Psychotherapy and psychosomatics
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Psychother Psychosom · Jan 2012
Randomized Controlled TrialA blind randomized controlled trial of cognitive versus behavioral versus cognitive-behavioral therapy for patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Despite evidence that cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is effective for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), little is known about which components of therapy are most efficacious. The present study compared the efficacy of CBT with cognitive therapy (CT) and behavioral therapy (BT) for patients with RA. We hypothesized that CBT would be more efficacious on a broader range of outcomes. ⋯ CBT did not demonstrate the broader benefits to patients that we expected, nor was there evidence that BT produced effects that were superior to CT alone. CT was superior to at least one of the other two active treatment components on 3 of the 7 outcome measures at post-treatment. Effect sizes for the interventions that included cognitive components were similar to those reported in the literature. These results suggest that CT is an effective treatment for RA and need not necessarily include behavioral strategies.
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Psychother Psychosom · Jan 2012
Letter Randomized Controlled TrialOpen-label placebo for major depressive disorder: a pilot randomized controlled trial.
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Psychother Psychosom · Jan 2012
Letter Randomized Controlled TrialMealtime support in anorexia nervosa: a within-subject comparison study of a novel vodcast intervention.