millennium Cohort Studies (MCS). A 3-point […]
Cholesterol and triglyceride levels in first-episode psychosis: systematic review and meta-analysis
Pillinger T, Beck K, Stubbs B, et al. The British Journal of Psychiatry Dec 2017, 211 (6) 339-349; DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.117.200907 People who develop psychosis (including schizophrenia) are at greater risk of developing high cholesterol and lipid levels, which can lead to heart disease and early death. Debate exists regarding whether it is the illness or the treatment (antipsychotic medication) that […]
The magic of play: Low income mothers’ and fathers’ playfulness and children’s emotion regulation and vocabulary skills
Cabrera, N. J., Karberg, E., Malin, J. L. and Aldoney, D. (2017). Infant Ment. Health J., 38: 757–771. doi:10.1002/imhj.21682 Although play is important for children’s development, the way in which mothers’ and fathers’ play affect their children may differ. This study of 73 low-income families participating in the Early Start Research Evaluation Project found that […]
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