eClips Consult provides evidence-graded abstracts of the most important articles in your speciality, along with expert commentary and ratings on their significance. It's the efficient way to stay current in medicine. http://eclips.consult.comen-us<![CDATA[Family studies of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa have yielded important information about the etiologies of these eating disorders. By contrast, little is known about familial factors of etiologic importance for binge-eating disorder (BED). The purpose of the current family history study was to assess the prevalence of comorbid psychopathology in a non–treatment seeking female sample of 31 probands with BED, 32 control probands without BED, and their 283 first-degree relatives. In-person semistructured clinical interviews were conducted with the probands, who also served as informants for all of their first-degree relatives. Significantly higher lifetime rates of major depressive disorder, dysthymic disorder, and social phobia were found among women with BED compared with control women. Significantly higher lifetime rates of bipolar (I or II) disorder, any depressive disorder, nearly all anxiety disorders, anorexia nervosa, and BED were reported among the first-degree relatives of women with BED compared with the first-degree relatives of control women. Furthermore, female relatives of women with BED were reported to have higher rates of substance use disorders and dysthymic disorder compared with female relatives of control women without BED. Nearly all disorders that were elevated in relatives of women with BED followed a pattern of independent transmission from BED. The primary exception was substance use disorder among female relatives, whose transmission pattern was consistent with that of a shared etiology with BED. Thus, BED and substance use disorder may share a common mechanism of familial transmission among women.]]>http://eclips.consult.com/eclips/article/Psychiatry/S0084-3970(08)79209-0?source=rsshttp://eclips.consult.com/eclips/article/Psychiatry/S0084-3970(08)79209-0?source=rss03 Jan 2009Psychiatry<![CDATA[Outcome after lung transplantation (LTx) is affected by the onset of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) and lung function decline. Reduced health-related quality of life (HRQL) and physical mobility have been shown in patients developing BOS, but the impact on the capacity to walk is unknown. We aimed to compare the long-term HRQL and 6-minute walk test (6MWT) between lung recipients affected or not by BOS Grade ≥2.]]>http://eclips.consult.com/eclips/article/Pulmonary Disease/S8756-3452(08)79153-9?source=rsshttp://eclips.consult.com/eclips/article/Pulmonary Disease/S8756-3452(08)79153-9?source=rss03 Jan 2009Pulmonary Disease<![CDATA[The antipsychotic drug aripiprazole has clinically efficacy similar to that of haloperidol, risperidone, and olanzapine for both positive and negative symptoms. It produces better effects on verbal learning than olanzapine. It stands alone in its low incidence of extrapyramidal symptoms and absence of elevated prolactin levels.]]>http://eclips.consult.com/eclips/article/Psychiatry/S0084-3970(08)79045-5?source=rsshttp://eclips.consult.com/eclips/article/Psychiatry/S0084-3970(08)79045-5?source=rss03 Jan 2009Psychiatry<![CDATA[Exercise intolerance limits chronic restrictive respiratory failure (CRF) patients from participating in daily activities. The specific modalities that could improve exercise tolerance in these patients remain to be established.]]>http://eclips.consult.com/eclips/article/Pulmonary Disease/S8756-3452(08)79125-4?source=rsshttp://eclips.consult.com/eclips/article/Pulmonary Disease/S8756-3452(08)79125-4?source=rss03 Jan 2009Pulmonary Disease<![CDATA[Twenty-nine percent of the world’s tuberculosis cases and 34% of related deaths occur in Africa, which accounts for only 11% of the world’s population. The tuberculosis incidence doubled between 1990 and 2005 in Africa yet remained stable or declined in all other areas. What contributes to this epidemic and what can be done to turn the situation around were discussed.]]>http://eclips.consult.com/eclips/article/Pulmonary Disease/S8756-3452(08)79174-6?source=rsshttp://eclips.consult.com/eclips/article/Pulmonary Disease/S8756-3452(08)79174-6?source=rss03 Jan 2009Pulmonary Disease<![CDATA[The measurement of blood pressure is a common clinical exam with important health consequences. We sought to determine whether the measurement of blood pressure over a sleeved arm varies from that taken on a bare arm.]]>http://eclips.consult.com/eclips/article/Emergency Medicine/S0271-7964(08)79024-4?source=rsshttp://eclips.consult.com/eclips/article/Emergency Medicine/S0271-7964(08)79024-4?source=rss03 Jan 2009Emergency Medicine<![CDATA[To examine clinical characteristics and treatment responses of patients presenting with delirium and mania to a psychiatric inpatient unit.]]>http://eclips.consult.com/eclips/article/Psychiatry/S0084-3970(08)79170-9?source=rsshttp://eclips.consult.com/eclips/article/Psychiatry/S0084-3970(08)79170-9?source=rss03 Jan 2009Psychiatry<![CDATA[In response to the large-scale involvement of people with mental disorders in the criminal justice system, many communities have created specialized mental health courts in recent years. However, little research has been done to evaluate the criminal justice outcomes of such courts. This study evaluated whether a mental health court can reduce the risk of recidivism and violence by people with mental disorders who have been arrested.]]>http://eclips.consult.com/eclips/article/Psychiatry/S0084-3970(08)79082-0?source=rsshttp://eclips.consult.com/eclips/article/Psychiatry/S0084-3970(08)79082-0?source=rss03 Jan 2009Psychiatry<![CDATA[Pulmonary hypertension (PH) commonly complicates the course of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). It has a significant impact on outcomes and is, therefore, important to detect.]]>http://eclips.consult.com/eclips/article/Pulmonary Disease/S8756-3452(08)79105-9?source=rsshttp://eclips.consult.com/eclips/article/Pulmonary Disease/S8756-3452(08)79105-9?source=rss03 Jan 2009Pulmonary Disease<![CDATA[To measure change in adult non-smokers' exposure to secondhand smoke in public and private places after smoke-free legislation was implemented in Scotland.]]>http://eclips.consult.com/eclips/article/Pulmonary Disease/S8756-3452(08)79073-X?source=rsshttp://eclips.consult.com/eclips/article/Pulmonary Disease/S8756-3452(08)79073-X?source=rss03 Jan 2009Pulmonary Disease