Symptom Reduction Without Remoralization: A Randomized, Waiting-List Controlled Study Aimed at Separating Two Beneficial Psychotherapy Outcome Effects

2016 ◽  
Vol 73 (7) ◽  
pp. 785-796
Author(s):  
Wiede Vissers ◽  
Ger P.J. Keijsers ◽  
Mirjam Kampman ◽  
Gert-Jan Hendriks ◽  
Paul Rijnders ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Waiting List ◽  
Controlled Study ◽  
Psychotherapy Outcome ◽  
Symptom Reduction

Guided Mourning for Morbid Grief: A Controlled Study

1981 ◽  
Vol 138 (3) ◽  
pp. 185-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Mawson ◽  
I. M. Marks ◽  
L. Ramm ◽  
R. S. Stern
Keyword(s):  
Waiting List ◽  
Control Treatment ◽  
Controlled Study ◽  
Do So

SummaryDuring 2 weeks on a waiting list 12 patients with morbid grief did not improve significantly. They were then randomly allocated either to guided mourning treatment, in which they were encouraged to face cues concerning their bereavement or to control treatment in which they were asked to avoid such cues. Each treatment comprised six 1½ hour sessions over 2 weeks. At week 4 guided mourning patients had improved significantly more than had controls on 3 measures, with a supportive trend on 4 measures. Improvement though modest was maintained to 10–28 weeks follow-up. Control patients did not improve significantly or show any trend to do so.

ADDING COGNITIVE THERAPY ELEMENTS TO EXPOSURE THERAPY FOR OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER: A CONTROLLED STUDY

2004 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick A. Vogel ◽  
Tore C. Stiles ◽  
K. Gunnar Götestam
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Therapy ◽  
Treatment Condition ◽  
Relaxation Training ◽  
Exposure Therapy ◽  
Waiting List ◽  
The Other ◽  
Treatment Manual ◽  
Controlled Study ◽  
Placebo Control ◽  
Compulsive Disorder

Thirty-five outpatients (25 women, 10 men) with a DSM-III-R principal diagnosis of OCD accepted exposure treatment at a psychiatric outpatient clinic. They were randomly assigned to one of two individual treatments for a 6-week exposure therapy treatment based on a treatment manual or to a 6-week waiting list condition. The 12 patients assigned to the waiting list were subsequently randomly assigned to one of the active treatments. Both treatment groups received in vivo or imaginal exposure in each of the 10 twice-weekly treatment sessions held after two assessment sessions. One group (n=16) received cognitive therapy interventions for comorbidity problems or to alter beliefs underlying patients' OCD. The other group (n=19) received relaxation training as an attention placebo control. Both groups received relapse prevention follow-up contacts. Twenty-seven patients completed intensive treatment. Both treatments overall showed satisfactory levels of clinical improvement and large effect sizes. ANCOVAS for treatment completers showed non-significantly lower levels of OCD symptoms, depression and state anxiety in the treatment condition that did not include cognitive interventions. The patients receiving additional cognitive therapy showed significantly lesser dropout than those in the other treatment condition, but there were no significant differences in the intention-to-treat analyses.

scholarly journals A study protocol for a preliminary randomised controlled trial assessing the acceptability and effectiveness of two eating disorders prevention interventions in Switzerland: The HEIDI BP-HW project

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (11) ◽  
pp. e0259796
Author(s):  
Isabelle Carrard ◽  
Sophie Bucher Della Torre
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Waiting List ◽  
Controlled Study ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Prevention Interventions ◽  
Group Sessions ◽  
Randomised Controlled

Because of the serious consequences of eating disorders on young women’s lives and because of the lack of specialised care facilities, assessing and implementing evidence-based prevention interventions is necessary. Switzerland, like other Western countries, has high prevalence rates of eating disorders. However, no prevention interventions have been evaluated in this country so far. This paper presents the protocol of a preliminary study with the aim to evaluate the acceptability and effectiveness of two interventions, the Body Project (BP) and the Healthy Weight Program (HW), for female students from French-speaking Switzerland. These two interventions were chosen because they have been widely evaluated and they proved to be effective in various countries. They take place in groups and include four weekly sessions over one month. Because of the pandemic situation, the group sessions will take place online on an collaborative platform. The design is a three-arm randomised controlled study. Ninety female students aged 18–25 and presenting with at least moderate body dissatisfaction will be randomised into three groups: (1) one-month BP intervention, (2) one-month HW intervention, and (3) one-month waiting-list control group followed by the BP intervention. Assessments of body dissatisfaction, thin-ideal internalisation, dietary restraint, negative affect, and eating disorder psychopathology will be conducted before and after the interventions or waiting list and after a one-month follow-up. ANCOVA and ANOVA with repeated measures will be used to assess group differences and follow-up stability. Acceptability will be assessed with a questionnaire on participants’ satisfaction with the interventions, group discussion at the end of the intervention, and with participants’ rate of attendance to the group sessions. The study results will provide additional data on these two eating disorders prevention interventions and will suggest ways for their dissemination and further evaluation in Switzerland.

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