Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

Beginning with 4th quarter 2017, annotations to an article include its type of study according to common evidence-based medicine (EBM) practice. Study types are:

Systematic review / meta-analysis.
Randomized control trials. Includes quasi-randomized processes such as alternate allocation.
Cohort studies. Non-randomized controlled trials. A prospective, pre-planned study, with predetermined eligibility criteria and outcome measures.
Case control studies. Observational studies with controls; includes retrospective, interrupted time series (a change in trend attributable to the intervention), case control studies, cohort studies with controls, and health services research that includes adjustments for likely confounding variables.
Case series / case reports. Observational studies without controls (e.g., cohort studies without control, case series without controls, case studies without controls).

See Murad MH, Asi N, Alsawas M, Alahdab F: New evidence pyramid. Evid Based Med 2016; 21(4):125-127

	FOURTH QUARTER 2017 October – December
	CLP Subspecialty:	Annotations by:

	Catatonia	Lex Denysenko, MD, FACLP
	Chronic Pain	Sean Heffernan, MD
	Collaborative Care/Integrated Behavioral Health	Walter Luchsinger, MD Lydia Chwastiak, MD, MPH, FACLP
	Delirium	Maalobeeka Gangopadhyay, MD Lex Denysenko, MD, FACLP
	Emergency Psychiatry	Naomi Schmelzer, MD MPH
	Gastrointestinal Disorders	Timothy Kiong, MD
	HIV Psychiatry	John Grimaldi, MD Mary Ann Cohen, MD, FACLP
	Infectious Diseases	Aum A. Pathare, MD
	Medical Education	Diana Robinson, MD Jordan Rosen, MD
	Psychodermatology	J. Jewel Shim, MD, FACLP
	Psycho-Oncology & Palliative Care	Elie Isenberg-Grzeda, MD Carlos Fernandez-Robles, MD
	Serious Mental Illness	Lydia Chwastiak MD, MPH, FACLP Oliver Freudenreich, MD, FACLP
	Substance Use & Addictive Disorders	S. Alex Sidelnik, MD Diana Robinson, MD
	Transplant Psychiatry	Paula Zimbrean, MD, FACLP
	Women’s Mental Health	Jacquelin Esque, MD

Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry:Advancing Integrated Psychiatric Care
for the Medically Ill

2017-Q4