Cognitive behavioural therapy at various delivery modes cost effective
(Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News)
Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - September 30, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Cognitive behavioural therapy is not effective for depression in advanced cancer but could help in anxiety or other psychological symptoms
Patients suffering from cancer must face the illness itself, but also a lot of adversity throughout it. Indeed, there are multiple effects and side effects of cancer and a notable side effect is depression. Depression can affect up to 40% of cancer patients.1 CBT is an empirically effective treatment for severe depression. Therefore, CBT could be effective to treat depression in advanced cancer. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - September 25, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Featured Reviews: Behavioural activation therapy for depression
How well does behavioural activation therapy work for depression in adults? And what about the effects of this treatment on depression for adults with long‐term physical conditions? Two new Cochrane systematic reviews look at the available evidence.Depression is a common mental health problem. It can cause a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest in people, activities, and things that were once enjoyable. Treatments for depression include psychological therapies (talking therapies). Two reviews recently published byCochrane Common Mental Disordersfocus on a type of psychological therapy called behavioural a...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - September 9, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
Online cognitive-behavioural therapy for traumatically bereaved people: study protocol for a randomised waitlist-controlled trial - Lenferink L, de Keijser J, Eisma M, Smid G, Boelen P.
INTRODUCTION: The traumatic death of a loved one, such as death due to a traffic accident, can precipitate persistent complex bereavement disorder (PCBD) and comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. Waitlist-controlled trials have sho... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 7, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Meet Bold Health: Digital Therapeutics Startup Helping People To Improve Digestive Health
Story of how two entrepreneurs are using mobile apps and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help people improve their digestive health. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - August 31, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Tommy Williams, Contributor Tags: Entrepreneurs /entrepreneurs Small Business /small-business Innovation /innovation Healthcare /healthcare Source Type: news
Featured Review: Psychological therapies for the management of chronic pain (excluding headache) in adults
Many people experience pain that lasts more than three months that is neither cancer ‐related nor a headache. The search for a diagnosis and pain relief is often long and can be discouraging. In this interview, lead author of the recently updated Cochrane ReviewPsychological therapies for the management of chronic pain (excluding headache) in adults Amanda C de C Williams discusses the findings of this review.Can you tell us about this Cochrane Review and what is new about this update?This review is the third in Cochrane, and the fourth overall, attempting to answer the question of efficacy of psychological intervent...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - August 28, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Rachel Klabunde Source Type: news
The feasibility of a Harry Potter-based cognitive behavioural therapy skills curriculum on suicidality and well-being in middle schoolers - Conforti P, Zaheer R, Goldstein BI, Levitt AJ, Schaffer A, Fefergrad M, Cheung AH, Sinyor M.
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Source: SafetyLit - July 27, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Ontario autism services waitlist grew to 27,600 children in 2019-2020: FAO
Ontario's fiscal watchdog says the waitlist for child autism services in the province grew to 27,600 children last year. The Financial Accountability Officer (FAO) says the increase came as the province shifted funding for behavioural therapy programs. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - July 21, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Toronto Source Type: news
Dialectical behaviour therapy for adolescents: a comparison of 16-week and 24-week programmes delivered in a public community setting - Gillespie C, Joyce M, Flynn D, Corcoran P.
BACKGROUND: Dialectical behaviour therapy for adolescents (DBT-A) is an intervention with a growing evidence base for treating adolescents with emotional and behavioural dysregulation. Previous studies have reported on varying lengths of treatment, however... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 20, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Therapy delivered electronically more effective than face to face: Hamilton researchers
(McMaster University) In this evidence review, researchers identified 17 randomized control trials comparing therapist-supported cognitive behavioural therapy delivered electronically to face to face cognitive behavioural therapy. The studies were conducted between 2003 and 2018 in the United States, Australia, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden and the United Kingdom (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 8, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Featured Review: Psychological interventions to foster resilience in healthcare professionals
The work of healthcare professionals (e.g. nurses, physicians, psychologists, social workers) can be very stressful. They often carry a lot of responsibility and are required to work under pressure. This can adversely affect their physical and mental health. Interventions to protect them against such stresses are known as resilience interventions. Previous systematic reviews suggest that resilience interventions can help workers cope with stress and protect them against adverse consequences for their physical and mental health.Cochrane review authors asked, “do psychological interventions designed to foster resilience im...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - July 7, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Katie Abbotts Source Type: news
Medication assisted therapy (MAT) for opioid use disorder (OUD) in youth improves outcomes and saves lives
Rising morbidity and mortality for adolescents and young adults in the USA is a difficult health issue. Despite recommendations by professional organisations and the government to use MAT for youths with OUD as early as possible, youths are one-tenth as likely as an adult to receive MAT. Reasons for not prescribing early include lack of paediatric prescribers, clinician apprehension, stigma associated with MAT, and prescribing only after failure of behavioural therapy. Since attrition in therapy is greater for youths compared with adults, MAT may be the best retention strategy for OUD treatment in youth that ultimately sav...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - July 1, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A randomised trial of dialectical behaviour therapy and the conversational model for the treatment of borderline personality disorder with recent suicidal and/or non-suicidal self-injury: an effectiveness study in an australian public mental health service - Walton CJ, Bendit N, Baker AL, Carter GL, Lewin TJ.
OBJECTIVES: Borderline personality disorder is a complex mental disorder that is associated with a high degree of suffering for the individual. Dialectical behaviour therapy has been studied in the largest number of controlled trials for treatment of indiv... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 22, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Program and Other Evaluations, Effectiveness Studies Source Type: news
Impressive result for mental health therapy
(Flinders University) As Australia looks for the most efficient assessment and treatment of mental health in the era of COVID-19 lockdowns and disruptions, the outcomes of a national trail, published by Flinders University researchers, has identified the effectiveness of a low intensity Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - June 8, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Effectiveness of a culturally adapted cognitive behavioural therapy-based guided self-help (CACBT-GSH) intervention to reduce social anxiety and enhance self-esteem in adolescents: a randomized controlled trial from Pakistan - Amin R, Iqbal A, Naeem F, Irfan M.
BACKGROUND: Social anxiety is common among adolescents in Pakistan and is associated with low self-esteem. Among the recommended treatments, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is effective, and self-help approaches are encouraged.
AIM: To determine th... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 31, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
