Cognitive-behavioural group therapy versus guided self-help for compulsive buying disorder: A preliminary study

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Müller ◽  
A. Arikian ◽  
M. de Zwaan ◽  
J.E. Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Group Therapy ◽  
Compulsive Buying ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Cognitive Behavioural ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Compulsive Buying Disorder

scholarly journals Treatment of compulsive buying disorder: comparing the effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy with person-centred experiential counselling

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Stephen Kellett ◽  
Pippa Oxborough ◽  
Chris Gaskell
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Compulsive Buying ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Behavioural Therapy ◽  
Experiential Therapy ◽  
Cognitive Behavioural ◽  
Clinically Significant ◽  
Compulsive Buying Disorder

Abstract Background: Outcome studies of the treatment of compulsive buying disorder (CBD) have rarely compared the effectiveness of differing active treatments. Aims: This study sought to compare the effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and person-centred experiential therapy (PCE) in a cross-over design. Method: This was an ABC single case experimental design with extended follow-up with a female patient meeting diagnostic criteria for CBD. Ideographic CBD outcomes were intensively measured over a continuous 350-day time series. Following a 1-month baseline assessment phase (A; 28 days; three sessions), CBT was delivered via 13 out-patient sessions (B: 160 days) and then PCE was delivered via six out-patient sessions (C: 63 days). There was a 99-day follow-up period. Results: Frequency and duration of compulsive buying episodes decreased during active treatment. CBT and PCE were both highly effective compared with baseline for reducing shopping obsessions, excitement about shopping, compulsion to shop and improving self-esteem. When the PCE and CBT treatment phases were compared against each other, few differences were apparent in terms of outcome. There was no evidence of any relapse over the follow-up period. A reliable and clinically significant change on the primary nomothetic measure (i.e. Compulsive Buying Scale) was retained over time. Conclusions: The study suggests that both CBT and PCE can be effective for CBD. Methodological limitations and suggestions for future CBD outcome research are discussed.

scholarly journals “Billions in Debt and Still Surviving”: Curing the Female Shopper in Confessions of a Shopaholic

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 14-44
Author(s):  
Meghna Sapui
Keyword(s):  
Group Therapy ◽  
Great Recession ◽  
Compulsive Buying ◽  
The Body ◽  
Romantic Comedy ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
Compulsive Buying Disorder

This paper analyses P.J. Hogan’s Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009) in three sections. In the first section, it studies how the film maps shopping as an illness that needs to be cured onto the body of its female heroine. It does so, as is argued here, by portraying her as a patient suffering from Compulsive Buying Disorder (CBD). In the second part, it traces how Confessions necessitates the cure of the female shopper, given its background of the Great Recession and how this holds generic significance for the romantic comedy. The paper then concludes by charting the heroine’s cure in group therapy as predicated upon the principle of the Foucauldian confession and how this then resolves the narrative as, what Diane Negra calls, one of “adjusted ambitions.”

scholarly journals A qualitative exploration of the acceptability of a cognitive behavioural therapy self-help book for people with psychosis in Nicaragua

Psychosis ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Minna Lyons ◽  
Roberto Berrios ◽  
Jorge Castro ◽  
Sara Castro ◽  
Ross G. White ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy ◽  
Behavioural Therapy ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Cognitive Behavioural ◽  
Qualitative Exploration

Preferences toward digital and non-digital mental health treatment delivery formats: A survey of Indian college students (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akash Wasil ◽  
Tanvi Malhotra ◽  
Nandita Tuteja ◽  
Nivedita Nandakumar ◽  
Laleh Pandole ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Group Therapy ◽  
Mental Health Treatment ◽  
Strong Association ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Treatment Delivery ◽  
Intervention Delivery ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Delivery Formats

BACKGROUND Digital mental health treatments have the potential to expand access to services in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), but the uptake of interventions has been limited. Furthermore, the attitudes of those in LMICs toward intervention formats are rarely studied. OBJECTIVE To understand the attitudes of Indian college students toward a variety of digital and non-digital treatment delivery formats. METHODS Indian college students received descriptions of seven treatment delivery formats: unguided digital self-help, guided digital self-help, bibliotherapy, one-on-one therapy with a professional, one-on-one therapy with a lay provider, group therapy with a professional, and group therapy with a lay provider. They were asked to rate each delivery format on three domains: a) perceived helpfulness, b) availability, and c) willingness to try. RESULTS 95% of individuals were willing to try one-on-one therapy with a professional, 56% were willing to try one-on-one therapy with a lay counselor, participants were less willing to try group interventions than one-on-one interventions, and <50% were willing to try digital self-help interventions. Additionally, there was a strong association between willingness to try and ratings of helpfulness (r=0.61). Ratings were not associated with gender, age, or depressive symptoms. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that one barrier limiting the uptake of digital interventions in LMICs is that individuals do not perceive them as helpful. Efforts to disseminate information about non-traditional intervention delivery formats and their benefits are warranted.

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