Canadian Journal of Psychiatry back issues from June 2007:
Suicidal Behaviour in Children and Adolescents. Part 2: Treatment and Prevention
Jun 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT Objective: To systematically review the treatment of suicidal behaviour in children and adolescents. Method: After discussing the principles of treatment, we review the literature regarding adequate assessment, hospital-based services and their alternatives, and ...
Caring for the Suicidal Patient
Jun 01, 2007; ... Tout le traitement de cette maladie repose sur la division établie par le titre du livre. En admettant des suicides avec ou sans conscience, nous reconnaisons que la thérapeutique doit former deux sections différentes, suivant l'état de raison ou de délire. Il y a cependant, dans ce dernier cas ...
The Current Evidence Base for the Clinical Care of Suicidal Patients: Strengths and Weaknesses
Jun 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT Objective: To delineate the place of suicide as a public health problem, describe the methodology by which studies of care of suicidal persons have been assessed in this compendium of evaluative papers, and consider whether improved clinical care can reduce ...
Clinical Management of Suicidality in the Elderly: An Opportunity for Involvement in the Lives of Older Patients
Jun 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT Objective: To review the risk factors for suicide in the elderly and available interventions to avert this tragedy. Method: Systematic literature review, based on a PubMed search for studies in English. Included were randomized controlled trials (RCTs), controlled cohort ...
Managing Suicidality in Schizophrenia
Jun 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT Objective: The primary objective of this review article is to provide a coherent, systematic synthesis of the literature on the management of suicidality in schizophrenia that is relevant to the front-line clinician. Method: Literature searches were conducted on MEDLINE ...
Suicidal Behaviour in Children and Adolescents. Part 1: Etiology and Risk Factors
Jun 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT Objective: This is Part 1 of a 2-part review of suicidal behaviour in children and adolescents. Part 1 explores the phenomenology and epidemiology of suicide in children and adolescents. Method: Systematic review of the literature since 1966. Behaviours included within ...
Effectiveness of Psychosocial Treatments on Suicidality in Personality Disorders
Jun 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT Objective: Axis II disorders, particularly borderline personality disorder, are highly associated with suicidal behaviours. This paper aims to evaluate treatment of suicidality in borderline personality disorder. Method: Systematic review of the empirical literature on ...
Treating Suicidality in Depressive Illness. Part I: Current Controversies
Jun 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT Objective: To consider 2 current controversies about the treatment of depressed suicidal patients: 1) whether they are undertreated by physicians and 2) whether the increase in antidepressant prescribing in recent years is responsible for the observed fall in suicide rates in ...
Treating Suicidality in Depressive Illness. Part 2: Does Treatment Cure or Cause Suicidality?
Jun 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT Objective: To systematically review studies of treatment efficacy for suicidality in mood disorders. To consider the evidence for whether antidepressants may induce suicidality. Method: Systematic review of the literature. Results and Conclusions: There is fairly ...
Psychopharmacologic Management of Suicidality in Personality Disorders
Jun 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT Objective: To review the evidence for the efficacy of pharmacotherapy and other biological treatments in suicidality associated with personality disorders, chiefly borderline personality disorder. Method: Systematic review of the literature. Results: Studies ...
The Aftermath of Suicide: Managing Survivors' Bereavement
Jun 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT Objective: To consider the management of bereavement in 1) those who have recently experienced the loss of a close family member or friend by suicide, 2) fellow patients on a ward or caregivers, and 3) therapists and other primary caregivers. Method: Systematic review of ...
Mental Illness and the Workplace: A National Concern
Jun 01, 2007; ... No country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources. Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest extravagance. Morally, it is the greatest menace to our social order. -Franklin D Roosevelt On a recent visit to Washington, I visited the Roosevelt ...
Interventions to Improve Employment Outcomes for Workers Who Experience Mental Illness
Jun 01, 2007; ... Objective: To review employment interventions for individuals who experience mental illness. Method: I reviewed employment interventions described in the mental health, disability, and rehabilitation literature for the period 1990 to 2005 and organized these interventions into a ...
Longitudinal Diagnostic Efficiency of DSM-IV Criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder: A 2-Year Prospective Study
Jun 01, 2007; ... Objective: To examine the longitudinal diagnostic efficiency of the DSM-IV criteria for borderline personality disorder (BPD). Methods: At baseline, we used semistructured diagnostic interviews to determine criteria and diagnoses; blinded assessments were performed 24 months later with ...
Survey of Atypical Antipsychotic Prescribing by Canadian Child Psychiatrists and Developmental Pediatricians for Patients Aged Under 18 Years
Jun 01, 2007; ... Objective: To describe self-reported patterns of prescribing atypical antipsychotics (ATAs) and monitoring practices of child psychiatrists and developmental pediatricians in Canada. Method: We surveyed members of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and members of the ...
A Consecutive Series of Treated Affected Offspring of Parents With Bipolar Disorder: Is Response Associated With the Clinical Profile?
Jun 01, 2007; ... Objective: In adults with established bipolar disorder (BD), differential response to mood stabilizers has been associated with the clinical profile. Long-term treatment studies of youth with BD are lacking. This paper provides longitudinal observations of response to mood stabilizers early in ...
Clozapine-Induced Hypersalivation: A Review of Treatment Strategies
Jun 01, 2007; ... Objective: Clozapine-induced hypersalivation (CIH) is a significant side effect affecting about one-third of patients treated with clozapine. CIH can be stigmatizing, can affect quality of life, and can result in discontinuation of clozapine treatment. The purpose of this review is to provide an ...
An International Perspective on Worker Mental Health Problems: Who Bears the Burden and How Are Costs Addressed?
Jun 01, 2007; ... Objective: To discuss the burden of poor mental health in workers, who currently bears it, and how the associated rising costs are being addressed, from an international perspective. Method: We identify the stakeholder groups and the costs they incur as a result of problems related to ...
A Shortcut to Rejection: How Not to Write the Results Section of a Paper
Jun 01, 2007; ... This article discusses common errors in writing up the results of papers. It covers the following: 1) giving details about irrelevant topics, such as what program was used to enter the data, while ignoring important ones (for example, which options were chosen for various statistical tests); 2) ...
HIV and Psychiatry
Jun 01, 2007; ... HIV and Psychiatry: A Training and Resource Manual Kenneth Citron, Marie-Josée Brouillette, Alexandre Beckett, editors. 2nd edition. New York (NY): Cambridge University Press; 2005. 346 p. US$65.00. Reviewer rating: Excellent Review by Raymond Tempier, MD Saskatoon, ...
Starson v. Swayze: The Supreme Court Speaks Out (Not all That Clearly) on the Question of "Capacity"
Jun 01, 2007; ... Objectives: The decision in Starson v. Swayze interpreting the "understanding" requirement for capacity in the Ontario Health Care Consent Act (HCCA) provoked concern and criticism from psychiatric quarters. This article seeks to explain the decision and its implications for Ontario and other ...
Psychiatric Advance Directives and the Right to Refuse Treatment in Canada
Jun 01, 2007; ... Objective: To provide a Canadian perspective on psychiatric advance directives (PADs) and assess whether these documents can be implemented as an adjunct to mental health services to empower people with mental illness. Method: We reviewed Canadian jurisprudence over the past 15 years ...
History of Psychiatry
Jun 01, 2007; ... History of Psychiatry Adventures in Psychiatry: The Scientific Memoirs of Dr Abram Hoffer Abram Hoffer. Toronto (ON): KOS Publishing Inc; 2005. 364 p. CDNS30.00. Reviewer rating: Fair Review by Yvon Lapierre, MD Ottawa, Ontario This is the story of the ...
Re: How Spiritual Values and Worship Attendance Relate to Psychiatric Disorders in the Canadian Population/REPLY
Jun 01, 2007; ... Dear Editor: In the above-noted article by Baetz et al, the finding that "worship frequency is associated with lower rates of mood, anxiety, and substance disorders"1'p660 warrants comments. Going to church is a social event, and people go there for all kinds of reasons having nothing to ...