Treatment of depression in the first primary care consultation: A qualitative study.

Introduction: The first primary care consultation for patients with depression can have long-term consequences for patients, but little is known about treatment decisions at this visit. The aim of this study was to explore the treatment of patients presenting in primary care with a new episode of depression and the drivers behind GPs' treatment decisions at the initial consultation.

Materials And Methods: A random sample of GPs in Auckland was invited to participate.

Emoqol 100, an ultra ultra-brief mood case-finding tool: A diagnostic accuracy study.

Background: Case-finding for low mood in primary care can be time-consuming using current depression inventories.

Aim: To assess the diagnostic accuracy, of a single verbally administered question on the emotional quality of life (Emoqol 100), for low mood in patients with symptoms of distress in an ambulatory care setting.

Design And Setting: Eligible patients were consecutive patients seen by one of the authors over 13 months with possible distress/low mood.

Increasing access to contraception in New Zealand: assessing the impact of a new funding initiative.

Aim: This paper offers a grassroots view of the impact of a recent government initiative designed to increase access to contraception and improve health and social outcomes for women in New Zealand.

Method: District health board and primary health organisation project leads were contacted to request information on how each region had chosen to configure contraception services under the new contract in August 2019, a month after the rollout of the initiative, and again in August 2020. In addition, feedback from individual general practitioners was sought via social media groups.

A brief treatment for fear of heights.

Objective To assess the effectiveness of a novel imaginal intervention for people with acrophobia. Methods The design was a randomized controlled trial with concealed randomization and blinded to other participants' intervention. The intervention was a single novel imaginal intervention session or a 15-min meditation.

A systematic review and meta-analysis of treatments for acrophobia.

Objective: To review the literature on the comparative efficacy of psychological, behavioural and medical therapies for acrophobia (fear of heights).

Data Sources: Multiple databases were searched through the Cochrane Common Mental Disorders review group on 1 December 2015.

Data Synthesis: The data were extracted independently and were pooled using RevMan version 5.

Antidepressants for treatment of depression in primary care: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

INTRODUCTION Evidence for the effectiveness of drug treatment for depression in primary care settings remains limited, with little information on newer antidepressant classes. AIM To update an earlier Cochrane review on the effectiveness of antidepressants in primary care to include newer antidepressant classes, and to examine the efficacy of individual agents. METHODS Selection criteria included antidepressant studies with a randomly assigned placebo group where half or more subjects were recruited from primary care.

Neonatal invasive pneumococcal disease: New Zealand experience in the era of pneumococcal vaccination.

Background: Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) became a notifiable disease in New Zealand in 2008, and in the same year pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) was added to the childhood immunisation schedule.

Design: This was a retrospective study of IPD in infants aged <90 days reported to the national notifiable disease database, EpiSurv, from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2013. All cases had Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from a normally sterile site.