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How do corticosteroids influence myelin genesis in the central nervous system? (2014)
Journal Article
Chari, D. M. (2014). How do corticosteroids influence myelin genesis in the central nervous system?. Neural Regeneration Research, 9(9), 909. https://doi.org/10.4103/1673-5374.133131

Clinical use of corticosteroid (CS) therapy and links with adverse neurological effects
CS therapy is widely used in clinical practice worldwide, with administration of high and multiple doses prescribed for a range of disease and injury. Notably, C... Read More about How do corticosteroids influence myelin genesis in the central nervous system?.

Written emotional disclosure for asthma (2014)
Journal Article
Paudyal, P., Hine, P., Theadom, A., Apfelbacher, C. J., Jones, C. J., Yorke, J., Hankins, M., & Smith, H. E. (2014). Written emotional disclosure for asthma. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Article ARTN CD007676. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD007676.pub2

Background: Psychological stress has been widely implicated in asthma exacerbation. Evidence suggests that written emotional disclosure, an intervention that involves writing about traumatic or stressful experiences, helps to reduce stress and promot... Read More about Written emotional disclosure for asthma.

World Health organization guidelines for management of acute stress, PTSD, and bereavement: key challenges on the road ahead (2014)
Journal Article
Tol, W. A., Barbui, C., Bisson, J., Cohen, J., Hijazi, Z., Jones, L., de Jong, J. T., Magrini, N., Omigbodun, O., Seedat, S., Silove, D., Souza, R., Sumathipala, A., Vijayakumar, L., Weissbecker, I., Zatzick, D., & van Ommeren, M. (2014). World Health organization guidelines for management of acute stress, PTSD, and bereavement: key challenges on the road ahead. PLoS Medicine, Article e1001769. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001769

Wietse Tol and colleagues discuss some of the key challenges for implementation of new WHO guidelines for stress-related mental health disorders in low- and middle-income countries. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary.

Acceptability of a 'guidebook' for the management of Osteoarthritis: a qualitative study of patient and clinician's perspectives (2014)
Journal Article
Morden, A., Jinks, C., Nio Ong, B., Porcheret, M., & Dziedzic, K. S. (2014). Acceptability of a 'guidebook' for the management of Osteoarthritis: a qualitative study of patient and clinician's perspectives. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 15, Article 427. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-15-427

BACKGROUND: Written information can be of benefit to both practitioners and patients and the provision of quality information is emphasised as a core intervention by United Kingdom National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) OA guidelines. Resea... Read More about Acceptability of a 'guidebook' for the management of Osteoarthritis: a qualitative study of patient and clinician's perspectives.

Community treatment orders: Clinical and social outcomes, and a subgroup analysis from the OCTET RCT (2014)
Journal Article
Rugkåsa, J., Molodynski, A., Yeeles, K., Vazquez Montes, M., Visser, C., Burns, T., & (K Canvin), O. G. (2015). Community treatment orders: Clinical and social outcomes, and a subgroup analysis from the OCTET RCT. Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica, 131(5), 321-329. https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.12373

Objective
Despite widespread use internationally, there is no convincing evidence that community treatment orders (CTO) (legal regimes making out-patient treatment compulsory), reduce readmission rates or have wider patient benefit. The primary and... Read More about Community treatment orders: Clinical and social outcomes, and a subgroup analysis from the OCTET RCT.

Pain medication management of musculoskeletal conditions at first presentation in primary care: analysis of routinely collected medical record data (2014)
Journal Article
Ndlovu, M., Bedson, J., Jones, P. W., & Jordan, K. (2014). Pain medication management of musculoskeletal conditions at first presentation in primary care: analysis of routinely collected medical record data. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 15, Article 418. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-15-418

BACKGROUND: Primary care pharmacological management of new musculoskeletal conditions is not consistent, despite guidelines which recommend prescribing basic analgesics before higher potency medications such as opioids or non-steroidal inflammatory d... Read More about Pain medication management of musculoskeletal conditions at first presentation in primary care: analysis of routinely collected medical record data.