Pills, thrills, and bellyaches
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2005;330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.0-h [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

This week's This week in the BMJ

	SSRIs and suicide: evidence supports the association [Full text] FREE

	SSRIs and suicide: drug companies' trials are inconclusive [Full text] FREE

	SSRIs and suicide: risks seem to be similar to risks with tricyclics [Full text] FREE

	Repetition of self harm is not predicted well [Full text] FREE

	What is taught about cultural diversity? [Full text] FREE

	Subfecundity increases the risk of neonatal death [Full text] FREE

	Locked-in syndrome [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Suicide, depression, and antidepressants
	Andrea Cipriani, Corrado Barbui, John R Geddes
	BMJ  2005;330:373-374, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.373 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Clinical and communication skills
	Jane Kidd, Vinod Patel, Ed Peile, Yvonne Carter
	BMJ  2005;330:374-375, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.374 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Low level alcohol consumption and the fetus
	Raja A S Mukherjee, S Hollins, Mohammed T Abou-Saleh, Jeremy Turk
	BMJ  2005;330:375-376, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.375 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Neglected diseases
	Michael D Rawlins
	BMJ  2005;330:376-377, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.376 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The treatment of lupus nephritis
	David P D'Cruz, Graham R V Hughes
	BMJ  2005;330:377-378, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.377 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Rethinking childhood depression: Does childhood depression exist?
	D B Double
	BMJ  2005;330:418, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.418 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Rethinking childhood depression: Consider what it means to be a child these days
	Kate Walker
	BMJ  2005;330:418, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.418-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Rethinking childhood depression: Treatment options may be limited by resources
	Christopher I Pelton
	BMJ  2005;330:418, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.418-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Rethinking childhood depression: Summary of responses
	Birte Twisselmann
	BMJ  2005;330:418-419, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.418-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Biomedical models and healthcare systems: New model will be useful if it alters allocation of resources
	Ellen S Wright
	BMJ  2005;330:419, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.419 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Biomedical models and healthcare systems: Developmental perspective may elucidate argument
	Simon R Wilkinson
	BMJ  2005;330:419, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.419-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Biomedical models and healthcare systems: Tangible pathology has great validity
	Peter Davies
	BMJ  2005;330:419-420, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.419-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors: Evidence base for older antidepressants is shaky too
	Joanna Moncrieff
	BMJ  2005;330:420, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.420 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors: Placebo washouts inflate antidepressant effects in general practice
	Harm W J van Marwijk, Herman J Adèr
	BMJ  2005;330:420, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.420-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors: THREAD trial may show way forward
	Robert Peveler, Tony Kendrick, THREAD Study Group
	BMJ  2005;330:420-421, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.420-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The Mexico Summit on Health Research 2004: Mexico agenda was informed by wide consultation
	Tikki Pang
	BMJ  2005;330:421, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.421 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The Mexico Summit on Health Research 2004: Medical community in developing countries has duty to promote healthcare research
	Stuart Enoch
	BMJ  2005;330:421, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.421-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Trial protocols: time for more than tinkering
	James Penston
	BMJ  2005;330:421, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.421-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

This week's News

	Shortage of surgeons might threaten NHS targets
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2005;330:379, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.379 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Lack of women cardiologists might lower standards
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2005;330:379, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.379-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	In brief
	BMJ  2005;330:380, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.380 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Italy's health minister reported to be under investigation
	Fabio Turone
	BMJ  2005;330:380, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.380-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Woman seeks approval to use frozen embryos
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2005;330:380, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.380-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Barrier in West Bank threatens residents' health care, says report
	Deborah Cohen
	BMJ  2005;330:381, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.381 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Findings from COX 2 studies are released
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2005;330:381, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.381-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Antibiotic resistance is highest in south and east Europe
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;330:383, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.383-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	New health funding allocation targets England's deprived areas
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2005;330:384, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.384 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Standard of care by doctors may drop with years spent in practice
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2005;330:384, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.384-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	Testicular cancer has increased in many populations worldwide
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2005;330:382, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.382 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Medical courts could ease US malpractice crisis, group says
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2005;330:382, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.382-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Artistry sought in science and medicine awards
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2005;330:382, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.382-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Situation in Darfur is deteriorating, Red Cross warns
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2005;330:382, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.382-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Budget proposes spending cuts in US public health programmes
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2005;330:382, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.382-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Epidurals do not lead to more caesarean sections, study shows
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;330:383, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.383 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Hospitals in Germany must do more to procure organs, says report
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2005;330:383, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.383-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	London hospital publishes mortality data for individual surgeons
	Colleen Shannon
	BMJ  2005;330:384, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.384-b [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Papers

This week's Papers

	Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and suicide in adults: meta-analysis of drug company data from placebo controlled, randomised controlled trials submitted to the MHRA's safety review
	David Gunnell, Julia Saperia, Deborah Ashby
	BMJ  2005;330:385, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.385 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Antidepressant treatment and the risk of fatal and non-fatal self harm in first episode depression: nested case-control study
	Carlos Martinez, Stephan Rietbrock, Lesley Wise, Deborah Ashby, Jonathan Chick, Jane Moseley, Stephen Evans, David Gunnell
	BMJ  2005;330:389, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.389 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details] FREE

	Subfecundity and neonatal mortality: longitudinal study within the Danish national birth cohort
	Olga Basso, Jørn Olsen
	BMJ  2005;330:393-394, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38336.616806.8F, (Published 4 February 2005) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Predicting the risk of repetition after self harm: cohort study
	Navneet Kapur, Jayne Cooper, Cathryn Rodway, Joanne Kelly, Else Guthrie, Kevin Mackway-Jones
	BMJ  2005;330:394-395, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38337.584225.82, (Published 26 January 2005) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Association between suicide attempts and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors: systematic review of randomised controlled trials
	Dean Fergusson, Steve Doucette, Kathleen Cranley Glass, Stan Shapiro, David Healy, Paul Hebert, Brian Hutton
	BMJ  2005;330:396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.396 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Learning in practice

This week's Learning in practice

	Discussing randomised clinical trials of cancer therapy: evaluation of a Cancer Research UK training programme
	V Jenkins, L Fallowfield, I Solis-Trapala, C Langridge, V Farewell
	BMJ  2005;330:400, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38366.562685.8F, (Published 10 February 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details] FREE

	Teaching of cultural diversity in medical schools in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland: cross sectional questionnaire survey
	Nisha Dogra, Sue Conning, Paramjit Gill, John Spencer, Margot Turner
	BMJ  2005;330:403-404, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38338.661493.AE, (Published 11 January 2005) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What the educators are saying
	John Norcini, M Brownell Anderson
	BMJ  2005;330:405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.405 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Locked-in syndrome
	Eimear Smith, Mark Delargy
	BMJ  2005;330:406-409, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.406 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Evidence based case report: Use of antibiotics in suspected haemolytic-uraemic syndrome
	Bob Phillips, Kay Tyerman, Simon M Whiteley
	BMJ  2005;330:409-410, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.409 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	ABC of adolescence: Epidemiology of health and illness
	Russell Viner, Robert Booy
	BMJ  2005;330:411-414, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.411 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Timers on ventilators
	Vardit Ravitsky
	BMJ  2005;330:415-417, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.415 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Thomas Arthur Kemp
	Stanley Simmons, Alasdair Fraser
	BMJ  2005;330:422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.422 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Winsor Graham Bowsher
	Pauline Ruth, Brian Peeling, John Davies
	BMJ  2005;330:422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.422-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Roger Edward Cudmore
	R C M Cook
	BMJ  2005;330:422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.422-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	George Douglas Duncan
	Michael Bush
	BMJ  2005;330:423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.423 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Arthur Maclagan Kingon
	C E Bowman, N Kingon
	BMJ  2005;330:423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.423-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	El Asaad Ali Ibrahim Abdel Magid
	Ibrahim H Fahal
	BMJ  2005;330:423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.423-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Leslie Morton
	John Lister
	BMJ  2005;330:423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.423-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	John Hamilton Pendered
	Lucy Pendered, Martin Garsed
	BMJ  2005;330:423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.423-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Anna Runge
	A R Dow
	BMJ  2005;330:423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.423-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Donald Mortimer Williamson
	John Thornton, John Cotterill
	BMJ  2005;330:423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.423-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

reviews

This week's reviews

	Book: The Rise of Viagra: How the Little Blue Pill Changed Sex in America
	Ray Moynihan
	BMJ  2005;330:424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.424 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book: The Knife Man: The Extraordinary Life and Times of John Hunter, Father of Modern Surgery
	Harold Ellis
	BMJ  2005;330:425, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.425 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Radio: Why Did We Do That?
	Ian Kunkler
	BMJ  2005;330:426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.426 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	TV: Inside Saatchi & Saatchi
	Trevor Jackson
	BMJ  2005;330:426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.426-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	PERSONAL VIEW: Hot buttons and quality
	BMJ  2005;330:427, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.427 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	SOUNDINGS: Climate of fear
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2005;330:427, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.427-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2005;330:428, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.428 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	POEM*: Combined vaginal treatment is more effective for bacterial vaginosis
	BMJ  2005;330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Endpiece: A wish
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2005;330:388, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.388 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2005;330:399, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.399 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	bmjlearning.com: How to remember what you've learnt
	Kieran Walsh
	BMJ  2005;330:410, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.410 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A memorable patient: A simple case of peptic ulcer
	Ajit Singh Kashyap, Kuldip Parkash Anand
	BMJ  2005;330:414, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.414 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	One hundred years ago: The puffing paragraph
	BMJ  2005;330:417, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.417 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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