News tagged with cognitive therapy
Elderly heart failure patients who need skilled nursing care often sicker, have poorer outcomes
Elderly patients with heart failure who need skilled nursing care after hospital discharge are often sicker, at higher risk for poor outcomes and are more likely than other patients to die or be rehospitalized within one ...
Mar 29, 2011 |
not rated yet |
1
Internet-CBT can help people with hypochondriasis
Internet-based cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) can be an effective treatment for people with hypochondriasis. This according to a novel study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet published in the The British Journal ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 01, 2011 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Peer support offers promise for reducing depression symptoms
Peer support offers promise as an effective, low-cost tool for fighting depression, a new study by the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System and University of Michigan Health System finds.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 15, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
Integrative Medicine: Cognitive behavioral therapy
We know that the state of the mind has a lot to do with how healthy the body is. An interesting study published this month in the Annals of Internal Medicine demonstrates the mind-body connection yet again - this time ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 04, 2011 |
4 / 5 (2) |
0
Reducing recurrent cardiac events by reducing stress
Following the results of a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine showing that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) produces a 41% reduction in fatal and non-fatal first recurrent CVD events, the European Societ ...
Jan 31, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
New treatment succeeds in reducing panic and anxiety (w/ Video)
A new treatment program teaches people who suffer from panic disorder how to reduce the terrorizing symptoms by normalizing their breathing.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 17, 2010 |
3.8 / 5 (5) |
1
|
Mindfulness meditation found to be as effective as antidepressants to prevent depression relapse
A new study from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) has found that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy--using meditation—provides equivalent protection against depressive relapse as traditional antidepressant ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 06, 2010 |
4.5 / 5 (2) |
0
Coping with anxiety in an anxious time
Americans' danger detectors are cranked up way too high these days, but we don't have to be held hostage by our anxiety, according to a new book on coping with stress by a Northwestern Medicine psychologist.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 03, 2010 |
4 / 5 (3) |
0
fMRI predicts outcome to talk therapy in children with an anxiety disorder
A brain scan with functional MRI (fMRI) is enough to predict which patients with pediatric anxiety disorder will respond to "talk therapy," and so may not need to use psychiatric medication, say neuroscientists from Georgetown ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 14, 2010 |
not rated yet |
0
New research helps clinicians predict treatment outcomes for children with OCD
New research from the Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center may help clinicians better predict how a child with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) will respond to some of the most commonly used treatment approaches. ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 14, 2010 |
1 / 5 (1) |
0
Deep brain stimulation may help patients with treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder
Using electrodes to stimulate areas deep within the brain may have therapeutic potential for patients with obsessive compulsive disorder that is refractory to treatment, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 04, 2010 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Multipronged intervention treated persistent fatigue effectively in breast cancer survivors
A group-based, holistic, mind-body intervention was equally effective in treating persistent fatigue and improving quality of life for breast cancer survivors, regardless of their race.
Oct 02, 2010 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
For teens battling depression, interactive online tools big help
Interactive online mental health resources combined with traditional counselling help improve the mental wellbeing of teenagers, according to new research by the University of Sydney published in the Journal of Technology in Human Services. ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 07, 2010 |
1.5 / 5 (2) |
0
Combining medication and psychosocial treatments may benefit patients with early-stage schizophrenia
Patients with early-stage schizophrenia who receive a combination of medication and a psychosocial intervention appear less likely to discontinue treatment or relapse -- and may have improved insight, quality of life and ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 06, 2010 |
not rated yet |
0
Cognitive behavioral therapy appears beneficial for adults with ADHD
Adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who received medication and individual sessions of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) showed greater improvement in symptoms through 12 months compared to patients ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 24, 2010 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
|
