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Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depression in Sexually Abused Women Free
- May 9, 2011
- Peter Roy-Byrne, MD
- Psychiatry
IPT was both well received and effective in socially disadvantaged women with depression and a history of childhood sexual abuse.- Reviewing:
- Talbot NL et al., Psychiatr Serv 2011 Apr; 62:374.
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Online Psychotherapy for Depression
- September 28, 2009
- Peter Roy-Byrne, MD
- Psychiatry
Instant messaging of therapy provides surprisingly positive results.- Reviewing:
- Kessler D et al., Lancet 2009 Aug 22; 374:628. Simon GE and Ludman EJ., Lancet 2009 Aug 22; 374:594.
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Switching to Psychotherapy Can Also Be Effective
- July 21, 2005
- Steven Dubovsky, MD
- Psychiatry
If psychotherapy proved ineffective for a chronically depressed patient, most clinicians would change to or add an antidepressant medication. These researchers examined whether nonresponders to . . .- Reviewing:
- Schatzberg AF et al., Arch Gen Psychiatry 2005 May; 62:513-20.
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Why No Psychotherapy for Depressed Elders?
- July 6, 2005
- Nada L. Stotland, MD, MPH
- Psychiatry
We know that depression in elders can be successfully treated with medication or psychotherapy. Not only does psychotherapy offer these patients the opportunity to better . . .- Reviewing:
- Wei W et al., Am J Psychiatry 2005 Apr; 162:711-7.
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Which Psychotherapy for Social Anxiety Disorder?
- June 3, 2013
- Joel Yager, MD
- Psychiatry
Cognitive-behavioral therapy yielded higher remission rates than psychodynamic psychotherapy, but meaningful clinical differences were few.- Reviewing:
- Leichsenring F et al., Am J Psychiatry 2013 May 17;:
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Psychotherapy Does Not Prolong Overall Breast Cancer Survival
- September 17, 2007
- Peter Roy-Byrne, MD
- Psychiatry
A survival benefit from psychotherapy was noted in only a small subgroup of these patients.- Reviewing:
- Spiegel D et al., Cancer 2007 Jul 23;:
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Psychotherapy for Bipolar Depression Free
- June 4, 2007
- Steven Dubovsky, MD
- Psychiatry
Any sort seems to help.- Reviewing:
- Miklowitz DJ et al., Arch Gen Psychiatry 2007 Apr; 64:419-27.
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A New Psychotherapy for Complicated Grief
- July 21, 2005
- Peter Roy-Byrne, MD
- Psychiatry
Between 10% and 20% of bereaved individuals may suffer from complicated grief -- an admixture of symptoms of major depression and post-traumatic stress disorder; bereavement-specific . . .- Reviewing:
- Shear K et al., JAMA 2005 Jun 1; 293:2601-8.
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Which Psychotherapy for Acute Anorexia Nervosa?
- May 18, 2005
- Joel Yager, MD
- Psychiatry
Patients in the acute phase of the disease may respond well to nonspecific supportive management.- Reviewing:
- McIntosh VVW et al., Am J Psychiatry 2005 Apr; 162:741-7.
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Psychotherapy for a Core Feature of Schizophrenia
- March 21, 2011
- Steven Dubovsky, MD
- Psychiatry
A treatment focusing on auditory sensory gating facilitates other improvements.
CME Exam- Reviewing:
- Popov T et al., Biol Psychiatry 2011 Mar 1; 69:465.
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Psychotherapy, Pharmacotherapy, or Both for Chronic Insomnia?
- July 31, 2006
- Michael W. Otto, PhD
- Psychiatry
Over the long term, CBT was more effective than either pharmacotherapy or combination treatment.- Reviewing:
- Wu R et al., Psychother Psychosom 2006 Jun; 75:220-8.
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Give Depressed Patients What They Fancy?
- April 17, 2009
- Peter Roy-Byrne, MD
- Psychiatry
This secondary analysis of treatment study results indicates that providing the treatment that patients prefer might improve outcomes.- Reviewing:
- Kocsis JH et al., J Clin Psychiatry 2009 Mar; 70:354.
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Psychiatric Practice: A March from the Brainless to the Mindless? Free
- September 15, 2008
- Steven Dubovsky, MD
- Psychiatry
When fewer psychiatrists provide psychotherapy, what is the effect on the patient — and on the field of psychiatry?- Reviewing:
- Mojtabai R and Olfson M., Arch Gen Psychiatry 2008 Aug; 65:962.
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Two New Psychotherapies for Borderline Personality Disorder Free
- July 31, 2006
- Steven Dubovsky, MD
- Psychiatry
Each reduced symptom severity and psychopathology.- Reviewing:
- Giesen-Bloo J et al., Arch Gen Psychiatry 2006 Jun; 63:649-58.
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All Psychotherapies Equally Effective for Depression Free
- June 10, 2013
- Peter Roy-Byrne, MD
- Psychiatry
In a large network meta-analysis, seven psychotherapies show at least small effect sizes compared with control conditions, but almost no differences in head-to-head comparisons.- Reviewing:
- Barth J et al., PLoS Med 2013 May 28; 10:e1001454.
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Reviews of Note
- January 24, 2011
- Psychiatry
Irritability in children; molecular depression; choosing depression treatments; good-quality psychotherapy studies; psychedelic drugs in psychiatric research; borderline personality disorder; genomic imprinting; 1000 genomes; methylation and behavior; the hippocampus in schizophrenia; antipsychotics and reasoning biases; and monitoring lithium -
Depression Treatment for Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes
- May 3, 2010
- Peter Roy-Byrne, MD
- Psychiatry
Consistent with other studies, depression improved with this collaborative intervention; cardiac outcomes improved too, but this novel finding was based on a relatively small number of patients and events.- Reviewing:
- Davidson KW et al., Arch Intern Med 2010 Apr 12; 170:600.
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You've Got a Friend: Befriending for the Distressed
- March 15, 2010
- Peter Roy-Byrne, MD
- Psychiatry
This intervention, pioneered in the U.K., is better than nothing but not as helpful as psychotherapy.- Reviewing:
- Mead N et al., Br J Psychiatry 2010 Feb; 196:96.
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Reviews of Note
- November 16, 2009
- Psychiatry
On cognitive enhancers, treatments for depression, prodromal signs of psychosis, geneenvironment interactions, and addressing mutations in mitochondrial DNA -
Reviews of Note
- February 2, 2009
- Psychiatry
Alcohol-use disorders; understanding genetics studies and gene–environment interactions; cognition-enhancing drugs; research in pregnant patients; antidepressants in bipolar disorders and in cardiovascular disease; psychotherapy for treating depression and bipolar disorders; and neuroscience review series
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