We are conducting a trial of
a psychological intervention delivered to families with very young children, engaging both parents where possible.
Not exact matches
The authors say «We have provided the first evidence that two brief
psychological therapies targeting the two leading mental health related causes of the global burden of disease,
delivered by the same lay counsellor in routine primary care, to patients who had never received such therapies before, can lead to sustained improvements in health over one year, and that the investments made in providing this
intervention is excellent value for money.
In trials of
psychological interventions, it is difficult to blind therapists and participants to which
intervention they are
delivering or receiving.
The recently completed CADENCE study developed and piloted an enhanced
psychological care (EPC)
intervention for patients presenting with depressive symptoms following a cardiac event who attended cardiac rehabilitation.16 EPC was
delivered by cardiac nurse specialists, within their existing workloads and embedded within the structured cardiac rehabilitation programme.
In this article in The Lancet Psychiatry, Cathy Creswell and colleagues report their findings from comparing two brief
psychological interventions for children — brief guided parent -
delivered cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) and solution - focused brief therapy.
We are also working to better identify these
psychological problems in children so that psychologists can
deliver essential early
intervention.
Rapee et al. (2009) found small but significant effects for a universal anxiety prevention program, with stronger effects for children versus adolescents; while Neil and Christensen's (2009) review indicated efficacy for both universal and targeted school - based anxiety prevention programs; however, indicated
interventions, i.e., programs that are
delivered to groups or individuals who exhibit early symptoms of
psychological disorders, have shown more promise (Feldner et al., 2004).
Interventions included psycho - educational strategies, cognitive behavioural therapies (CBT), interpersonal psychotherapies, non-directive counselling,
psychological debriefing and social support,
delivered by telephone, in home visits or group sessions, by professional or lay person.
Results of a mixed - method implementation evaluation suggest that the new
intervention activities were generally feasible to
deliver, acceptable to participants, and perceived to yield positive benefits for family functioning and parent
psychological well - being.