BACKGROUND The 13C-caffeine breath test (CBT) is a non-invasive, quantitative test of liver function which has been shown to correlate inversely to the Child-Pugh score. The aim of the study was to determine the utility of CBT in the assessment of cirrhosis and its correlation to the model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score. METHODS Thirty-nine patients, 29 with cirrhosis and 10 with ch...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether family physicians thought they could use cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) in their practices, and if so, how, and to discover what the barriers to implementation might be. DESIGN Qualitative study using taped interviews. SETTING British Columbia and Ontario. PARTICIPANTS Physicians practising family medicine in a variety of settings who attended an educ...

In this study, we examined the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for adolescent depression. Outcomes of 80 youth treated with CBT in an outpatient depression specialty clinic, the Services for Teens at Risk Center (STAR), were compared to a "gold standard" CBT research benchmark. On average, youths treated with CBT in STAR experienced significantly slower symptom improvement t...

The goals of these two studies were to assess the acceptability and feasibility as well as to gather preliminary efficacy data on a modified combination cognitive behavioral (CBT) and attachment based family therapy (ABFT) for adolescents (ages 12-18), with the primary diagnosis of generalized (GAD), social phobia (SP), and separation (SAD) anxiety disorders. In Phase I, CBT was modified for an...

BACKGROUND Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders were once thought to be impervious to psychological treatments; however, there is accumulating evidence that cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) can result in significant clinical benefit to these patients. AIM This paper aims to describe the development and adaptation of CBT in the treatment of schizophrenia, to summarise the evidence to s...

PURPOSE There is ongoing controversy on the effectiveness of psychotherapy in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). In the few small studies, cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) has been shown to alleviate symptoms of anxiety or depression. However, there is little research on the impact of CBT on physical outcomes in IBD and no studies on long-term effectiveness of CBT. METHODS The present two-a...

BACKGROUND Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric sequel to a stressful event or situation of an exceptionally threatening or catastrophic nature. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has been used in the management of PTSD for many years. This paper reviews the effectiveness of CBT for the treatment of PTSD following various types of trauma, its potential to prevent PTSD, methods...

Abstract Anxiety sensitivity (AS) is a common vulnerability in emotional disorders. Due to the pathological role of AS, individuals with high AS are faced problems. Thus, cognitive behavioural interventions try reduce these problems by targeting AS. The present study aimed compare efficacy transdiagnostic therapy (T-CBT) and construct-specific CBT (CS-CBT) on anxiety, depression, positive negat...

background: the infertility is associated with psychological consequence including depression, and lack of self-efficacy. objective: the aim of this study was to compare the pharmacological and no pharmacological strategies in promotion of self-efficacy of infertile women. materials and methods: a randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted on 89 infertile women who were recruited from f...