Psychosis and schizophrenia in adults: new quality standard from NICE
Consultant Psychiatrist Samei Huda provides a personal critique of the new NICE quality standard on psychosis and schizophrenia in adults. Read his thoughts and join the discussion! The post Psychosis...
View ArticleWhen to see a child and adolescent psychiatrist: recent RCPsych guidance
Emily Stapley summarises the recent Royal College of Psychiatrists guidance on child and adolescent psychiatry, which sets out the standards to which child and adolescent psychiatrists work. The post...
View ArticleCBTp and medication in the treatment of psychosis: summarising the best evidence
Clive Adams presents a summary of the latest evidence for CBTp and medication in the treatment of psychosis. This blog was published alongside Clive's talk at the Understanding Psychosis and...
View ArticleNICE challenging behaviour guidelines stress person centred proactive support...
NICE guidelines on supporting people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour have now been published. Here we look at the main recommendations and reflect on how likely they are to improve...
View ArticleProsthetic joints: prophylactic antibiotics not recommended before dental...
The latest recommendation from the ADA indicates that prophylactic antibiotics are not needed for patients with prosthetic joints undergoing dental treatments. The finding are based on 4...
View ArticleOral health improvement in care homes
This cluster randomised controlled trial looked at changes in knowledge and attitudes in care homes following the introduction of an oral health care protocol. Significant improvements in knowledge...
View ArticleWhat is the best management approach for patellofemoral pain?
In this blog, Lesley Dawson considers a mixed methods study, which combined findings from high-quality systematic reviews with clinical reasoning from international clinical experts to produce a best...
View ArticleGuideline: Nonsurgical treatment of chronic periodontitis
This new systematic review from the ADA includes 72 RCTs on nonsurgical treatment approaches for chronic periodontitis. The systematic review provides the basis for a new clinical practice guideline....
View ArticleAntidepressants for depression: new BAP guidance
Helge Hasselmann summarises the recently published evidence-based guidance on antidepressants for depression published by the British Association for Psychopharmacology. The post Antidepressants for...
View ArticlePotentially malignant disorders of the oral cavity: Evaluation guideline
This new clinical practice guideline from the American Dental Association (ADA) updates the 2010 guideline on “Evidence-based Clinical Recommendations Regarding Screening for Oral Squamous Cell...
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