Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists clinical practice guidelines for mood disorders

Abstract

Professor Marie-Paule Austin, Professor Michael Berk, Dr Yulisha Byrow, Professor Helen Christensen, Dr Nick De Felice, A/Professor Seetal Dodd, A/Professor Megan Galbally, Dr Josh Geffen, Professor Philip Hazell, A/Professor David Horgan, A/Professor Felice Jacka, Professor Gordon Johnson, Professor Anthony Jorm, Dr Jon-Paul Khoo, Professor Jayashri Kulkarni, Dr Cameron Lacey, Dr Noeline Latt, Professor Florence Levy, A/Professor Andrew Lewis, Professor Colleen Loo, Dr Thomas Mayze, Dr Linton Meagher, Professor Philip Mitchell, Professor Daniel O'Connor, Dr Nick O'Connor, Dr Tim Outhred, Dr Mark Rowe, Dr Narelle Shadbolt, Dr Martien Snellen, Professor John Tiller, Dr Bill Watkins, Dr Raymond Wu.

Sexual minority youth and depressive symptoms or depressive disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis of population-based studies

“…We believe that this review is timely as there has been a recent call to action recommending that there should be more research into the mental health of lesbian, Much is still unknown about the optimal treatment of depressive symptoms in adolescents (Malhi et al, 2015), hence it is time to consider in what ways young people overall can be treated, alongside gaining an understanding of how sexual minority young people can receive more targeted support and assistance, to ensure that their mental health is enhanced. Work in this area has begun, for instance where an existing intervention has been assessed with young people more generally, such as attachment-based family therapy (Devenish, Berk, & Lewis, 2016), which has been modified specifically with suicidal sexual minority youth in mind (Diamond et al, 2013).…”

An appraisal of practice guidelines for smoking cessation in people with severe mental illness

“…College of Psychiatrists recommend pharmacotherapy, peer supported group therapy and adjustment of antipsychotic medication for those smokers who reduce or stop smoking (Malhi et al, 2015;Galletly et al, 2016;Mendelsohn et al, 2015). Tobacco harm reduction techniques such as long term maintenance on nicotine replacement therapy and/or ecigarettes may need to be considered for smokers with SMI who may be more dependent on nicotine and find it difficult to quit or do not want to quit nicotine (Gartner and Hall, 2015).…”

Positive effects of Individual Cognitive Behavior Therapy for patients with unipolar mood disorders with suicidal ideation in Malaysia: A randomised controlled trial

“…In term of treatment, generally psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy are associated with good outcome in treating patients with depression (Gelenberg et al, 2010;Malhi et al, 2015). In the West, several types of psychotherapy had shown to be effective in treating mood disorders.…”

“…In the West, several types of psychotherapy had shown to be effective in treating mood disorders. A few meta-analytic studies showed that CBT (Cognitive Behavior Therapy) is highly effective for depressive disorders (Beck, 2005;Malhi et al, 2015;Oei and Dingle, 2007), reduce relapses in the treatment of unipolar depression (Butler et al, 2006;Cuijpers et al, 2013;Driessen and Hollon, 2010) and more effective than inter-personal therapy in severe depression (Luty et al, 2007). The efficacy of CBT was also noted in the treatment of acute depressive syndromes (Driessen and Hollon, 2010;Wampoldn et al, 2002).…”