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January 2003

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Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions in Primary Care to Reduce Alcohol Misuse
This statement, in Adobe Acrobat format, is available from the Open Minds web site - "This statement summarizes the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations on behavioral counseling interventions to reduce alcohol misuse in primary care patients and the supporting evidence, and it updates the 1996 recommendations contained in the Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, second edition. Explanations of the ratings and of the strength of overall evidence are given in Appendix A and Appendix B, respectively. The article summarizing the effectiveness of interventions in the adult population and the systematic evidence review on this topic can be obtained through the USPSTF Web site and through the National Guideline Clearinghouse."  
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Cognitive Function May Be Impaired in Some Older Bipolar Patients
Reuters Health story at Medscape - "A significant proportion of older, euthymic bipolar patients show neuropsychological deficits, according to the findings of a small study. In the April issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry, Dr. Ariel G. Gildengers and colleagues from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, in Pennsylvania, report on the cognitive functioning of older patients with bipolar disorder." "med"  
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Medscape Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, March 2004
Medscape's clinician's guide to the latest clinical research findings in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Child Psychiatry and Human Development, the British Journal of Psychiatry Australian and the New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. [Viewing Medscape resources requires registration, which is free].  
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Medscape Journal Scan - Psychiatry, March 2004
"Journal Scan is the clinician's guide to the latest clinical research findings in the American Journal of Psychiatry, The Lancet, Archives of General Psychiatry, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, and Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology. Short summaries of feature articles include links to the article abstracts and full text, when available." "med"  
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