Appendix 1. CCMD‐CTR core MEDLINE search

CCMD’s core search strategy used to inform the Group’s specialised register: OVID Medline
A search alert based on condition + RCT filter only
1. [MeSH Headings]:
eating disorders/ or anorexia nervosa/ or binge‐eating disorder/ or bulimia nervosa/ or female athlete triad syndrome/ or pica/ or hyperphagia/ or bulimia/ or self‐injurious behavior/ or self mutilation/ or suicide/ or suicidal ideation/ or suicide, attempted/ or mood disorders/ or affective disorders, psychotic/ or bipolar disorder/ or cyclothymic disorder/ or depressive disorder/ or depression, postpartum/ or depressive disorder, major/ or depressive disorder, treatment‐resistant/ or dysthymic disorder/ or seasonal affective disorder/ or neurotic disorders/ or depression/ or adjustment disorders/ or exp antidepressive agents/ or anxiety disorders/ or agoraphobia/ or neurocirculatory asthenia/ or obsessive‐compulsive disorder/ or obsessive hoarding/ or panic disorder/ or phobic disorders/ or stress disorders, traumatic/ or combat disorders/ or stress disorders, post‐traumatic/ or stress disorders, traumatic, acute/ or anxiety/ or anxiety, castration/ or koro/ or anxiety, separation/ or panic/ or exp anti‐anxiety agents/ or somatoform disorders/ or body dysmorphic disorders/ or conversion disorder/ or hypochondriasis/ or neurasthenia/ or hysteria/ or munchausen syndrome by proxy/ or munchausen syndrome/ or fatigue syndrome, chronic/ or obsessive behavior/ or compulsive behavior/ or behavior, addictive/ or impulse control disorders/ or firesetting behavior/ or gambling/ or trichotillomania/ or stress, psychological/ or burnout, professional/ or sexual dysfunctions, psychological/ or vaginismus/ or Anhedonia/ or Affective Symptoms/ or *Mental Disorders/

2. [Title/ Author Keywords]:
(eating disorder* or anorexia nervosa or bulimi* or binge eat* or (self adj (injur* or mutilat*)) or suicide* or suicidal or parasuicid* or mood disorder* or affective disorder* or bipolar i or bipolar ii or (bipolar and (affective or disorder*)) or mania or manic or cyclothymic* or depression or depressive or dysthymi* or neurotic or neurosis or adjustment disorder* or antidepress* or anxiety disorder* or agoraphobia or obsess* or compulsi* or panic or phobi* or ptsd or posttrauma* or post trauma* or combat or somatoform or somati#ation or medical* unexplained or body dysmorphi* or conversion disorder or hypochondria* or neurastheni* or hysteria or munchausen or chronic fatigue* or gambling or trichotillomania or vaginismus or anhedoni* or affective symptoms or mental disorder* or mental health).ti,kf.

3. [RCT filter]:
(controlled clinical trial.pt. or randomized controlled trial.pt. or (randomi#ed or randomi#ation).ab,ti. or randomly.ab. or (random* adj3 (administ* or allocat* or assign* or class* or control* or determine* or divide* or distribut* or expose* or fashion or number* or place* or recruit* or subsitut* or treat*)).ab. or placebo*.ab,ti. or drug therapy.fs. or trial.ab,ti. or groups.ab. or (control* adj3 (trial* or study or studies)).ab,ti. or ((singl* or doubl* or tripl* or trebl*) adj3 (blind* or mask* or dummy*)).mp. or clinical trial, phase ii/ or clinical trial, phase iii/ or clinical trial, phase iv/ or randomized controlled trial/ or pragmatic clinical trial/ or (quasi adj (experimental or random*)).ti,ab. or ((waitlist* or wait* list* or treatment as usual or TAU) adj3 (control or group)).ab.)

4. (1 and 2 and 3)

Records are screened for reports of RCTs within the scope of the Cochrane Common Mental Disorders Group. Secondary reports of RCTs are tagged to the appropriate study record.

Similar search alerts are also conducted on OVID EMBASE and PsycINFO, using relevant subject headings (controlled vocabularies) and search syntax, appropriate to each resource.

Appendix 2. MEDLINE search strategy

OVID MEDLINE will be searched using the following terms (1950 to present):

1. BATTERED WOMEN/
2. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE/
3. SPOUSE ABUSE/
4. (abuse$ adj3 wom#n).tw.
5. (abuse$ adj3 spous$).tw.
6. (abuse$ adj3 partner$).tw.
7. ((wife or wives) adj3 abuse$).tw.
8. ((wife or wives or wom#n) adj3 batter$).tw.
9. (partner$ adj3 violen$).tw.
10. (spous$ adj3 violen$).tw.
11. ((domestic* or home*) adj3 violen*).tw.
12. ((domestic* or home*) adj3 abuse*).tw.
13. (violen* adj3 (date or dating)).tw.
14. (date adj3 rape).tw.
15. (dating adj3 violen$).tw.
16. (acquaintance adj3 (rape or violen$)).tw.
17. ((relation* or interperson*) adj3 (abuse$ or violen$)).tw.
18. stalk*.tw.
19. ((domestic or marital or partner*1 or spous*) adj3 (rape or (sex* adj1 (abuse* or assault*)))).mp.
20. ((abuse* or violen*) adj3 (marital or marriage)).tw.
21. or/1‐20
22. PSYCHOTHERAPY/ or PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP/
23. (psychotherapy or (psychological adj (therap* or intervention))).tw.
24. COGNITIVE THERAPY/
25. ((cogniti$ adj3 behavio$) or CBT).tw.
26. (cognitive resructur* or cognitive processing).tw.
27. (metacognitive or meta‐cognitive).tw.
28. CBASP.tw.
29. BEHAVIOR THERAPY/
30. (behavio* adj3 (therap* or psychotherap* or intervention* or program* or training)).tw.
31. (behavio* activat*).tw.
32. (psychobehavio* or psycho‐behavio*).tw.
33. COUNSELING/
34. counsel*.tw.
35. MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING/
36. MOTIVATION/
37. (motivational adj3 (interview* or intervention* or therap* or psychotherap* or program* or training)).tw.
38. NONDIRECTIVE THERAPY/
39. (non‐directive or nondirective).tw.
40. (analytic and (cogniti* or therap* or psychotherapy*)).tw.
41. (acceptance adj2 commitment).tw.
42. (compass* foc*).tw.
43. (dialectic* or DBT).tw.
44. diffusion.tw.
45. (mind train*).tw.
46. (mindful* or meditation or relaxation).tw.
47. (problem sol*).tw.
48. (rational emotive).tw.
49. (reality adj (therap* or psychotherap*)).tw.
50. BATTERED WOMEN/th or DOMESTIC VIOLENCE/pc or VIOLENCE/pc or SPOUSE ABUSE/th,pc
51. or/22‐50
52. randomized controlled trial.pt.
53. controlled clinical trial.pt.
54. randomi#ed.ti,ab.
55. randomly.ab.
56. placebo.ab.
57. trial.ti,ab.
58. groups.ab.
59. (control$ adj3 (trial or study)).ab,ti.
60. ((singl$ or doubl$ or tripl$ or trebl$) adj3 (blind$ or mask$ or dummy)).mp.
61. ((waitlist* or (wait* adj2 list*)) and (control* or group)).ab.
62. ((usual care or care as usual) and (control* or group)).ab.
63. (treatment as usual or TAU).ab.
64. or/52‐63
65. (21 and 51 and 64)