Results Thirty-eight randomised controlled trialswere included in the meta-analysis.Trauma-focused cognitive^ behavioural therapy (TFCBT), eye movementdesensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR), stressmanagement andgroup cognitive^behavioural therapy improved PTSD symptomsmore than waiting-listor usual care.Therewas inconclusive evidence regardingother therapies.Therewasno evidence of a difference...

Nice guidelines recommend psychological treatment (cognitive–behavioural therapy, involving major elements of exposure and response prevention) as the first-line treatment for obsessive compulsive–disorder (Ocd). in this contribution, the theory and practice of integrated cognitive–behavioural therapy is described. The use of normalizing strategies and re-appraisal of beliefs motivating compuls...

Book details Riccardo Dalle Grave, Jason Aronson, The Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group Inc., Maryland, 2013, vii + 341 pp., ISBN: 978-0-7657-0927-1. In the last 10 years, a new form of cognitive behavioural therapy for eating disorders, called Enhanced Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT-E) has been developed and tested by Christopher Fairburn and his colleagues at Oxford University. CBT-E d...

This article reviews the potential for combining cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and client-centred counselling (CCC) in nurse education and practice. Currently, CBT and CCC are practiced independently of one another within mental health care. This project attempted to bring together the unique qualities of each intervention while encouraging a synergistic approach. This was undertaken by d...

background: the purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioural stress management method on grief and ptsd symptoms among bereaved afghani adolescent migrant girls living in qom province. methods: the research design was a semi-experimental one with pretest-posttest control group format. the sample included all 12-18 year-old female bereaved afghani adolescent un...

Main results 14 RCTs (1379 participants, 42% in 1 RCT) met the selection criteria. The quality of study methods was low (mean quality score 2.3 out of 5). Behaviour symptoms: methylphenidate was superior to placebo in 4 of 6 RCTs and to thioridazine in 1 RCT and was equivalent to imipramine in 1 RCT. Medication management was equivalent to combined medication and behavioural intervention; both ...

Main results 14 RCTs (1379 participants, 42% in 1 RCT) met the selection criteria. The quality of study methods was low (mean quality score 2.3 out of 5). Behaviour symptoms: methylphenidate was superior to placebo in 4 of 6 RCTs and to thioridazine in 1 RCT and was equivalent to imipramine in 1 RCT. Medication management was equivalent to combined medication and behavioural intervention; both ...

Anterior cingulated cortex (ACC) is involved in “the state in which patients do not care much about pain despite its presence” which is a goal of psychosomatic treatment. To investigate the absolute concentration of N-acetylaspartate (NAA) in the anterior cingulated cortex (ACC) as predictors of patients that may benefit from cognitive behavioural therapy in the treatment of chronic pain. Proto...