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EXPANDED TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME 4, NUMBER 3 MARCH 2001
TREATMENT HIGHLIGHTS
EMPLOYMENT AND THE SEVERELY MENTALLY ILL
To help patients with severe mental illness obtain and maintain competitive employment, supported employment is found to be more effective than prevocational training.

SUICIDALITY
Improvement in attributional style is found to be associated with a decrease in suicidal ideation in children and adolescents.

PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME
An herbal extract, agnus castus, is found to be effective in the treatment of premenstrual syndrome.

ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER / SLEEP DISORDERS
In children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), sleep disturbances are found to be frequently reported by both parents and children.

SLEEP DISORDERS
Weight change is found to be associated with change in sleep-disordered breathing.

ANXIETY
A cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT) program that exclusively targets worry is found to be effective in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).

OF NOTE
A preliminary evaluation of Early Head Start indicates that it is beneficial for young children and their parents.

PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG COMPARISON STUDY
SCHIZOPHRENIA: atypical antipsychotics vs conventional antipsychotics

FDA NEWS AND REVIEW
Approval: Prozac Weekly (fluoxetine) for continuation treatment phase of major depressive disorder

Approval: Reminyl (galantamine) for the treatment of mild to moderate dementia of the Alzheimer’s type

Trade name update: Geodon has been approved as the trade name for ziprasidone (an atypical antipsychotic indicated for the treatment of schizophrenia).

EPIDEMIOLOGY
Tobacco Use among Adolescents

MDMA (“Ecstasy”) Use among Adolescents

ASSESSMENT
Learning Needs Screening Tool

RESOURCES
Each issue presents descriptions of clinical resources (eg, professional materials, patient handouts) and information on how to receive those materials.