As some people will have noticed, I'm not the biggest fan of CBT for ME/CFS. However, I thought I'd highlight this blog post as I thought it was interesting in terms of learning what one should look for when looking at trials of psychological interventions (admittedly, this might not be of interest to everybody, but perhaps a few anyway).
James C. Coyne is also an interesting blogger in general: he tends not to hold back in criticising trials, so it is interesting to see him praising a trial.
continues at: http://blogs.plos.org/mindthebrain/...e-behavior-therapy-vs-psychoanalysis-bulimia/
James C. Coyne is also an interesting blogger in general: he tends not to hold back in criticising trials, so it is interesting to see him praising a trial.
When Less is More: Cognitive Behavior Therapy vs Psychoanalysis for Bulimia
By James Coyne PhD
Posted: January 7, 2014
American Journal of Psychiatry published a noteworthy report of a randomized clinical trial (RCT) comparing cognitive behavior therapy to psychoanalytic therapy for bulimia.
Twenty sessions of cognitive behavior therapy over 5 months reducedbinge eating and purgingbetter than 2 years of weekly psychoanalytic psychotherapy. This was true for assessments both at five months (42% versus 6%), marking the ending the cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), and two years (45% versus 16%), marking the ending of the psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Overall, psychoanalytic psychotherapy did not do well, despite the greater intensity of treatment.
If that’s all that you needed to know, you can stop reading here. But continue on if you are interested in finding out more about good conduct and reporting of clinical trials, what’s special about this trial.
continues at: http://blogs.plos.org/mindthebrain/...e-behavior-therapy-vs-psychoanalysis-bulimia/