Sentences with phrase «which usual treatments»

Ivan Hung from the University of Hong Kong and colleagues investigated possible alternatives for cases in which usual treatments were no longer an option, particularly focussing on young, previously healthy people with late - presenting symptoms.

Not exact matches

It is a response to the disruption of essential family interaction, the disturbance of usual family patterns, the financial insecurity which arises from both the heavy costs of treatment and, in the case of the breadwinner, the loss of family income.

I do sincerely appreciate that you wouldlike to know what we value and believe, and why, which is way better than the usual treatment we receive.

His treatment is an improvement on the usual Roman Catholic view in which confession is normally relegated to the priestly office.

The researchers then compared the dogs» recovery to 24 cases on the books in which dogs had had only the usual treatment.

But where treatment choice is in dispute, the usual situation places CAM practitioners against the rest of the medical personnel, in which case they need to have a good line of arguments and a good and widely accepted reputation.

The treatment had few serious adverse events; however, five patients had pain that persisted for longer than usual following the surgery (more than 3 - 4 days) and one had an infection at the site of the surgery which resulted in the electrodes needing to be removed and re-implanted.

It was the first time the FDA had used a new «accelerated» procedure, under which the treatment was approved faster than usual, on condition that further studies confirmed its value.

The usual treatment for the infection, which affects over half a million people in the US each year, involves a strong course of antibiotics.

Specifically, vorinostat targets histone deacetylases, which are different from the usual molecules targeted by traditional treatments.

The young people described positive encounters as those in which they received «treatment as usual» or non-discriminatory care, delivered with kindness, which had the potential to challenge their negative self - evaluation rather than perpetuate it.

And when control groups are part of a study, patients in those groups typically still receive treatment (which may be the usual standard of care) throughout the trial.»

Usual treatment of patients with stage lA2 and lB1 lesions consists of either radical hysterectomy with bilateral pelvic lymph node dissection or radiation therapy (RT), which combines two kinds of therapy — whole pelvic teletherapy and local brachytherapy (implants).

Due to the properties of Panthenol (which acts as a natural silicone, coating the hair shaft making it feel stiffer than usual), a clarifying treatment might be a good one to throw in once in a while or, you can choose not to add Panthenol at all and apply it separately instead to roots only (which will reduce oiliness).

On top of the usual S - line models, Audi also offers different front end treatments depending on SE or Sport trims, multiple wheel options and an R8 - style coloured panel on the c - pillar which does much to alter the overall aesthetic.

If you are successful in proving negligence then you would become entitled to compensation for both your pain and suffering caused by the injuries and your ruined holiday, and also your «out of pocket» expenses which in these types of cases might include the cost of medical treatment in addition to the usual types of expenses such as the cost of travel, medication or possibly loss of earnings.

After he purchased his policy and his airline tickets, he was continuing his usual cancer treatments, but unfortunately developed a dangerously low white blood count which precluded him from traveling since it increased his risk of contracting a life threatening infection during the trip.

Charges for Treatment which exceed Usual, Reasonable and Customary charges; or Charges incurred for Surgeries or Treatments which are Investigational, Experimental, or for research purposes; expenses which are nonmedical in nature;

Except for one study, 42 which compared a group - based intervention with an individual - based intervention, all studies compared interventions with a no - intervention control or with treatment as usual.

Recently an article was published in the American Journal of Psychiatry in which Schema Therapy was superior to treatment as usual and clarification - oriented psychotherapy for a.o. cluster C personality disorders (Bamelis, Evers, Spinhoven & Arntz, 2013)

The number needed to treat to prevent one relapse in Colom et al's study is 4 (95 % CI 3 — 9), which makes this intervention worthy of consideration as an addition to usual treatment in general adult psychiatry settings and as an alternative to more traditional cognitive behaviour therapy and family focused therapy approaches.

Study selection and analysis: Randomised controlled trials investigating psychological treatment compared to control (waiting list, care as usual or placebo) in adults (aged ≥ 18 years) with depression (according to diagnostic interview or self - report questionnaire) and which reported treatment effects on suicidal ideation or risk, or hopelessness.

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) Participants were randomized, by pairs, into the Individual Family Psychoeducation (IFP, otherwise known as Individual Family - Psychoeducational Psychotherapy (PEP)-RRB- plus treatment as usual (IFP + TAU, n = 10) condition, or into a waitlist - control condition plus TAU (WLC + TAU, n = 10) Measures included the Children's Interview for Psychiatric Syndromes — Child and Parent Forms; the Children's Depression Rating Scale — Revised (CDRS - R) and Mania Rating Scale (MRS) in order to assess severity of mood impairment; and Mood Severity Index (MSI), which measured overall mood severity.

Participants and their families were randomly assigned to Multisystemic Therapy (MST) to treat sexual behavior problems [now called Multisystemic Therapy for Problem Sexual Behaviors (MST - PSB) or to treatment as usual (TAU), which was primarily group - based cognitive - behavioral interventions delivered by professionals within the juvenile justice system.

Thirty - eight youth previously assigned to two mental health units were provided with treatment as usual (TAU) plus a one - day trauma training for staff, while 36 youth placed on three mental health units during the same time frame were provided with the intervention, which included TAU combined with environmental modifications, additional trauma training for staff, and a TARGET group for youth.

And though the findings of our open trial described above are suggestive, they do not yet prove things... This is the main reason we embarked on the (currently - running) international RCT of group - ST for BPD (Wetzelaer et al., 2014), which examines this question empirically by comparing group ST in two formats (combined with individual therapy vs. intensive group therapy alone) to treatment - as - usual.

Two studies have analysed cost effectiveness of CBT for severe health anxiety delivered in a conventional face - to - face format compared with treatment as usual using data from randomised controlled trials.8, 9 In the first study, it was found that CBT but not the control condition reduced consumption of primary and secondary healthcare contacts, but total costs were unchanged in both conditions.8 In the second study, a large - scale randomised trial, the health economic analyses showed that there were no significant differences between the two treatment conditions.9 In both of the above studies, CBT was superior in reducing health anxiety symptoms compared with treatment as usual, which means that as costs were similar across groups, CBT is likely to be the more cost - effective treatment option.

Participants are randomly assigned to participate in TFCO or in «usual» community treatment which is most often placement to a Group Care home or residential facility.

Fortunately, conducting randomized trials over the decades, intervention researchers have produced numerous manual - guided, evidence - based treatments (EBTs) for depression, anxiety, and conduct in youth.2 Unfortunately, these treatments have not been incorporated into most everyday clinical practice.3 - 5 A common view is that the complexity and comorbidity of many clinically referred youths, whose problems and treatment needs can shift during treatment, may pose problems for EBT protocols, which are typically designed for single or homogeneous clusters of disorders, developed and tested with recruited youths who differ from patients seen in everyday clinical practice, and involve a predetermined sequence of prescribed session contents, limiting their flexibility.3 - 8 Indeed, trials testing these protocols against usual care for young patients in clinical practice have produced mixed findings, with EBTs often failing to outperform usual care.7, 9

We found five studies including 284 participants that met the inclusion criteria, all of which compared parent training with de facto treatment as usual (TAU).