Sentences with phrase «few effective therapies»

These diseases have high death rates and very few effective therapies.

Not exact matches

But while exposure therapy has been proved highly effective, few teenagers receive it.

Or, in marriage therapy, a few sessions involving the couple's children and / or parents, frequently reveals otherwise hidden dimensions of their marital interaction that prove effective in helping them alter their growth - stifling ways of relating.

Over the past 2 decades, few effective treatments for this cancer type have been identified, as PanNETs» heterogeneity has complicated the design of targeted therapies.

The findings suggest that targeting proteins in the BRAF pathway may open new avenues for treating chronic itch, a condition in which few therapies are effective.

But sometime within the next few years, Min and Rhee plan to run clinical trials in humans to see whether FlaB - enhanced bacteria could work as a safe, effective anticancer therapy.

The FDA's medical reviewer's recommendation for approval says, in part, that more trials before approval would «significantly delay effective therapy,» which not only reduces body weight but exerts favorable effects on blood pressure and myocardial oxygen for «patients with a serious disease condition with few treatment options.»

Lipitor owed its success in part to working better than other drugs, with few side effects, in a class where demand for effective therapies is high.

«Our hope is that this approach may lead to more effective therapies with fewer side effects.»

Electroconvulsive therapy remains one of the most effective treatments for severe depression, but new UNSW research shows ultra-brief pulse stimulation is almost as effective as standard ECT, with far fewer cognitive side effects.

Although 1000 Australians are diagnosed with HIV every year, effective and accessible therapies mean that few people progress to AIDS, according to the announcement from Grulich and his colleagues at five organizations.

«But hypnotic relaxation therapy has been shown to be the most effective drug - free option — as well as having few or no side effects.»

All three are therapies for rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disorder that previously had few effective treatments.

This approach could reveal more effective therapies and also identify drug targets that would result in fewer side effects.

The therapy, which is described the week of February 13, 2017, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, can be effective longer and likely has fewer side effects than existing treatments, and could be produced much more cheaply.

Although recently approved therapies can increase progression - free survival by a few months, «we think this novel screening system has the potential to uncover new, more effective medications that could be targeted more specifically at a patient's cancer,» Lengyel said.

An estimated 68 percent of adults in the United States are either overweight or obese, yet medicine doesn't have much to offer in the way of help; there are very few effective nonsurgical weight - loss therapies.

Studies showing that psychodynamic therapy is effective at relieving symptoms of mood disorders in both the short and long term do exist, but there are far fewer of them and they tend to be on the small side.

We always stress to all those on a cancer healing journey to never rely on a few remedies, no matter how effective they can be, but to always embrace a full program of several therapies and remedies which have been personalized.

A few studies with humans show therapeutic ultrasonography therapy to be effective for pain, but more research is needed (88, 89, 90).

Numerous studies have found it to be an effective method for treating trauma ---- treatment effects are maintained over time and fewer sessions are needed to elicit results than for example Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or Exposure Therapy.

The conclusion of the two meta - analyses and the systematic reviews, and the over-all conclusion of the most recent scholarly work on SFBT, is that Solution - Focused Brief Therapy is an effective approach to the treatment of psychological problems, with effect sizes similar to other evidenced - based approaches, such as CBT and IPT, but that these effects are found in fewer average sessions, and using an approach style that is more benign (Gingerich et al, 2012; Trepper & Franklin, 2012).

Cognitive behavioural therapy has been shown to be effective in treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) when delivered once or twice a week over several months.1 Cognitive therapies for PTSD are effective in reducing symptoms compared with self - help interventions with minimal therapist contact, but there are few comparisons to credible psychotherapy.1, 2

Few studies have specifically addressed this issue.14, 15 A large scale randomized control trial (RCT) comparing CBT, counselling and psychoanalytic therapy with routine care found that, while all active treatments were moderately effective in treating depression and brought about short term benefits in the quality of the mother - infant relationship, there was limited evidence of benefit to infant outcome; and effects (including those on maternal mood) were not apparent at follow - up.16, 17 Similarly, a recent RCT found that, although interpersonal psychotherapy was effective in treating maternal depression, there was no benefit in terms of observed mother - infant interactions, infant negative emotionality, and infant attachment security.18

Results from randomised controlled trials highlight that cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) is an effective intervention for child anxiety disorders.6, 7,8,9,10 While effective interventions are available, comparatively few children with significant emotional disorders receive specialist help.

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A study of individual cognitive therapy for bipolar disorder showed positive outcomes at 1 - year follow - up, but the benefits were reduced over time, suggesting the need for booster sessions to sustain the gains.19 As with many forms of therapy, CBT has been found to be more successful in reducing relapse in the depressive pole compared with the manic pole.30 A large randomised trial of CBT showed no difference between CBT and treatment as usual, when all participants were included in the analyses.31 However, results of a post-hoc analysis suggested that CBT was effective for participants who reported fewer than 12 prior episodes of illness and were not acutely unwell when therapy began; numbers of episodes of mania rather than depression seemed to predict treatment response.32 Such data can help guide the clinical application of CBT for bipolar patients.

Yet few therapy training programs address sex and sexuality adequately or equip their graduates with immediately applicable, effective strategies for discussing sexual concerns with clients.

Although previously considered a disorder highly difficult to treat, in the past 15 years, cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) has emerged as an empirically supported treatment for severe health anxiety yielding large reductions of health anxiety.6 Few studies have, however, investigated whether CBT is a cost - effective treatment.

In a meta - analysis of 70 published studies (including 9,957 children and parents, and a core set of 51 randomized controlled trials with 6,282 mothers and children), Bakermans - Kranenburg, van IJzendoorn & Juffer8 demonstrated that the most effective attachment - based interventions to improve parent sensitivity (d = 0.33, p <.001) and promote secure infant - caregiver attachment (d = 0.20, p <.001) included the following characteristics: (1) a clear and exclusive focus on behavioural training for parent sensitivity rather than a focus on sensitivity plus support, or a focus on sensitivity plus support plus internal representations (e.g. individual therapy); (2) the use of video feedback; (3) fewer than five sessions (fewer than five sessions were as effective as five to 16 sessions, and 16 sessions or more were least effective); (4) a later start, i.e. after the infant is six months or older (rather than during pregnancy or before age six months); and (5) conducted by non-professionals.

Reaching your full potential, understanding yourself and others and removing barriers to happiness and fulfillment are but a few goals of successful, effective therapy.