Stumped? 5 steps to find the latest evidence
Current Psychiatry. 2004 November;03(11):39-46
November 1, 2004|Psychiatry
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Shortcuts and online resources make searches less confusing, easier to apply to practice
Use pre-appraised information sources. With online databases such as Clinical Evidence and Evidence-Based Mental Health, you can find information quickly, often in the time it takes to use textbooks.5,12,17
Excellent EBM texts4,6,12 and online resources may be useful (Table 3). Courses are listed on the EBM Education Center of Excellence Web site, and the Centre for Evidence-Based Mental Health at Oxford University offers an outstanding course for psychiatrists.
Related resources
- Gray GE. Concise guide to evidence-based psychiatry. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, 2004.
- Greenhalgh T. How to read a paper: the basics of evidence-based medicine (2nd ed). London, BMJ Books, 2001.
- Guyatt G, Rennie D (eds). Users’ guides to the medical literature: a manual for evidence-based clinical care. Chicago: AMA Press, 2002.
- Sackett DL, Straus SE, Richardson WS, et al. Evidence-based medicine: how to practice and teach EBM (2nd ed). New York: Churchill Livingstone, 2000.
Acknowledgment
Supported in part by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (5-R24-MH61456-03).
