Patients may be offered cardiac rehabilitation (CR), a supervised programme often including
exercises, education and psychological care, following a cardiac event, with the aim of …

Background The ability to hear is important, particularly during children's formal education.
Hearing impairment is amenable to intervention and hence a screening programme when …

Context Second-generation (atypical) antipsychotics (SGAs) are more expensive than first-
generation (typical) antipsychotics (FGAs) but are perceived to be more effective, with fewer …

Background Advanced biliary tract cancer has a poor prognosis. Cisplatin and gemcitabine
is the standard first-line chemotherapy regimen, but no robust evidence is available for …

Objectives The aims of this review were to calculate the diagnostic accuracy statistics of risk
scales following self-harm and consider which might be the most useful scales in clinical …

There is good evidence that clozapine is more efficacious than first-generation antipsychotic
drugs in resistant schizophrenia. It is less clear if clozapine is more effective than the other …

BackgroundCognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT) improves persistent psychotic symptoms.
AimsTo test the effectiveness of added CBT in accelerating remission from acute psychotic …

Objective To determine whether cognitive therapy is effective in preventing the worsening of
emerging psychotic symptoms experienced by help seeking young people deemed to be at …

Background Health policy in the UK and elsewhere is prioritising patient empowerment and
patient evaluations of healthcare. Patient reported outcome measures now take centre-stage …

Background Antipsychotic drugs are usually the first line of treatment for schizophrenia;
however, many patients refuse or discontinue their pharmacological treatment. We aimed to …