Background Major depressive disorder is one of the most common, burdensome, and costly
psychiatric disorders worldwide in adults. Pharmacological and non-pharmacological …

Background Schizophrenia is one of the most common, burdensome, and costly psychiatric
disorders in adults worldwide. Antipsychotic drugs are its treatment of choice, but there is …

Background The question of which antipsychotic drug should be preferred for the treatment
of schizophrenia is controversial, and conventional pairwise meta-analyses cannot provide a …

Background Conventional meta-analyses have shown inconsistent results for efficacy of
second-generation antidepressants. We therefore did a multiple-treatments meta-analysis, …

Background The benefits and safety of medications for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
(ADHD) remain controversial, and guidelines are inconsistent on which medications are …

RESEARCH Page 1 Lithium in the prevention of suicide in mood disorders: updated
systematic review and meta-analysis OPEN ACCESS Andrea Cipriani lecturer in psychiatry1 2, …

OBJECTIVE: Observational studies suggest that long-term lithium treatment has a strong
antisuicidal effect in mood disorders, but it is uncertain whether this association is a genuine …

Background Conventional meta-analyses have shown inconsistent results for efficacy of
pharmacological treatments for acute mania. We did a multiple-treatments meta-analysis, which …

Importance Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) has been shown to be effective in the treatment
of acute depression. However, whether CBT can be effectively delivered in individual, …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Many reports of randomized controlled trials (RCTs)
fail to provide standard deviations (SDs) of their continuous outcome measures. Some meta-…