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Hello, and welcome to the April 2021 issue of the Cochrane Library app.
This month’s edition includes diverse topics such as rapid, point-of-care tests for diagnosing COVID-19 infection, high-flow nasal cannulae for respiratory support in intensive care, interventions for self-harm in children and adolescents, psychosocial interventions for reducing parental substance misuse, wound cleansing for venous leg ulcers, zinc supplementation for improving pregnancy and infant outcome, antibiotics for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease, preventing thrombosis in organ transplant recipients, and strategies to improve retention in randomised trials. This edition also includes an editorial detailing the story of (hydroxy) chloroquine for treating COVID‐19.
Our main review this month is ‘Smoking cessation for improving mental health'. There is a common perception that smoking helps people to manage stress, and may be a form of 'self‐medication' in people with mental health conditions. However, there are biologically plausible reasons why smoking may worsen mental health through neuroadaptations arising from chronic smoking, leading to frequent nicotine withdrawal symptoms (e.g. anxiety, depression, irritability), in which case smoking cessation may help to improve rather than worsen mental health. Authors from the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group examined the association between tobacco smoking cessation and change in mental health.
The abridged versions of these reviews are available in this issue. Visit www.cochranelibrary.com to read the full versions.
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