cbt

Abstract PRINCE Secondary was a randomised trial to test the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of therapist-delivered, transdiagnostic cognitive behavioural therapy (TDT-CBT) for patients with persistent physical symptoms (PPS) (Chalder et al., 2021). In total, 324 PPS patients were randomised to...

Full title: Comparison of a Single-Session Pain Management Skills Intervention With a Single-Session Health Education Intervention and 8 Sessions of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain, A Randomized Clinical Trial Question Is a single-session pain relief class...

Effectiveness of Internet-Based Cognitive Behavior Therapy (Fatigue in Teenagers on the Internet) for Adolescents With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Routine Clinical Care: Observational Study Abstract Background: Internet-based cognitive behavior therapy (I-CBT) for adolescents with chronic...

"As I have recently written, four major clinical trials of CBT for so-called MUS have documented the opposite of what the investigators hoped to prove. In fact, the evidence from this research suggests that CBT is not an effective treatment for these conditions. That hasn’t stopped these...

Authors: Emma C. Anderson, Maria Loades, Jennifer Starbuck, Phil Parker, Fiona Finch, Rebecca Barnes, Lucy Beasant & Esther Crawley ABSTRACT Rationale UK specialist medical care (SMC) for paediatric Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/ME) includes behavioural approaches (Graded Exercise Therapy...

From the News from Germany thread: Update provided by a forum member 23/10/22:

While researching the origins of the ideas regarding ME, I came across this paper. I'm going to post it in full, translated, because I think it's also a document of key importance for UK researchers interested in the history of the Wessely School's ideas about ME. It appeared in Nederlands...

Abstract Control conditions are the primary methodology used to reduce threats to internal validity in randomized controlled trials (RCTs). This meta-analysis examined the effects of control arm design and implementation on outcomes in RCTs examining psychological treatments for depression. A...

(Note that this is an old trial from 2001) Abstract Context: Use of nonpharmacological behavioral therapy has been suggested for treatment of chronic primary insomnia, but well-blinded, placebo-controlled trials demonstrating effective behavioral therapy for sleep-maintenance insomnia are...

This article although not about ME/CFS has been cited in a number of papers: Citations of: Evidence-Based Practice and Psychological Treatments: The Imperatives of Informed Consent https://philarchive.org/citations/BLEEPA https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01170/full

Full reference: Berger, D. (2015). Double-blinding and bias in medication and cognitive-behavioral therapy trials for major depressive disorder. F1000Research, 4. Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4732552/ Abstract:

Apart from the US and the UK, of course. I'm looking for any other countries, even if they just quietly removed the CBT/GET recommendations, so that I can give more examples to my GP to show him that a shift is happening. (This is in connection with the possible ME/CFS clinic he has in mind.)

Abstract Objective: There is limited research examining the impact of the validity of cognitive test performance on treatment outcome. All known studies to date have operationalized performance validity dichotomously, leading to the loss of predictive information. Using the range of scores on a...

https://www.sci-hub.ee/10.1001/jama.2017.13737# eta: Citation/ pubmed link to the article: Leichsenring F, Steinert C. Is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy the Gold Standard for Psychotherapy?: The Need for Plurality in Treatment and Research. JAMA. 2017 Oct 10;318(14):1323-1324. doi...

Video: Fatigue, Pacing and PEM Management | Lessons from ME/CFS - With Dr Ben Marsh I know this video has been mentioned on another thread but I think it might have been missed by many and deserves a thread of its own. In Episode 3 of our expert interviews series, Dr Asad Khan talks to Dr Ben...

Hello everyone, I'm doing some research which may or may not lead to writing an article. When reading old newspaper articles from The Netherlands, I came across a 2003 piece featuring Judith Prins and Gijs Bleijenberg. Apart from the usual tripe, they make the claim that due to their CBT...

The spin on this is quite shocking: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/efficacy-of-therapistdelivered-transdiagnostic-cbt-for-patients-with-persistent-physical-symptoms-in-secondary-care-a-randomised-controlled-trial/CEDD9B7597902C283BBB7CA7B43A81C7 Efficacy...

2 posts moved from: NICE Health topics: Tiredness/Fatigue in adults (includes CFS). _________ The NHS seems to consider GET and CBT as Health Technologies (HTs), as there was a long HTA (HT Assessment) produced by O'Dowd and Gladwell, Bristol, in 2006...

Highlights Literacy-adapted psychosocial pain treatments produce changes in pain beliefs. Individuals of low-socioeconomic status show improvements in pain beliefs. Teaching patients about the biopsychosocial nature of pain is promising. Abstract This is a secondary data analysis of a subgroup...

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-021-01336-3 The buzz of the internet. Not to be a downer but this study should be considered unblinded (and uncontrolled) and has subjective outcomes. Also, everybody wants to talk about the MDMA but this study is more accurately about 'MDMA-enhanced...