To help healthcare professionals and patients choose high-quality treatments that minimize the risk of adverse effects, in early 2016 we updated our list of drugs to avoid. Prescrire's assessments of the harm-benefit balance of new drugs and indications are based on a rigorous procedure that includes a systematic and reproducible literature search, identification of patient-relevant outcomes, p...

Fifty-one schizophrenic patients were randomly assigned to receive insight-oriented or supportive psychotherapy. After two years of treatment, their outcomes were compared on a broad range of measures. The results of the two therapies were, for the most part, similar. Some advantages for each were also seen in the sectors of outcome toward which the two treatments were focused. The supportive t...

OBJECTIVE To review recent findings on the utilization of massage by cancer patients, including evidence of effects in supportive and palliative cancer care, current understanding of safety considerations and adaptations needed, education of professional and family caregivers to provide this form of support, and guidelines for oncology nurses in referring patients. DATA SOURCES Journal articl...

Amitraz is a triazapentadiene, an α2 adrenergic agonist and a member of the amidine chemical family. A limited number of human intoxication cases have been published in the literature. Lack of a clear and specific protocol for the therapy of amitraz intoxication may make its successfully managed case reports useful and valuable for other clinical practitioners in poisoning departments. The case...

Amitraz is a triazapentadiene, an α2 adrenergic agonist and a member of the amidine chemical family. A limited number of human intoxication cases have been published in the literature. Lack of a clear and specific protocol for the therapy of amitraz intoxication may make its successfully managed case reports useful and valuable for other clinical practitioners in poisoning departments. The case...

Zusammenfassung Nach der empirischen Absicherung der Wirksamkeit Kognitiver Verhaltenstherapie (KVT) bei schizophrenen Psychosen stellt sich zunehmend die Frage nach den Wirkmechanismen. In diesem Zusammenhang spielt die supportive Therapie (ST) eine bedeutsame Rolle als unspezifische Kontrollbedingung. Die vorliegende Arbeit stellt den derzeitigen Stand der Forschung zur ST bei schizophrenen S...

ABSTRACT Background: The emotional bond that a mother feels towards her infant is critical to their social, emotional, and cognitive development. This concept has a major influence on an infant’s future health, and growth, so the assessment of parental-fetal attachment and related factors is of great importance. This study aimed to examine the effect of psychological intervention on attachment ...