Ioana Cristea summarises the latest Cochrane review on CBT, third-wave CBT and IPT based interventions for preventing depression in children and adolescents
[read the full story...]How and why do psychotherapies improve social support?
Mark Smith summarises a meta-analysis that explores the effects of psychotherapy for adult depression on social support.
[read the full story...]IPT and CBT best for depression in children and young people, says network meta-analysis
Laura Hemming summarises a recent network meta-analysis of psychotherapies for depression in children and young people, which finds that Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) were significantly more efficacious than other psychotherapies at post-treatment and follow-up.
[read the full story...]Psychotherapies for depression and anxiety in dementia
Clarissa Giebel summarises a recent systematic review that investigates the effectiveness of various psychotherapies (CBT, interpersonal therapy, counselling) for depression and anxiety in people with dementia or mild cognitive impairment.
[read the full story...]Drug-using offenders with co-occurring mental illness
Meg Fluharty summarises a recently updated Cochrane systematic review about interventions for drug-using offenders with co-occurring mental illness.
[read the full story...]Psychotherapies for depression in children and young people
Shirley Reynolds considers the findings of a recent network meta-analysis, which investigates the comparative efficacy and acceptability of psychotherapies for depression in children and adolescents.
[read the full story...]Is exposure necessary to treat PTSD?
Rachel Brand appraises an RCT of interpersonal psychotherapy for PTSD, which asks if exposure to trauma related memories or cues is necessary for the patient to be treated effectively.
[read the full story...]Can psychotherapy reduce the risk of relapse or recurrence of depression?
Sarah McDonald appraises a new systematic review that asks if psychological interventions can prevent relapse in adults who have recovered from depression.
[read the full story...]Psychotherapy can reduce the risk of relapse or recurrence of depression
Raluca Lucacel summarises a meta-analysis of psychological interventions in preventing recurrence of depression, which includes trials on cognitive behavioural therapy, interpersonal therapy and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy.
[read the full story...]Psychotherapies for adult depression: the things we know we know, and those we know we don’t
Patrick Kennedy-Williams highlights a recent opinion piece by Pim Cuijpers, which summarises what we know and what we don’t know about the efficacy of psychotherapies for adult depression.
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