OBJECTIVE To identify and synthesise the findings from all randomised controlled trials that have examined the effectiveness of treatments of patients who have deliberately harmed themselves. DESIGN Systematic review of randomised controlled trials of psychosocial and physical treatments. Studies categorised according to type of treatment. When there was more than one investigation in a parti...

Objective: To compare the clinical outcome and costs of care of psychiatric patients allocated to community multidisciplinary teams or to hospital based care programmes after discharge from inpatient care. Design: Randomised controlled trial. Setting: Inner London (Paddington and North Kensington) and outer London (Brent) psychiatric services. Subjects: 155 patients with severe mental illness w...

BACKGROUND Chronic Low Back Pain is a complex syndrome with multifactorial bio-psycho-social etiology and interdependences. Thereby, physical activity seems to play an essential role regarding the prevention and rehabilitation of LBP. In consequence, physical activity and exercise therapy is an integral part of musculoskeletal rehabilitation in LBP. However, adherence to self-directed exercise ...

Heroin detoxification, as defined here, is dispensing, for a period of less than twenty-one days, decreasing doses of methadone or other symptomatic medication to an addict in an inor outpatient setting in order to alleviate the acute physiological and psychological effects incident to withdrawal from chronic narcotic use. It is a method of bringing the individual to a drug-free state within su...

BACKGROUND The postoperative management following solid organ transplantation requires close cooperation between family doctors, internists, the local hospital, and the transplant center. METHODS Selective analysis of current national and international guidelines and relevant review articles. RESULTS/CONCLUSION In the early phase post transplantation, aftercare involves inpatient treatment ...