Evidence-Based Medicine

Evidence-based medicine encompasses the scientific method of summarising existing scientific literature and applying this to our day-to-day healthcare decision-making. As doctors, we need evidence that is robust, complete, up-to-date, relevant, and applicable to the patient population on whom we are applying it.

As a team, we have been working on systematic reviews on child and adolescent mental health focusing on psychosis in children and adolescents.

We welcome you to register free for a Webinar on the methods of Cochrane reviews here: Link to Webinar titled: Mastering Evidence-Based Medicine: Exploring Symptom Relief with Cochrane Library hosted by Wiley.

The links to systematic reviews and papers on evidence-based medicine published by our group are below:

  1. Daruvala R, Kumar A, Datta SS, (2021) Do Psychological Interventions Work for Psychosis in Adolescents?, Schizophrenia Bulletin, 47 (3), 692-694. DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbaa132
  2. Datta SS, Daruvala R, Kumar A (2020) Psychological interventions for psychosis in adolescents. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2020, Issue 7. Art. No.: CD00953. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd009533.pub2
  3. Datta, S.S., Imran, S., Kumar, A., Das, D., Jacob, R. (2014) Preventing side effects of antipsychotic medications Minerva Psichiatrica 55(3):143-151. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84951943847&partnerID=MN8TOARS
  4. Datta, S.S., Kumar, A., Wright, S.D., Furtado, V.A., Russell, P.S. (2014) Evidence base for using atypical antipsychotics for psychosis in adolescents. Schizophr Bull. 2014 Mar;40(2):252. DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbt196
  5. Kumar, A., Datta, S.S., Wright, S.D., Furtado, V.A., Russell, P.S. (2013) Atypical antipsychotics for psychosis in adolescents. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. Oct 15. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009582.pub2
  6. Kennedy E, Kumar A, Datta SS (2007) Antipsychotic medications for childhood onset schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin 2007 33(5):1082-1083. DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbm080
  7. Kennedy E, Kumar A, Datta SS (2007) Antipsychotic medications for childhood onset schizophrenia. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. Jul 18;(3):CD004027. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004027.pub2