Group Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Cognitive behaviour therapy in chronic fatigue syndrome.

Fifty patients fulfilling operational criteria for the chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), and who had been ill for a mean of five years, were offered cognitive behaviour therapy in an open trial. Those fulfilling operational criteria for depressive illness were also offered tricyclic antidepressants. The rationale was that a distinction be drawn between factors that precipitate the illness and tho...

Cognitive behavior therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome.

Cognitive behaviour therapy for adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome: randomised controlled trial.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of cognitive behaviour therapy for adolescents aged 10-17 years with chronic fatigue syndrome. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial. SETTING Department of child psychology. PARTICIPANTS 71 consecutively referred patients with chronic fatigue syndrome; 36 were randomly assigned to immediate cognitive behaviour therapy and 35 to the waiting list for therapy....

Family cognitive behaviour therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome: an uncontrolled study.

AIM To examine the efficacy of family focused cognitive behaviour therapy for 11-18 year olds with chronic fatigue syndrome. METHODS Twenty three patients were offered family focused cognitive behaviour therapy. The main outcome was a fatigue score of less than 4 and attendance at school 75% of the time. RESULTS Twenty patients completed treatment. Eighteen had completed all measures at six...

The role of the therapeutic relationship in cognitive behaviour therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome.

Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) can reduce fatigue and impairment. Recently, it was found that changes in fatigue-perpetuating factors, i.e. focusing on symptoms, control over fatigue, perceived activity and physical functioning, are associated with and explain up to half of the variance in fatigue during CBT for CFS. The therapy relationship, e.g. outcome e...