{"title":"Enhancing the Scalability and Impact of the Motherly App for Postnatal Depression.","authors":"Qiang Xie, Weiying Chen","doi":"10.1159/000543542","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000543542","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20744,"journal":{"name":"Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics","volume":" ","pages":"69-70"},"PeriodicalIF":16.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143365527","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S K K Nielsen, A C Stuart, C Winding, M Øllgaard, K Wolitzky-Taylor, S I F Daniel, S Vangkilde, N Rosenberg, I Hageman, M B Jørgensen
{"title":"Group Acceptance and Commitment Therapy versus Cognitive Behavioral Therapy/Exposure Response Prevention for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Block Randomized Controlled Trial.","authors":"S K K Nielsen, A C Stuart, C Winding, M Øllgaard, K Wolitzky-Taylor, S I F Daniel, S Vangkilde, N Rosenberg, I Hageman, M B Jørgensen","doi":"10.1159/000544070","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000544070","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) may be as effective for treating obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) as the gold standard treatment, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) with exposure response prevention (ERP), but ACT has never been directly compared to CBT/ERP in a randomized control trial. This study aimed to compare the efficacy of group-based ACT and CBT/ERP in two outpatient mental health service clinics for adults with OCD.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 176 patients with OCD participated in a single-blinded, non-inferiority, block randomized controlled trial (RCT). Patients were assigned to either the ACT (n = 101) or CBT/ERP (n = 75) groups for 14 weekly sessions. The primary outcome was the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) score at post-treatment and at the 6-month follow-up with prespecified non-inferiority criteria. Quality of life, measured using the Quality of Life Inventory (QOLI), was the secondary outcome.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Linear mixed models showed that Y-BOCS scores in the ACT group were non-inferior to those in the CBT/ERP group both post-treatment and at 6, and 12 months of follow-up. QOLI scores also showed no significant differences in ACT compared to CBT/ERP across the three measurement points.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This RCT demonstrated that group-delivered ACT is non-inferior to CBT/ERP in reducing OCD symptoms and improving the quality of life of patients with OCD in outpatient mental health services. These findings suggest that ACT may serve as a viable alternative to CBT/ERP in adults with OCD in outpatient mental health settings, although further replication is necessary.</p>","PeriodicalId":20744,"journal":{"name":"Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics","volume":" ","pages":"135-146"},"PeriodicalIF":16.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143483812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bernd Löwe, Stephan Zipfel, Omer van den Bergh, Peter Henningsen
{"title":"Reconsidering Persistent Somatic Symptoms: A Transdiagnostic and Transsymptomatic Approach.","authors":"Bernd Löwe, Stephan Zipfel, Omer van den Bergh, Peter Henningsen","doi":"10.1159/000541741","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000541741","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20744,"journal":{"name":"Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics","volume":" ","pages":"20-25"},"PeriodicalIF":16.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142547008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Erratum.","authors":"","doi":"10.1159/000542083","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000542083","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20744,"journal":{"name":"Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics","volume":" ","pages":"68"},"PeriodicalIF":16.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142506630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Developing and Testing Complex Interventions in Psychosomatic Medicine.","authors":"Christopher Burton","doi":"10.1159/000541742","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000541742","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20744,"journal":{"name":"Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics","volume":" ","pages":"26-30"},"PeriodicalIF":16.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142506629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hidden Costs: The Clinical and Research Pitfalls of Mistaking Antidepressant Withdrawal for Relapse.","authors":"Mark A Horowitz, James Davies","doi":"10.1159/000542437","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000542437","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20744,"journal":{"name":"Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics","volume":" ","pages":"3-7"},"PeriodicalIF":16.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11797942/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142751386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mathilde I Looman, Tessa F Blanken, Tim M Schoenmakers, Joyce E Reesen, Marieke Effting, Floris E Linnebank, Annemieke van Straten, Jan H Kamphuis, Jaap Lancee
{"title":"Telephone-Guided Sleep Restriction for Insomnia: A Randomized Sleep Diary-Controlled Trial.","authors":"Mathilde I Looman, Tessa F Blanken, Tim M Schoenmakers, Joyce E Reesen, Marieke Effting, Floris E Linnebank, Annemieke van Straten, Jan H Kamphuis, Jaap Lancee","doi":"10.1159/000545138","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000545138","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Insomnia is common, but access to its first-line treatment, cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), is limited. To explore a scalable alternative, we investigated the efficacy of sleep restriction therapy (SRT), a core component of CBT-I, delivered via telephone.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In a randomized controlled trial, 147 adults with insomnia were allocated to 6 weeks of telephone-guided SRT (n = 76) or a sleep diary control group (n = 71). The SRT group received weekly supporting phone calls lasting 10-15 min. At baseline and posttest, we measured insomnia severity (primary outcome), sleep diary measures, anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, presleep arousal, sleep-safety behaviors, daytime sleepiness, and dysfunctional sleep-related cognitions (secondary outcomes). The SRT group repeated these measures at 3- and 6-month follow-ups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Telephone-guided SRT showed large between-group effects on insomnia severity at posttest relative to the sleep diary control group (d = 1.52; p < 0.001). Based on intention-to-treat, 36 (47%) participants randomized to SRT achieved clinical improvement, and 23 (30%) achieved insomnia remission. We found medium-to-large between-group effects at posttest (d = 0.53-1.18) for all secondary outcomes except daytime sleepiness and total sleep time. At 3- and 6-month follow-ups, the primary and all secondary outcomes, including daytime sleepiness and total sleep time, improved relative to baseline within the SRT group (d = 0.50-1.93).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This trial shows that telephone-guided SRT is an effective insomnia treatment requiring minimal therapist guidance. If direct comparisons with CBT-I corroborate these findings, SRT could be an interesting scalable alternative to CBT-I as a first-line insomnia treatment.</p><p><strong>Trial registry: </strong>NCT05548907.</p>","PeriodicalId":20744,"journal":{"name":"Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics","volume":" ","pages":"147-161"},"PeriodicalIF":16.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12060811/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143693119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance- and Mindfulness-Based Treatments in Adults with Bodily Distress: A Network Meta-Analysis.","authors":"Frederic Maas Genannt Bermpohl, Alexandra Martin","doi":"10.1159/000544825","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000544825","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Many physical complaints cause long-term bodily distress. Meta-analyses show that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and acceptance- and mindfulness-based treatments (AMBT) reduce somatic symptom severity, but evidence on differential efficacy is limited. This study evaluates the efficacy of CBT and AMBT for bodily distress (e.g., somatoform disorders, functional somatic syndromes, and related disorders).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials on adults with bodily distress compared CBT and AMBT either directly or with nonspecific control groups. Cohen's d based on between-group effect sizes was aggregated using a random effects model. Primary outcome was somatic symptom severity; secondary outcomes included depression, anxiety, and perceived health status.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Based on 74 studies (N = 8,277), CBT (d = -0.50, 95% CI, -0.70 to -0.29; between-group effect sizes vs. wait-list [WL]) and AMBT (d = -0.55, 95% CI, -1.06 to -0.23; between-group effect sizes vs. WL) were equally effective in reducing somatic symptoms at posttreatment. AMBT were more effective than CBT in reducing depression (d = -0.31, 95% CI, -0.58 to -0.04; between-group effect sizes) and anxiety (d = -0.42, 95% CI, -0.73 to -0.11; between-group effect sizes) posttreatment. At long-term follow-up, effects were partly maintained; AMBT remained more effective than CBT for anxiety, with no differential effects for other outcomes.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Both treatments showed benefits compared to various controls. Evidence suggests potential differential treatment effects, indicating some patient groups may benefit more from AMBT. Clinicians should view CBT as foundational but remain open to variations, especially for comorbid pathology.</p>","PeriodicalId":20744,"journal":{"name":"Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics","volume":" ","pages":"207-224"},"PeriodicalIF":16.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12060822/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143493448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Luisa de Siqueira Rotenberg, Renata Curvello, Clara Nardini, Milene da Silva Franco, Maria Eduarda Carozzino, Taís Boeira Biazus, Thuani Campanha, Alia Garrudo Guirado, Grace O'Malley, Thomas J Stamm, Beny Lafer
{"title":"Metacognitive Training for Subjects with Bipolar Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial.","authors":"Luisa de Siqueira Rotenberg, Renata Curvello, Clara Nardini, Milene da Silva Franco, Maria Eduarda Carozzino, Taís Boeira Biazus, Thuani Campanha, Alia Garrudo Guirado, Grace O'Malley, Thomas J Stamm, Beny Lafer","doi":"10.1159/000542091","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000542091","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Impairments in social cognition in bipolar disorder (BD) have been extensively described in the last decade but few treatment strategies have been studied to address this issue. This study presents findings from a randomized controlled trial (RCT) investigating the efficacy of metacognitive training for bipolar disorder (MCT-BD) compared to Treatment as Usual (TAU) among individuals with BD in remission. The aim was to determine whether MCT-BD could improve social cognition and overall functioning in this population.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants (N = 56) were recruited via social media and an internal database at the University of São Paulo Medical School. Inclusion criteria included a confirmed BD diagnosis, current state of remission, and the presence of social functioning impairments. Exclusion criteria included any impairments that could hinder neuropsychological testing. Patients were randomly assigned to either MCT-BD or TAU, with assessments conducted at baseline and follow-up. The MCT-BD program consisted of nine sessions.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The overall attendance rate across all MCT-BD intervention sessions was 96.6%. The MCT-BD program demonstrated added value in improving social cognition, specifically in emotion recognition reaction time. However, no significant changes were found in theory of mind, psychosocial functioning, or quality of life.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This RCT provides preliminary evidence for the efficacy of MCT-BD in improving emotion recognition latency, emphasizing the importance of targeted interventions in social cognition outcomes for individuals with BD. The study's strengths include high completion rates and comprehensive cognitive assessments. Future studies should explore long-term effects and personalized treatment approaches aiming to improve social-cognitive deficits in this population.</p>","PeriodicalId":20744,"journal":{"name":"Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics","volume":" ","pages":"71-88"},"PeriodicalIF":16.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142979798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yanjuan Li, Yi Zhang, Chun Wang, Jia Luo, Yang Yu, Shixing Feng, Chunxue Wang, Qianwen Xu, Pengchong Wang, Junxuan Chen, Ning Zhang, Qianmei Yu, Yuqing Liu, Danyun Chen, Stefan G Hofmann, Xinghua Liu
{"title":"Supported Mindfulness-Based Self-Help Intervention as an Adjunctive Treatment for Rapid Symptom Change in Emotional Disorders: A Practice-Oriented Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.","authors":"Yanjuan Li, Yi Zhang, Chun Wang, Jia Luo, Yang Yu, Shixing Feng, Chunxue Wang, Qianwen Xu, Pengchong Wang, Junxuan Chen, Ning Zhang, Qianmei Yu, Yuqing Liu, Danyun Chen, Stefan G Hofmann, Xinghua Liu","doi":"10.1159/000542937","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000542937","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Rapid symptom relief is crucial for individuals with emotional disorders. The current study aimed to determine whether facilitator-supported mindfulness-based self-help (MBSH) intervention as an adjunctive treatment could provide rapid improvement for individuals with emotional disorders.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A practice-oriented randomized controlled trial was conducted on a sample of 302 patients with emotional disorders from four centers. Participants were randomly assigned to either MBSH+TAU (treatment as usual; n = 152) or TAU-only group (n = 150). Assessments were conducted at baseline, week 3, week 5, immediately after intervention and at a 3-month follow-up. Primary outcomes included self-reported and clinician-reported anxiety and depression symptoms. Secondary outcomes included mindfulness, physical symptoms, perceived stress, sleep quality, and inner peace.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The MBSH+TAU group achieved significantly greater improvements in all primary and secondary outcome measures as compared with TAU-only immediately after intervention (Cohen's d = 0.19-0.51). In addition, relatively greater improvements were observed in self-reported depression, mindfulness, physical symptoms, perceived stress, and inner peace as early as week 3 or 5, which were sustained at the 3-month follow-up (Cohen's d = 0.20-0.34).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Facilitator-supported MBSH offers a scalable and effective adjunctive treatment option for patients with emotional disorders in clinical practice, facilitating rapid improvements.</p>","PeriodicalId":20744,"journal":{"name":"Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics","volume":" ","pages":"119-129"},"PeriodicalIF":16.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142984610","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}