Cochrane Corner and Round the Corner
Psychiatrists, like all doctors, are obliged to offer our patients treatments based on the highest level of evidence that is available. For some of our interventions the evidence may be patchy while for others it may be more firm. Distilling all the findings from the variety of trials that are available is often impossible. To assist us, systematic reviews/meta-analyses are a very useful resource and they represent the highest level of evidence. The Cochrane Collaboration is the most prestigious source of systematic reviews yet many doctors have difficulty understanding the methodology and findings of these very lengthy papers. For this reason, I felt that an educational journal like BJPsych Advances was the ideal vehicle to promote evidence-based practice through the publication of summaries of recent Cochrane reviews. Elaboration on the content and on the methodology of these by means of an accompanying commentary was felt to be the most concise and informative way of disseminating this knowledge and of demystifying systematic review terminology such as heterogeneity, effect size, Forrest and Funnel plots, among others. I greatly welcome the publication of all the Systematic Review summaries published in BJPsych Advances and their associated commentaries (entitled Cochrane Corner and Round the Corner respectively) in a collection and am confident that it will enrich your knowledge to a new level.
Professor Patricia Casey
Editor-in-Chief, BJPsych Advances
Introductory article: The usefulness and interpretation of systematic review
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Length of hospitalisation for people with severe mental illness: a Cochrane Review
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- BJPsych Advances / Volume 27 / Issue 4 / July 2021
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- 24 June 2021, p. 212
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Duration of hospital admission in severe mental illness: is longer better?
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- 24 June 2021, pp. 213-218
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Ketamine and other glutamate receptor modulators for depression in adults
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- BJPsych Advances / Volume 22 / Issue 4 / July 2016
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- 02 January 2018, pp. 214-215
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Ketamine and other glutamate receptor modulators for depression in bipolar disorder in adults
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- 02 January 2018, p. 215
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Parent–infant psychotherapy for improving parental and infant mental health
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- BJPsych Advances / Volume 23 / Issue 4 / July 2017
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- 02 January 2018, p. 216
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Ketamine: a novel antidepressant with a fast onset of action?: Commentary on… Cochrane Corner
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- 02 January 2018, pp. 216-221
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Does the evidence support parent-infant psychotherapy?: Commentary on… Cochrane Corner
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- 02 January 2018, pp. 217-221
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Pharmacotherapies for sleep disturbances in Alzheimer's disease
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- BJPsych Advances / Volume 21 / Issue 4 / July 2015
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- 02 January 2018, p. 218
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Sleep problems in Alzheimer's disease: does drug treatment help or harm?: Commentary on… Cochrane Corner
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- 02 January 2018, pp. 219-221
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Communication skills training for mental health professionals working with people with severe mental illness
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- BJPsych Advances / Volume 24 / Issue 4 / July 2018
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- 15 June 2018, p. 220
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Have 100 years of talking therapies taught psychiatrists how to communicate?: COMMENTARY ON… COCHRANE CORNER
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- 15 June 2018, pp. 221-224
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Control interventions in randomised trials among people with mental health disorders: a Cochrane Review
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- BJPsych Advances / Volume 29 / Issue 4 / July 2023
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- 26 June 2023, p. 224
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Evaluating the impact of different control states in current psychiatric research design
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- 26 June 2023, pp. 225-229
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Psychological therapies for treatment-resistant depression in adults: a Cochrane Review
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- BJPsych Advances / Volume 26 / Issue 5 / 2020
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- 25 August 2020, p. 254
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How effective is augmentation with psychotherapy as a next-step option for treatment-resistant depression?
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- 25 August 2020, pp. 255-261
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Cognitive behavioural therapy plus standard care versus standard care for people with schizophrenia
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- BJPsych Advances / Volume 25 / Issue 5 / September 2019
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- 08 August 2019, p. 272
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Is adjunctive CBT really effective for schizophrenia?: COMMENTARY ON… COCHRANE CORNER
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- 08 August 2019, pp. 273-278
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Modafinil for people with schizophrenia or related disorders: a Cochrane Review
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- BJPsych Advances / Volume 28 / Issue 5 / 2022
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- 29 August 2022, p. 280
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Is modafinil an effective adjunct to standard care in the treatment of schizophrenia-spectrum disorders?
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- 29 August 2022, pp. 281-285
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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) versus sham ECT for depression: do study limitations invalidate the evidence (and mean we should stop using ECT)?
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- 20 August 2021, pp. 285-291
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