Magnitude and factors associated with nonadherence to antiepileptic drug treatment in Africa: A cross-sectional multisite study.

Objectives: The epilepsy treatment gap is large in low- and middle-income countries, but the reasons behind nonadherence to treatment with antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) across African countries remain unclear. We investigated the extent to which AEDs are not taken and associated factors in people with active convulsive epilepsy (ACE) identified in cross-sectional studies conducted in five African countries.

Methods: We approached 2,192 people with a confirmed diagnosis of ACE for consent to give blood voluntarily.

Mortality and SUDEP in epilepsy patients treated with vagus nerve stimulation.

Objective: The risk of premature death is increased in patients with intractable epilepsy. The effect of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) on mortality remains unclear. In a previous study by Annegers et al.

Patient satisfaction with psychiatric outpatient care in a university hospital setting.

Objectives: To measure patient satisfaction with psychiatric outpatient care in a university hospital setting. We wished to ascertain whether there was an association between increased patient satisfaction and background factors such as demographic details, diagnosis and patient preference for outpatient treatment in a hospital or a community setting.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey of individuals' satisfaction levels with their outpatient treatment.

Predictors of Service Use for Mental Health Problems Among British Schoolchildren.

Background:   Most previous studies of service use in relation to mental health have examined services in the USA. We wanted to provide up-to-date findings from a general population sample of British schoolchildren.

Method:   A total of 2461 children aged 5-15 from the 1999 British Child and Adolescent Mental Health Survey were followed up for 3 years.

European clinical guidelines for hyperkinetic disorder -- first upgrade.

Background: The validity of clinical guidelines changes over time, because new evidence-based knowledge and experience develop.

Objective: Hence, the European clinical guidelines on hyperkinetic disorder from 1998 had to be evaluated and modified.

Method: Discussions at the European Network for Hyperkinetic Disorders (EUNETHYDIS) and iterative critique of each clinical analysis.

Pharmacy-based needle exchange (PBNX) schemes in south east England: a survey of service providers.

Aims: To describe the activities of service providers with regard to (i) the business operation and policies defining pharmacy-based needle exchange (PBNX) in South East England; (ii) the day-to-day work of PBNX outlets from the provider perspective; and (iii) problems encountered by PBNX providers.

Design: (i) Postal self-completion questionnaire to all participating PBNX community pharmacies in South East England; and (ii) postal self-completion questionnaire to needle exchange coordinators.

Setting: Community pharmacy needle exchanges.