2017
The efficacy of benzodiazepines as acute anxiolytics in children: A meta‐analysis
Kuang H, Johnson JA, Mulqueen JM, Bloch MH. The efficacy of benzodiazepines as acute anxiolytics in children: A meta‐analysis. Depression And Anxiety 2017, 34: 888-896. PMID: 28504861, PMCID: PMC5629100, DOI: 10.1002/da.22643.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEfficacy of benzodiazepinesPediatric patientsAnxiety disordersTolerability of benzodiazepinesRoom proceduresCurrent practice guidelinesStandardized mean differenceFunnel plot asymmetryOperating room proceduresProcedural settingsPediatric anxiety disordersTolerability analysisAcute managementBenzodiazepine treatmentStratified subgroupsPractice guidelinesControl groupAcute anxiolyticPublication biasAnxiolyticsBenzodiazepinesMean differencePatientsSpecific agentsAnxiety levels
2015
Assessment and Management of Treatment-Refractory Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Children
Bloch MH, Storch EA. Assessment and Management of Treatment-Refractory Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Children. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2015, 54: 251-262. PMID: 25791142, PMCID: PMC4460245, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2015.01.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTreatment-refractory obsessive-compulsive disorderPediatric obsessive-compulsive disorderSelective serotonin reuptake inhibitorsObsessive-compulsive disorderCognitive behavioral therapyTreatment-Refractory ObsessivePharmacological treatment optionsSide effect profileSerotonin reuptake inhibitorsTreatment of adultsGlutamate-modulating agentsLittle evidence-based dataEvidence of efficacyEvidence-based dataPediatric OCD patientsOCD symptomsAntipsychotic augmentationSSRI dosagesPediatric patientsReuptake inhibitorsEffect profilePediatric populationTreatment optionsPractice guidelinesEffective treatment