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List of works by Corrado Barbui

"Wish bias" in antidepressant drug trials?

scientific article published on April 2004

A new approach to psychiatric drug approval in Europe

scientific article (publication date: October 2013)

A simple approach to manage dosages in drug-epidemiology research

scientific article

Academic psychiatry and the pharmaceutical industry: useful partnership or dangerous interaction?

scientific article published on 01 July 2007

Access to and Use of Psychiatric Services by Migrants Resettled in Northern Italy

scientific article published on 22 January 2018

Access to psychotropic medicines in low-resource settings

scientific article published in October 2016

Adding aripiprazole improves major depressive disorder following incomplete response to antidepressants alone

scientific article published in February 2008

Admissions for personality disorders in Italy from 1988 to 1998.

scientific article published on 30 August 2006

Adverse effects of antipsychotic drugs: survey of doctors’ versus patients’ perspective

scientific article published on November 28, 2010

Agomelatine and the brave old world of narrative-based medicine: Table 1

article by Corrado Barbui & Andrea Cipriani published 17 January 2012 in Evidence-Based Mental Health

Agomelatine efficacy and acceptability revisited: systematic review and meta-analysis of published and unpublished randomised trials

scientific article

Allocation concealment and blinding in clinical trials

scientific article published on 01 April 2008

Amitriptyline for depression

scientific article

Antidepressant drug consumption and public health indicators in Italy, 1955 to 2000.

scientific article published in June 2005

Antidepressant drug prescribing among elderly subjects: a population-based study

scientific article published in February 2005

Antidepressant drug prescription and risk of abnormal bleeding: a case-control study

scientific article published in February 2009

Antidepressant drug use in Lombardy, Italy: a population-based study

scientific article published in December 2004

Antidepressant pharmacoepidemiology in a general population sample

scientific article published in June 2005

Antidepressants and benzodiazepines for panic disorder in adults

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Antidepressants and suicide symptoms: compelling new insights from the FDA's analysis of individual patient level data

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Antidepressants for the treatment of depression in patients with cancer

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Antidepressants versus placebo for generalised anxiety disorder (GAD).

scientific article published on 3 February 2018

Antidepressants versus placebo for panic disorder in adults

scientific article

Antidepressants, benzodiazepines and azapirones for panic disorder in adults: a network meta-analysis

scientific article published on 31 July 2017

Antipsychotic Dose Mediates the Association between Polypharmacy and Corrected QT Interval

scientific article

Antipsychotic drug exposure and risk of fracture: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

scientific article published on 23 April 2018

Antipsychotic drug exposure and risk of pulmonary embolism: a population-based, nested case-control study

scientific article published on 29 April 2015

Antipsychotic drug exposure and risk of venous thromboembolism: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

scientific article published on February 2014

Antipsychotic drug prescribing in the elderly is cause for concern

scientific article published in November 2004

Antipsychotic drugs and cerebrovascular events in elderly patients with dementia: a systematic review

scientific article published on July 2008

Are all antidepressants really the same? The case of fluoxetine: a systematic review.

scientific article published on June 2006

Are we going to increase the use of antidepressants up to that of benzodiazepines?

scientific article

Aripiprazole versus haloperidol in combination with clozapine for treatment-resistant schizophrenia in routine clinical care: a randomized, controlled trial

scientific article published in June 2011

Aripiprazole versus haloperidol in combination with clozapine for treatment-resistant schizophrenia: a 12-month, randomized, naturalistic trial

scientific article published on August 2013

Assessing risk of bias in randomized controlled trials

scientific article published in October 2010

Assessment of cerebral blood volume in schizophrenia: A magnetic resonance imaging study

scientific article

Assessment of medication adherence in patients with schizophrenia: the Achilles heel of adherence research

scientific article published in April 2008

Authors' reply to Magrini and colleagues

scientific article published on 17 September 2014

Azapirones versus placebo for panic disorder in adults

scientific article published on 30 September 2014

Azapirones versus placebo for panic disorder in adults

scientific article (publication date: 26 November 2013)

Beneficial and harmful consequences of prepartum and postpartum antidepressant exposure

scientific article

Benzodiazepine use in the real world of psychiatric practice: low-dose, long-term drug taking and low rates of treatment discontinuation

scientific article published on 10 July 2007

Benzodiazepines versus placebo for panic disorder in adults

scientific article

Bias in the evaluation of antidepressants

scientific article published on 01 April 2005

Bupropion versus other antidepressive agents for depression

scientific article

CNS drugs approved by the centralised European procedure: true innovation or dangerous stagnation?

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Can systematic reviews contribute to regulatory decisions?

scientific article

Cerebral atrophy and white matter disruption in chronic schizophrenia.

scientific article

Challenges in developing evidence-based recommendations using the GRADE approach: the case of mental, neurological, and substance use disorders

scientific article

Choice of data extraction tools for systematic reviews depends on resources and review complexity

scientific article

Citalopram versus other anti-depressive agents for depression

scientific article

Citalopram versus other anti-depressive agents for depression

scientific article (publication date: 18 April 2007)

Clinical databases of patients receiving antidepressants. The missing link between research and practice?

scientific article published on 01 July 2002

Clinical interventions for treatment non-adherence in psychosis: meta-analysis

scientific article (publication date: September 2003)

Closing forensic psychiatric hospitals in Italy: a new revolution begins?

scientific article published in June 2015

Clozapine combined with different antipsychotic drugs for treatment resistant schizophrenia

scientific article (publication date: 2009)

Clozapine combined with different antipsychotic drugs for treatment resistant schizophrenia

scientific article

Cochrane for global mental health

scientific article

Combinations of QTc-prolonging drugs: towards disentangling pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic effects in their potentially additive nature

scientific article published on 28 August 2017

Common mental disorders in asylum seekers and refugees: umbrella review of prevalence and intervention studies

scientific article published on 25 August 2017

Comparative efficacy and acceptability of 12 new-generation antidepressants: a multiple-treatments meta-analysis

scientific article (publication date: 28 February 2009)

Comparative efficacy and acceptability of antimanic drugs in acute mania: a multiple-treatments meta-analysis

scientific article (publication date: 8 October 2011)

Comparative efficacy and tolerability of 15 antipsychotic drugs in schizophrenia: a multiple-treatments meta-analysis

scientific article

Comparative efficacy and tolerability of medications for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in children, adolescents, and adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

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Comparative efficacy and tolerability of pharmacological interventions for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children, adolescents and adults: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis

scientific article published on 10 January 2017

Comparison of patient and clinician perspectives in the assessment of antipsychotic medication adherence

scientific article published on 11 August 2009

Corrigendum to “[123I]FP-CIT single photon emission computed tomography findings in drug-induced Parkinsonism” [Schizophr. Res. 113 (2009) 41–48]

scholarly article published in Schizophrenia Research

Cost and outcome implications of using typical and atypical antipsychotics in ordinary practice in Italy.

scientific article published in November 2003

Cross-sectional database analysis of antidepressant prescribing in Italy

scientific article published on 01 February 2003

Decisions on WHO's essential medicines need more scrutiny

scientific article published on 31 July 2014

Depressive disorder needs an evidence base commensurate with its public health importance

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Determinants of antipsychotic polypharmacy in psychiatric inpatients: a prospective study

scientific article published on 01 November 2005

Discharges of patients from public psychiatric hospitals in Italy between 1994 and 2000

scientific article published on 01 March 2003

Discussion of the updated WHO recommendations for mental, neurological, and substance use disorders

scientific article published in November 2016

Does formulation matter? A systematic review and meta-analysis of oral versus long-acting antipsychotic studies

scientific article published on 17 November 2016

Does mental health staffing level affect antipsychotic prescribing? Analysis of Italian national statistics.

scientific article

Does randomized evidence support sertraline as first-line antidepressant for adults with acute major depression? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

scientific article

Does the addition of a second antipsychotic drug improve clozapine treatment?

scientific article published on 23 April 2008

Drug treatment modalities in psychiatric inpatient practice: a 20-year comparison

scientific article published on 19 November 2004

Drug-induced depression: a systematic review to inform clinical practice

scientific article published on July 2004

Duloxetine versus other anti-depressive agents for depression

scientific article

Duloxetine versus other anti-depressive agents for depression

scientific article (publication date: 18 April 2007)

EMA must improve the quality of its clinical trial reports

scientific article published on 25 May 2011

Economic evaluation of antidepressive agents: a systematic critique of experimental and observational studies

scientific article published in April 2003

Effect of medication-related factors on adherence in people with schizophrenia: a European multi-centre study

scientific article published in July 2010

Effect of second-generation antipsychotics on employment and productivity in individuals with schizophrenia: an economic perspective

scientific article published in January 2004

Effectiveness of lithium in subjects with treatment-resistant depression and suicide risk: a protocol for a randomised, independent, pragmatic, multicentre, parallel-group, superiority clinical trial

scientific article

Effectiveness of lithium in subjects with treatment-resistant depression and suicide risk: results and lessons of an underpowered randomised clinical trial

scientific article published on 17 October 2014

Effectiveness of paroxetine in the treatment of acute major depression in adults: a systematic re-examination of published and unpublished data from randomized trials

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Effectiveness of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.

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Efficacy and tolerability of milnacipran in the treatment of major depression in comparison with other antidepressants : a systematic review and meta-analysis.

scientific article

Efficacy of antidepressants and benzodiazepines in minor depression: systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

Efficacy of interventions to reduce coercive treatment in mental health services: umbrella review of randomised evidence

scientific article published on 27 August 2020

Efficacy of pharmacotherapy against core traits of borderline personality disorder: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

scientific article published in November 2006

Efficacy of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and adverse events: meta-regression and mediation analysis of placebo-controlled trials

scientific article published on February 2016

Epidemiological impact of antidepressant and antipsychotic drugs on the general population

scientific article

Escitalopram versus other anti-depressive agents for depression

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Escitalopram versus other antidepressive agents for depression

scientific article

Esketamine clinical trials: reply to Maju et al

scientific article published on 29 April 2020

Esketamine for treatment resistant depression: a trick of smoke and mirrors?

scientific article published on 16 December 2019

Evaluation of dehospitalization policies of the former psychiatric hospitals of Regione Lombardia. QUALYOP study results. I: Structural resources, organizational procedures and activities

Evidence-based guidelines for mental, neurological, and substance use disorders in low- and middle-income countries: summary of WHO recommendations

scientific article

Evidence-based interventions for global mental health: role and mission of a new Cochrane initiative

scientific article published in April 2017

Explanatory and pragmatic trials

scientific article published on 01 April 2007

Factors associated with antipsychotic dosing in psychiatric inpatients: a prospective study

scientific article published in July 2007

First-generation antipsychotics and QTc: any role for mediating variables?

scientific article published on June 2016

Fluoxetine dose and outcome in antidepressant drug trials

scientific article

Fluvoxamine versus other anti-depressive agents for depression

scientific article

Fluvoxamine versus other anti-depressive agents for depression

scientific article (publication date: 19 July 2006)

Forty years without mental hospitals in Italy.

scientific article published on 31 July 2018

Forty-five years of schizophrenia trials in Italy: a survey

scientific article

Frequency and adequacy of depression treatment in a Canadian population sample

scientific article published on 01 December 2007

Generating psychotropic drug exposure data from computer-based medical records

scientific article

Geneva calling: WHO resolution on mental disorders

scientific article published on June 14, 2012

Global mental health: good news, bad news and responsibilities for the future

scientific article published on 19 November 2019

Global mental health: how are we doing?

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Guideline implementation strategies for specialist mental healthcare

scientific article published on July 2013

Haloperidol, risperidone and olanzapine are similarly effective for first-episode non-affective psychosis but have differing side effects

scientific article published on 01 August 2007

Head-to-head comparison of the costs of atypical antipsychotics: a systematic review

scientific article

Hydroxyzine for generalised anxiety disorder

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Hydroxyzine for generalised anxiety disorder

scientific article (published 2007-10-17)

Identification and management of depression in primary care settings. A meta-review of evidence.

scientific article published on October 2006

If you could only choose five psychotropic medicines: updating the interagency emergency health kit.

scientific article

Impact of maternal mental health interventions on child-related outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 19 October 2020

Impact of regulatory changes on first- and second-generation antipsychotic drug consumption and expenditure in Italy

scientific article published in January 2005

Implementation of treatment guidelines for specialist mental health care

scientific article

Implementation of treatment guidelines for specialist mental health care

scientific article (publication date: 17 January 2014)

Implementation of treatment guidelines for specialist mental health care

scientific article published on 15 December 2016

Implementation of treatment guidelines for specialist mental health care.

scientific article published on July 2014

Imputing missing standard deviations in meta-analyses can provide accurate results

scientific article (publication date: 2006)

Imputing response rates from means and standard deviations in meta-analyses

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International dosage differences in fluoxetine clinical trials.

scientific article

Interventions for adults with a history of complex traumatic events: the INCiTE mixed-methods systematic review

scientific article published on 01 September 2020

Investigation of corpus callosum in schizophrenia with diffusion imaging

scientific article

Is the Defined Daily Dose system a reliable tool for standardizing antipsychotic dosages?

article by Michela Nosè et al published September 2008 in International Clinical Psychopharmacology

Is the efficacy of antidepressants in panic disorder mediated by adverse events? A mediational analysis

scientific article

Long-term medical conditions and major depression: strength of association for specific conditions in the general population

scientific article

Long-term treatment of depression with antidepressants: a systematic narrative review

scientific article

Low dosage tricyclic antidepressants for depression

scientific article

Making the use of psychotropic drugs more rational through the development of GRADE recommendations in specialist mental healthcare

scientific article published on 2 May 2013

Management of acute stress, PTSD, and bereavement: WHO recommendations

scientific article published in August 2013

Mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings: linking practice and research

scientific article published on October 16, 2011

Meta-analysis of effects and side effects of low dosage tricyclic antidepressants in depression: systematic review

scientific article

Metareview on short-term effectiveness and safety of antidepressants for depression: an evidence-based approach to inform clinical practice.

scientific article

Milnacipran versus other anti-depressive agents for depression

scientific article

Milnacipran versus other antidepressive agents for depression

scientific article

Mirtazapine versus other anti-depressive agents for depression

scientific article

Mirtazapine versus other antidepressants in the acute-phase treatment of adults with major depression: systematic review and meta-analysis.

scientific article published on September 2008

Mirtazapine versus other antidepressive agents for depression

scientific article

Monitoring community psychiatric services in Italy: differences between patients who leave care and those who stay in treatment

scientific article published in March 2002

New generation psychotropics and the automatism of prescribing

scientific article published on 01 June 2005

Non-specialist psychosocial interventions for children and adolescents with intellectual disability or lower-functioning autism spectrum disorders: a systematic review

scientific article

On the need for epidemiology in psychiatric sciences

scientific article published on 25 November 2019

Outcome reporting bias in clinical trials

scientific article published in January 2009

Parent skills training for parents of children or adults with developmental disorders: systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

scientific article

Paroxetine versus other anti-depressive agents for depression

scientific article (publication date: 2007)

Past use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and the risk of cerebrovascular events in the elderly

scientific article published in May 2005

Patient opinions on the benefits of treatment programs in residential psychiatric care

scientific article published in September 2004

Patterns of benzodiazepine use in a Canadian population sample.

scientific article published in July 2009

Persistence with pharmacological treatment in the specialist mental healthcare of patients with severe mental disorders

scientific article published on 10 May 2012

Persistence with polypharmacy and excessive dosing in patients with schizophrenia treated in four European countries

article published in 2006

Pharmacotherapeutic interventions for bipolar disorder type II: addressing multiple symptoms and approaches with a particular emphasis on strategies in lower and middle-income countries

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Poor implementation of the EU clinical trial regulation is a major threat for pragmatic trials in European countries

scientific article published on 06 May 2020

Predicting costs of mental health care: a critical literature review

scientific article published on 4 January 2007

Prevalence and Correlates of Psychological Distress and Psychiatric Disorders in Asylum Seekers and Refugees Resettled in an Italian Catchment Area

scientific article

Prevalence and treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders among tertiary hospitals in Pakistan; findings and implications

scientific article published on 28 April 2020

Prevalence, incidence and persistence of antipsychotic drug prescribing in the Italian general population: retrospective database analysis, 1999-2002.

scientific article published in June 2006

Psychological and pharmacological interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder and comorbid mental health problems following complex traumatic events: Systematic review and component network meta-analysis

scientific article published on 19 August 2020

Psychological interventions for positive symptoms in schizophrenia: protocol for a network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

scientific article

Psychological therapies for the treatment of mental disorders in low- and middle-income countries affected by humanitarian crises

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Psychological treatments versus treatment as usual for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)

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Psychosocial interventions for children exposed to traumatic events in low- and middle-income countries: study protocol of an individual patient data meta-analysis

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Psychosocial interventions for post-traumatic stress disorder in refugees and asylum seekers resettled in high-income countries: Systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article

Psychotherapies for depression in low- and middle-income countries: a meta-analysis

scientific article published in February 2018

Psychotropic drug epidemiology: the road travelled, the road ahead

scientific article published in June 2005

Publication bias in systematic reviews

scientific article published in July 2007

Randomized trials published in Chinese or Western journals: comparative empirical analysis

scientific article published on June 2012

Rationale and design of an independent randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of aripiprazole or haloperidol in combination with clozapine for treatment-resistant schizophrenia

scientific article published on 15 May 2009

Reboxetine versus other antidepressive agents for depression

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Regulatory meta-analyses for the evaluation of psychotropic medicines

scientific article

Regulatory policies on medicines for psychiatric disorders: is Europe on target?

scientific article published in February 2007

Regulatory science in Europe: the case of schizophrenia trials

scientific article published on 21 June 2013

Relationship between Self-Reported and Observer-Reported Ratings for Psychopathology in Psychiatric Inpatients

scientific article published on 25 July 2007

Relationship between quality of reports of antidepressant randomized controlled trials and treatment estimates: systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression analysis

scientific article published on August 2007

Reply

Response rates in patients with schizophrenia and positive symptoms receiving cognitive behavioural therapy: a systematic review and single-group meta-analysis

Review: Short-term benefit of escitalopram versus citalopram for depression uncertain, but big difference in French health insurance costs

scientific article published on 22 March 2013

Review: antidepressant plus antipsychotic increases clinical response rates in psychotic depression

scientific article published on February 2007

Review: antipsychotic plus mood stabiliser co-therapy is more effective than mood stabiliser mono-therapy at reducing acute bipolar mania

scientific article published on August 2007

Review: is aripiprazole as effective as risperidone in people with schizophrenia?

scientific article published on May 2010

Risk of suicidal behaviour in adults taking antidepressants

scientific article published on 11 August 2009

Routine outcome monitoring in clinical practice: service and non-service costs of psychiatric patients attending a Community Mental Health Centre in Italy

scientific article published in December 2004

Safety reporting and adverse-event profile of mirtazapine described in randomized controlled trials in comparison with other classes of antidepressants in the acute-phase treatment of adults with depression: systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article

Schizophrenia trials conducted in African countries: a drop of evidence in the ocean of morbidity?

scientific article published on July 6, 2012

Scientists Against War: A Plea to World Leaders for Better Governance

scientific article published in 2022

Second-generation antipsychotics and risk of cerebrovascular accidents in the elderly

scientific article

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and risk of suicide: a systematic review of observational studies

scientific article published on February 2009

Sertraline versus other antidepressive agents for depression

scientific article (published 2010-01-01)

Sertraline versus other antidepressive agents for depression

scientific article

Sertraline versus other antidepressive agents for depression

scientific article (published 2009-04-15)

Sertraline versus other antidepressive agents for depression.

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Seven criteria for improving effectiveness trials in psychiatry

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Sex differences in the subjective tolerability of antipsychotic drugs

scientific article published on 01 December 2005

Sharing all types of clinical data and harmonizing journal standards

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State of psychiatry in Italy 35 years after psychiatric reform. A critical appraisal of national and local data

scientific article

Suicide prevention strategies and mental disorders.

scientific article published in July 2009

Suicide, depression, and antidepressants

scientific article published on February 2005

Systematic reviews and clinical decisions in psychiatry

scientific article published on 01 July 2003

The BPRS-E as Predictor of Length of Stay in a Residential Facility

scientific article published on 01 June 2005

The Italian mental health-care reform: public health lessons

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The attitude of patients with mental disorders towards pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments: emerging implications for clinical practice, service organization and research

scientific article published in July 2008

The changing pattern of inpatient antipsychotic drug use in Italy

scientific article published in October 2004

The evidence-practice gap in specialist mental healthcare: systematic review and meta-analysis of guideline implementation studies

scientific article

The prevalence of antidepressant and antipsychotic drug prescribing in Lombardy, Italy

scientific article published on 01 February 2005

Treatment choices in women with bipolar disorder seeking pregnancy: a clinical case illustration

scientific article published on 24 October 2013

Treatment discontinuation with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) versus tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs)

scientific article

Trends in the prescribing of antipsychotic medicines in Pakistan: implications for the future

scholarly article by Sidra Mahmood et al published 20 September 2018 in Current Medical Research and Opinion

Trends in the use of the Italian Mental Health Act, 1979--1997.

scientific article published in November 2004

Understanding antipsychotic non-classical prescriptions: a quantitative and qualitative approach

scientific article published in July 2008

Update of suicide trends in Italy from 1986 to 1996

scientific article published on 01 June 2002

Using GRADE to update WHO recommendations for MNS.

scientific article published in December 2015

Using the needs of WHO to prioritise Cochrane reviews: The case of antipsychotic drugs

scientific article published on September 24, 2011

Validity of indirect comparisons in meta-analysis.

scientific article published in January 2007

Varying and "atypical" indications for atypical antipsychotics

scientific article published on 22 May 2003

Venlafaxine for major depression

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Venlafaxine versus other anti-depressive agents for depression

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Violence in psychiatric units: a 7-year Italian study of persistently assaultive patients

scientific article published on 23 June 2006

Vortioxetine for depression in adults

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Vortioxetine for depression in adults

scientific article published on 5 July 2017

WHO Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) Intervention Guide: a systematic review of evidence from low and middle-income countries

scientific article

What is a clinical trial protocol?

scientific article published on April 1, 2010

What is a forest plot?

scientific article published on 01 October 2006

What is a risk ratio?

scientific article published in January 2007

What is a systematic review?

scientific article published on July 2006

What is an individual patient data meta-analysis?

scientific article

What is an intention to treat analysis?

scientific article published on 01 January 2008

When important steps for a reliable meta-analysis are missing: the bevacizumab versus ranibizumab case

scientific article published on 18 February 2015

World Health organization guidelines for management of acute stress, PTSD, and bereavement: key challenges on the road ahead

scientific article

Worrying patterns of out-patient psychotropic drug prescribing in children and adolescents

scientific article published on 01 January 2005

[A systemic review of the European Agency for the evaluation of medicinal products (EMEA) recommendations on the conduct of clinical trials in psychiatry]

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

[Systemic review of clinical interventions for reducing treatment non-adherence in psychosis]

scientific article published on 01 October 2003

[¹²³I]FP-CIT single photon emission computed tomography findings in drug-induced Parkinsonism

scientific article published on 20 June 2012