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Behavioral Medicine Alerts

 
 

Behavioral Medicine Alerts was a service set up provide references to new articles in the field of behavioral medicine.  They were produced on a bi-weekly basis. The last Alert was Number 159, 2009. An archive of Alerts is available and also a complete list of all articles featured in the 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 Alerts.

Alerts were produced using a comprehensive Medline search strategy designed to find studies of behavioral interventions. In addition, the table of contents of relevant journals were scanned to pick up articles not yet indexed. For more detailed information about the production and contents of Alerts please click here.

Alert 159, December 18, 2009 Alert 158, December 5, 2009 Alert 157, November 20, 2009 Alert 156, November 6, 2009 Alert 155, October 23, 2009

The Cochrane Behavioral Medicine Field acknowledges the support of the National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences in the production and distribution of these Alerts.

Other On-Line Health News Resources

Health Behavior News Digest

Health News Clip

 

Training

 
  Evidence Based Healthcare and Health Technology at University of Birmingham, UK    

Health Psych Evidence-based Treatment Review series

 
 

ABOUT THE SERIES

Davidson, K. W., Trudeau, K. J., Smith, T. W. (2006). Introducing the new Health Psychology series "Evidence-Based Treatment Reviews": Progress not perfection. Health Psychology, 25(1), 1-2.

REVIEW TOPIC: ARTHRITIS

Evidence-based Treatment Review

Dixon, K.E., Keefe, F.J., Scipio, C.D., Perri, LC.M., Abernethy, A.P. (2007). Psychological interventions for arthritis pain management. Health Psychology, 26(3), 241-50.

Clinician’s Comment

Pisetsky, D.S. (2007). Clinician's comment on the management of pain in arthritis Health Psychology, 26(6), 657-59.

REVIEW TOPIC: CHILDHOOD OVERWEIGHT

Evidence-based Treatment Review

Wilfley, D.E., Tibbs, T.L., Van Buren, D.J., Reach, K.P., Walker, M.S., Epstein, L.H. (2007). Lifestyle interventions in the treatment of childhood overweight: a meta-analytic review of randomized controlled trials. Health Psychology, 26(5), 521-32.

Clinician’s Comment

Saelens, B.E., Liu, L. (2007). Clinician's comment on treatment of childhood overweight meta-analysis.  Health Psychology, 26(5), 533-6.

REVIEW TOPIC: CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN

Evidence-based Treatment Review

Hoffman, B.M., Papas, R.K., Chatkoff, D.K., Kerns, R.D. (2007). Meta-analysis of psychological interventions for chronic low back pain. Health Psychology, 26(1), 1-9.

REVIEW TOPIC: CHRONIC PAIN

Evidence-based Treatment Review

Thorn, B.E., Cross, T.H., Walker, B.B. (2007).  Meta-analyses and systematic reviews of psychological treatments for chronic pain: relevance to an evidence-based practice.  Health Psychology, 26(1), 10-12.

REVIEW TOPIC:  DEPRESSION

Evidence-based Treatment Review

Skultety, K.M., Ziess, A. (2006). The treatment of depression in older adults in the primary care setting: an evidence-based review. Health Psychology, 25(6), 665-74.

Clinician’s Comment

Scogin, F., Shah, A. (2006). Screening older adults for depression in primary care settings. Health Psychology, 25(6), 675-7.

REVIEW TOPIC:  HIV

Evidence-based Treatment Review

Crepaz, N., Passin, W.F., Herbst, J.F., Rama, S.M., Malow, R.M., Purcell, D.W., Wolitski, R.J. (2008). Meta-analysis of cognitive-behavioral interventions on HIV-positive persons' mental health and immune functioning. Health Psychology, 27(3), 297-301.

Evidence-based Treatment Review


O'Cleirigh, C., Safren, S. (2008). Optimizing the effects of stress management interventions in HIV. 
Health Psychology, 27(1), 4-14

REVIEW TOPIC:  INSOMNIA

Irwin, M. R., Cole, J. C., & Nicassio, P. M. (2006). Comparative meta-analysis of behavioral interventions for insomnia and their efficacy in middle-aged adults and in older adults 55+ years of age. Health Psychology, 25(1), 3-14.

Clinician’s Comment

Smith, M. T., & Perlis, M. L. (2006). Who is a candidate for cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia? Health Psychology, 25(1), 15-19. 

REVIEW TOPIC:  SMOKING

Evidence-based Treatment Review

Sussman, S., Sun, P. & Dent, C.W. (2006). A meta-analysis of teen cigarette smoking cessation.  Health Psychology, 25(5), 549-57.

Clinician’s Comment

McVea, K.L. (2006). Evidence for clinical smoking cessation for adolescents.  Health Psychology, 25(5), 558-62.

Evidence-based Treatment Review

Webb, M.S. (2008). Treating tobacco dependence among African Americans.  Health Psychology, 27(3, Suppl), S271-S282.

 

On-Line Resources

 
 

Cancer Control Planet

Center for the Advancement of Health

Cochrane for Clinicians produced by the American Family of Physicians

Consolidated Standards of Reporting Randomized Clinical Trials (CONSORT) Statement

Evidence-based Behavioral Medicine

International Society of Behavioral Medicine

JAMA Patient Page

Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research

Treatment Research Institute -- Behavioral Interventions Research section

 

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Related Books

 
 

Abrams, D. B., Niaura, R., Brown, R. A., Emmons, K. M., Goldstein, M. G., & Monti, P. M. (2003). The tobacco dependence treatment handbook: A guide to best practices. New York, NY: The Guildford Press Barlow, D. H. (2001). Clinical handbook of psychological disorders: A step-by-step treatment manual (3rd ed.).

Barlow, D. H. (2001). Clinical handbook of psychological disorders: A step-by-step treatment manual (3rd ed.) Guilford Press.

Cochrane, A. L. (1999). Effectiveness and efficiency: Random reflections on health services. London: The Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited.

Geyman, J. P., Deyo, R. A., & Ramsey, S. D. (Eds.). (2000). Evidence-based clinical practice. Woburn, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann.

Gray, J. A. M. (1997). Evidence-based healthcare: How to make health policy and management decisions. London: Churchill Livingstone.

Guyatt, G., & Rennie, D. (Eds.). (2002). Users' guides to the medical literature: A manual for evidence-based clinical practice. Chicago, IL: American Medical Association.

Hamer, S., & Collinson, G. (Eds.). (1999). Achieving evidence-based practice. London: Harcourt Publishers Limited.

Hayes, S. C., Follette, V. M., Dawes, R. M., & Grady, K. E. (1995).  Scientific standards of psychological practice:  Issues and recommendations.  Reno, NV:  Context Press.

Lee, B. W., Hsu, S. I., & Stasior, D. S. (Eds.). (1997). Quick consult manual of evidence-based medicine. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott-Raven.

Lyddon, W. J., & Jones, J. V. Jr. (Eds.).  (2001).  Empirically supported cognitive therapies:  Current and future applications.  New York, NY:  Springer Publishing Company. 

McQuay, H., & Moore, A. (1998). An evidence-based resource for pain relief. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, Inc.

Nathan, P. E., & Gorman, J. M. (2002). A guide to treatments that work (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Rowland, N., & Goss, S. (2000). Evidence-based counselling and psychological therapies: Research and applications. London: Routledge.

Stevens, K. R., & Cassidy, V. R. (1999). Evidence-based teaching: Current research in nursing education. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

Straus, S. E., Richardson, W. S., Glasziou, P., & Haynes, R. B. (2005). Evidence-based medicine: How to practice and teach EBM (3rd ed.). London: Churchill Livingstone.

Warren, K. S., & Mosteller, F. (Eds.). (1993). Doing more good than harm (Vol. 703). New York, NY: New York Academy of Sciences.

 

 

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