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SynthesisCurrent psychiatry reports2023

Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety-Related Disorders: A Meta-Analysis of Recent Literature.

Shalini Bhattacharya, Carmen Goicoechea, Saeideh Heshmati, Joseph K Carpenter, Stefan G Hofmann

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Synthesis in Current psychiatry reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06436521 (The Efficacy of Online Brief Positive Cognitive Behavior Therapy Compared to Traditional Cognitive Behavior Therapy on Improving Well-Being and Goal Attainment in Young Adults), which is not on this map. Cited by 20 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT06436521 nacompletednot on this map

The Efficacy of Online Brief Positive Cognitive Behavior Therapy Compared to Traditional Cognitive Behavior Therapy on Improving Well-Being and Goal Attainment in Young Adults

TypeinterventionalSponsorBabes-Bolyai UniversityRan2014 to 2015Enrolled38ConditionsEmotional Distress, Well-Being, Psychological, PerformanceArmsPositive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Traditional Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Shalini BhattacharyaDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Philipps-University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
Carmen GoicoecheaDepartment of Experimental Psychology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
Saeideh HeshmatiDepartment of Psychology, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, USA.
Joseph K CarpenterNational Center for PTSD Women's Health Sciences Division, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA.
Stefan G HofmannDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Philipps-University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany. shofmann@bu.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-3548-9681

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewEffective treatment of anxiety-related disorders is crucial, considering the prevalence of such disorders and their association with poor psychosocial functioning. To evaluate the most recent evidence on the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety-related disorders in adults, we conducted a meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials published since 2017. RECENT

findingsTen studies with a total of 1250 participants met the inclusion criteria. Seven of these studies examined PTSD. The findings demonstrated small placebo-controlled effects of CBT on target disorder symptoms (Hedges' g = 0.24, p < 0.05) and depression (Hedges' g = 0.15, p = n.s). When examining only PTSD studies, effects were reduced (Hedges' g = 0.14, p < 0.05). Heterogeneity in most analyses was very low, and no publication bias was found. Effect sizes from placebo-controlled trials from the past 5 years appear to be smaller than those in prior meta-analyses. The findings are largely driven by research on PTSD, with few placebo-controlled trials of other anxiety-related disorders published since 2017.

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Anxiety DisordersCognitive Behavioral TherapyAdultAnxietyHumansTreatment OutcomeAnxietyAnxiety disordersCognitive behavioral therapyMeta-analysisPosttraumatic stress disorderRandomized controlled trials

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PMID36534317
PMCPMC9834105

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