The Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Disorders (CANMAT) has produced an update of its guidelines for the management of patients with bipolar disorder (Yatham et al. Bipolar Disord 2013;15:1-44). The guidelines were produced in conjunction with the International Society for Bipolar Disorders. Read More
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Optimizing treatment of RRMS: Canadian recommendations
September 4, 2013SPECIAL REPORT
The Canadian MS Working Group has issued recommendations on optimizing treatment of patients with relapsing-remitting MS (Freedman et al. Can J Neurol Sci 2013;40:307-323). The publication updates recommendations published in 2004 (Freedman et al. Can J Neurol Sci 2004;31:157-168). See below for free download information. Read More
PD dementia undertreated
July 17, 2013A U.S. study reports that Parkinson’s disease dementia often goes unrecognized in the nursing home setting (Hoegh et al. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2013; 2013;21:529-535).
What is the minimum clinically important change in PANSS?
July 17, 2013An analysis has been conducted to determine the minimum clinically important difference in the positive and negative syndrome scale (PANSS) during antipsychotic treatment based on data from the Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness (CATIE) study (Hermes et al. J Clin Psychiatry 2012;73:526-532). Data were available for 1,442 patients to link PANSS scores and clinician/patient ratings on the Clinical Global Impressions (CGI) scale.