Clinical Evidence in Medical Health

A practical resource for mental health practitioners

Clinical Evidence in Mental Health offers practitioners an in-depth quick-reference for 12 of the most commonly-encountered disorders including ADHD, dementia, depressive disorders, generalized anxiety disorders, PTSD, obsessive compulsive disorder, and more. Each disorder includes information on diagnosis, prognosis, outcomes, and interventions, with treatments categorized according to empirical effectiveness. Brief summaries highlight key messages regarding the treatment of each disorder, and extensive indices provide targeted reference from the parent resource, Clinical Evidence, Issue 8.

A Guide to the Text vii

Glossary ix

Anorexia Nervosa 1

Attention deficit disorder 12

Bulimla nervosa 23

Chronic fatigue syndrome 36

Depression in children and adolescents 74

Depressive disorders 84

Generalised anxiety disorder 107

Obsessive compulsive disorder 124

Panic disorder 135

Post-traumatic stress disorder 142

Schizophrenia 151 Index 183

The BMJ is a weekly peer-reviewed medical journal. It is one of the world's oldest general medical journals. Originally called the British Medical Journal, the title was officially shortened to BMJ in 1988, and then changed to The BMJ in 2014.