Stephen Kisely

..To measure alcohol-related harms to the health of young people presenting to emergency departments (EDs) of Gold Coast public hospitals before and after the increase in the federal government "alcopops" tax in 2008...

..We used records of the Nova Scotia Medical Examiner Service (NSMES) to compare people who had contact with a health professional prior to suicide with those who did not...

..The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the usefulness of such data for the surveillance of mood and anxiety disorder using databases from the following Canadian provinces: British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia...

..Most data on the quality of vascular care for individuals with psychiatric conditions come from countries without universal healthcare...

..To evaluate the usefulness of administrative data for the surveillance of mental illness in Canada using databases in the following 5 provinces: British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and Alberta...

..Health LinQ is part of the Queensland node involving four Queensland universities, Queensland Health and the Australian e-Health Research Centre...

..We determined the relative incidence of 2 obesity-related conditions (diabetes and hypertension) in older psychiatric patients receiving antipsychotics, antidepressants, and mood stabilizers...

..Aims To compare the oral health of people with severe mental illness with that of the general population...

..Qualitative research can complement quantitative approaches. An understanding of both is useful in critically appraising the psychiatric literature...

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..This instrument is widely used in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, but not in Canada. We tested its sensitivity and predictive validity under conditions that would resemble, as closely as possible, routine use...

..In addition, data on outcome in primary care are equivocal. We compare the effect of both constructs (medically explained and unexplained symptoms) on psychiatric morbidity and disability (social and physical) at 1 year follow-up...

..Most studies of mortality in psychiatric patients have investigated in-patients rather than those attending out-patient clinics or primary care, where most receive treatment...

..Outpatient contacts were significantly greater for the CTO group. However, we do not know whether the intensity of treatment, or its compulsory nature, effected outcome...

..Other study methods may clarify their effectiveness. We reviewed RCT and non-RCT evidence for the effect of compulsory community treatment on hospital admissions, bed-days, compliance and out-patient contacts...

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..Ratings were sensitive to time and setting, with significantly higher scores in inpatients than outpatients. Individual diagnoses had different patterns of scores, further supporting validity...

..The median wait time was 6 days in comparison with 39.5 days for the comparison site. CONCLUSIONS: This model can complement other initiatives to improve the health of marginalized populations, and may be relevant to Australia...

..At 1-year follow-up, longer duration was associated with worse psychiatric outcome even after controlling for potential confounders...

..Two recent epidemiological studies in Australia (n>118 000), as well as a systematic review of all previous literature using appropriately matched or randomised controls (n=1108), suggest that it is unlikely to help...

..However, methodological limitations (e.g., inadequate randomization) have affected the quality of this research, thereby weakening RCT findings...

..However, we do not know if it is the intensity of treatment, or its compulsory nature, that effects outcome...

..The aim of this study was to determine the association between physical morbidity and recovery from psychiatric illness in primary care...

..To compare family physicians' reports of their experiences managing patients with psychiatric disorders in settings with and without access to collaborative mental health services...

..The service offered short-term crisis management, with mobile interventions being attended by a plainclothes police officer and a mental health professional...

..It is not possible to plan a programme to help individuals stop smoking in mental health settings unless factors such as demographics, diagnosis and concurrent medication are taken into account...

..Individually provided short-term psychodynamic psychotherapies (STPP) have shown promising results. However, the effectiveness of STPP for somatic symptom disorders has not been reviewed...

..To report the results of a systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of psychological interventions for children and adolescents undergoing needle-related procedures...

..To systematically assess the quality, accountability and readability of Internet information on the treatment of schizophrenia and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), using a standardized pro forma...