Populations and settings Blog Posts

• Antidepressants may be less effective in older patients with depression, according to new meta-analysis

  20 Jan 2012

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• The Geriatric Depression Scale is the best screening tool for depression in older people in acute hospital settings

  19 Jan 2012

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• Teaching staff and family carers benefit from combined training around children with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour

  19 Jan 2012

  • John Northfield

  
• GP training and guidelines implementation improves depression care, but training alone does not help, according to new systematic review

  18 Jan 2012

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• No evidence that exercise referral schemes can increase physical activity, fitness or health outcomes for those with a medical diagnosis

  17 Jan 2012

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• Health inequalities in young people with learning disabilities associated with preventable environmental determinants

  17 Jan 2012

  • John Northfield

  
• Hall technique for managing carious primary molars shows good long term outcomes.

  17 Jan 2012

  • Derek Richards

  
• Seven principles of better adoption of evidence in practice, from new MeReC bulletin

  14 Jan 2012

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• Clinical commissioning needs input from specialist doctors, says new NHS Alliance discussion paper

  13 Jan 2012

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• Including people with learning disabilities as researchers and participants in RCTs is possible

  13 Jan 2012

  • John Northfield