News tagged with psychotherapies
Therapy for depression can be delivered effectively by non-specialists
Depression can be treated effectively with psychotherapy by mental health nurses with minimal training, according to new preliminary research findings.
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Feb 16, 2011 |
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Does social anxiety disorder respond to psychotherapy? Brain study says yes
When psychotherapy is helping someone get better, what does that change look like in the brain? This was the question a team of Canadian psychological scientists set out to investigate in patients suffering from social anxiety ...
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Feb 14, 2011 |
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Depression treatment rates increase over past decade, but psychotherapy declines
The rate of depression treatment increased between 1998 and 2007 but at a slower rate than during the previous decade, and the percentage of patients treated with psychotherapy continued to decline, according to a report ...
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Dec 06, 2010 |
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Family therapy for anorexia twice as effective as individual therapy, researchers find
Family-based therapy, in which parents of adolescents with anorexia nervosa are enlisted to interrupt their children's disordered behaviors, is twice as effective as individual psychotherapy at producing full remission of ...
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Oct 04, 2010 |
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MDMA (Ecstasy)-assisted psychotherapy relieves treatment-resistant PTSD
MDMA (±3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, also known as Ecstasy), may one day offer hope for individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), even people for whom other treatments have failed. Clinical trial results ...
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Jul 19, 2010 |
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Treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Iraq/Afghanistan Veterans
(PhysOrg.com) -- A psychiatry professor at the UConn Health Center is comparing two treatment approaches for PTSD.
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Jul 01, 2010 |
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Violent video games may increase aggression in some but not others, says new research
Playing violent video games can make some adolescents more hostile, particularly those who are less agreeable, less conscientious and easily angered. But for others, it may offer opportunities to learn new skills and improve ...
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Jun 07, 2010 |
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Why does feeling low hurt?
When it comes to pain, the two competing schools of thought are that it's either "all in your head" or "all in your body". A new study led by University of Oxford researchers indicates that, instead, pain is an amalgam of ...
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Jun 07, 2010 |
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Telephone therapy for depression? Study says yes
Treating clinical depression on the telephone is nearly as effective as face-to-face consultations, a new Brigham Young University study finds.
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May 10, 2010 |
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Massage eases anxiety, but no better than simple relaxation does
A new randomized trial shows that on average, three months after receiving a series of 10 massage sessions, patients had half the symptoms of anxiety. This improvement resembles that previously reported with psychotherapy, ...
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Mar 09, 2010 |
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Can Memory Be Improved? A Meta-Analysis Suggests It Does
A meta-analysis published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics by Swiss investigators B. Metternich and associates indicates the effectiveness of non pharmacological interventions on memory complaints.
Feb 09, 2010 |
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Psychodynamic psychotherapy brings lasting benefits, new study finds
Psychodynamic psychotherapy is effective for a wide range of mental health symptoms, including depression, anxiety, panic and stress-related physical ailments, and the benefits of the therapy grow after treatment has ended, ...
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Jan 25, 2010 |
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Half of depressed Americans go untreated, study finds
A national survey of 15,762 households by UCLA/Wayne State University researchers found that only 21 percent of Americans suffering from clinical depression receive medical care consistent with American Psychiatric Association ...
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Jan 04, 2010 |
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Psychotherapy offers obesity prevention for 'at risk' teenage girls
A team of scientists at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the National Institutes of Health have piloted psychotherapy treatment to prevent excessive weight gain in teenager girls deemed 'at risk' ...
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Dec 15, 2009 |
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Organized phone therapy for depression found cost-effective
When people get brief, structured, phone-based cognitive behavioral psychotherapy soon after starting on antidepressant medication, significant benefits may persist two years after their first session, with only modest rises ...
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Oct 05, 2009 |
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