Psychological treatments and therapy adaptations for psychological distress in dementia and mild cognitive impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Amie Robinson, Nima Moghaddam Mental Health Review Journal, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of psychological treatments and identify required adaptations to increase acceptability and improve outcomes for people with dementia or mild cognitive impairment who experience psychological distress. The Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group Specialised Register and other databases were searched for eligible studies. Inclusion criteria identified nine randomised controlled trials comparing a psychological interven...
Source: Mental Health Review Journal - March 29, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Amie Robinson Nima Moghaddam Source Type: research

Changing attitudes toward evidence-based psychodynamic psychotherapy.
This study reports on a required 15-week course in evidence-based PDT within two graduate psychology doctoral programs. Eighty-five students completed measures of attitudes toward EBP and PDT prior to the first class and after the final class. Students who identified with different theoretical orientations—integrative, CBT, or PDT—did not differ in attitudes toward EBP, and student attitudes toward EBP remained stable. Students with a precourse CBT orientation viewed PDT less favorably than those with a psychodynamic orientation. Attitudes toward PDT improved significantly across all orientations, but CBT-oriented stud...
Source: Psychoanalytic Psychology - March 21, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Comparative efficacy and acceptability of psychotherapies for panic disorder with or without agoraphobia: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
CONCLUSIONS: CBT and short-term psychodynamic therapy are reasonable first-line choices. Studies with high risk of bias tend to inflate the overall efficacy of treatments. Results from this systematic review and network meta-analysis should inform clinicians and guidelines.PMID:35049483 | DOI:10.1192/bjp.2021.148 (Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry for Mental Science)
Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry for Mental Science - January 20, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Davide Papola Giovanni Ostuzzi Federico Tedeschi Chiara Gastaldon Marianna Purgato Cinzia Del Giovane Alessandro Pompoli Darin Pauley Eirini Karyotaki Marit Sijbrandij Toshi A Furukawa Pim Cuijpers Corrado Barbui Source Type: research

Brief Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Review and Illustrative Case Vignette
by Jessica Porcelan, MD, and Katherine Scribner  Dr. Porcelan is an Assistant Professor with Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine in Fairborn, Ohio. Ms. Scribner is a fourth-year medical school student with Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine in Fairborn, Ohio. Funding: No funding was provided for this study. Disclosures: The author has […] The post Brief Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Review and Illustrative Case Vignette appeared first on Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience. (Source: Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience)
Source: Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience - January 1, 2022 Category: Neuroscience Authors: ICNS Online Editor Tags: Anxiety Disorders Current Issue Impulse Control Disorders Psychology Psychotherapy Rounds Brief psychodynamic therapy inclusion criterion for brief psychodynamic therapy obsessive compulsive disorder therapeutic rupture therapeutic ruptu Source Type: research

Psychotherapy process in regulation focused psychotherapy for children.
This study examines psychotherapy process in Regulation Focused Psychotherapy for Children (RFP-C), a manualized and time-limited psychodynamic treatment designed for children with disruptive behavior disorders. Sixty child psychotherapy sessions, from 20 children (13 male, seven female; Mage = 8) diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder, were coded using the Child Psychotherapy Q-Set. Results indicate that common factors characterized actual sessions of RFP-C to a greater degree than expected, with sessions adhering significantly to the RFP-C, Psychodynamic Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Child-Centered Play Th...
Source: Journal of Psychotherapy Integration - December 30, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research