Most randomized controlled trials of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for children with anxiety disorders have evaluated treatment efficacy using recruited samples treated in research settings. Clinical trials in school settings are needed to determine if CBT can be effective when delivered in real world settings. This study evaluated a modular CBT program for childhood anxiety disorders in t...

objective: to compare the effectiveness of group training of stress management with cognitive-behavioral therapy (cbt) in reducing depression, anxiety and stress perceived among hiv-positive men. methods:inthis semi-experimental study, three groups of hiv-positive men (cbt group, stress management group, and control group) including 15 patients in each group were compared regarding depression, ...

CONTEXT Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and hypnotic medications are efficacious for short-term treatment of insomnia, but few patients achieve complete remission with any single treatment. It is unclear whether combined or maintenance therapies would enhance outcome. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the added value of medication over CBT alone for acute treatment of insomnia and the effects of main...

In recent years there has been widespread acceptance that cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is the treatment of choice for bulimia nervosa. The cognitive behavioral treatment of bulimia nervosa (CBT-BN) was first described in 1981. Over the past decades the theory and treatment have evolved in response to a variety of challenges. The treatment has been adapted to make it suitable for all forms o...

background: the infertility is associated with psychological consequence including depression, and lack of self-efficacy. objective: the aim of this study was to compare the pharmacological and no pharmacological strategies in promotion of self-efficacy of infertile women. materials and methods: a randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted on 89 infertile women who were recruited from f...

OBJECTIVE Previous studies regarding the association between parental smoking and the risk of childhood brain tumors (CBT) have reported inconsistent results. We performed a meta-analysis to summarize evidence on this association and to quantify the potential dose-response relationship. METHODS A systematic literature search was conducted in the Medline and Embase databases. The summary relat...

O ver 4 decades, ago Aaron T Beck presented the basic theoretical and treatment approach of cognitivebehavioural therapy (CBT). Since then, hundreds of randomized controlled clinical trials (RCTs) have demonstrated the efficacy of CBT for the broad range of psychiatric conditions, including severe mental disorders such as bipolar disorder, refractory obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD), substan...

CONTEXT Initial treatment of major depressive disorder in adolescents may include cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) or a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI). However, little is known about their relative or combined effectiveness. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of 4 treatments among adolescents with major depressive disorder. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Randomized ...

Clinical studies in adults and children with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have shown that d-cycloserine (DCS) can improve treatment response by enhancing fear extinction learning during exposure-based psychotherapy. Some have hypothesized that improved treatment response is a function of increased compliance and engagement in therapeutic homework tasks, a core component of behavioral tre...