Effectiveness of stress control large group psychoeducation for anxiety and depression: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objectives: This review sought to evaluate the effectiveness of the 'Stress Control' (SC) large psychoeducational 6-session group programme developed to increase access to treatment for patients with anxiety and depression.

Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis (Prospero registration: CRD42020173676).

Methods: Pre-post and post-treatment follow-up effect sizes were extracted and synthesized in a random effects meta-analysis, and variations in effect sizes were investigated via moderator analyses.

Evaluation of an educational intervention on breastfeeding for NICU nurses.

The effect of breastfeeding education on breastfeeding knowledge and attitudes of nurses in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) was evaluated. NICU nurses (intervention) and pediatric nurses (untreated control) working at a northeastern US children's hospital participated in the pretest/posttest design study. Both groups answered the same breastfeeding questionnaire on 2 occasions.

Mixed blessings: an essay.

It has been 12 years since Robert and Peggy Stinson chronicled the brief life of their prematurely born son in The Long Dying of Baby Andrew. Their story examined the ethical dilemmas involved in providing neonatal intensive care to marginally viable infants. Although much has changed in neonatal intensive care in 12 years time, issues regarding treatment of marginal infants remain unresolved.

Holoprosencephaly: a case presentation.

Holoprosencephaly is a rare, potentially catastrophic genetic defect involving the midfacial region and brain. The most severe expressions of the disorder are fatal. Approximately 20 percent of individuals with holoprosencephaly have normal brains and mild facial deformities.

A national survey of neonatal intensive-care units: criteria used to determine readiness for oral feedings.

Objective: To describe criteria used to determine readiness for oral feedings in stable, preterm infants.

Design: A 25-item survey questionnaire was mailed to hospitals having level II or level III NICUs.

Setting: Nurseries identified in the 1987 National Perinatal Directory (576 in all) as level II or level III NICUs.