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Talking Therapy Reduces Depression, Anxiety Symptoms in Stroke Survivors

Physician's Weekly

from University College London, and colleagues used national health care records from National Health Service Talking Therapies services in England for 7,597 patients with a hospital diagnosis of stroke before attendance to examine whether psychological treatment is effective for stroke survivors. Jae Won Suh, Ph.D.,

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A comparison of children with functional abdominal pain and irritable bowel syndrome in primary care and secondary care [Child and adolescent health]

Annals of Family Medicine

It is not clear which children are referred and what the differences are between PC and hospital care populations. Insight in patient characteristics in both settings might invite to reflect upon referral strategies of general practitioners (GPs) and interpretation of study results from hospital care.