Objective—Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is frequently used for various adult anxiety disorders, but there has been no systematic review of randomized placebo-controlled trials. The present study meta-analytically reviewed the efficacy of CBT versus placebo for adult anxiety disorders. Da...

Objective To conduct a systematic review about the long-term response to cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety disorders (ADs) in children and adolescents. Methods The PubMed and ISI Web of Science databases were consulted. Search in the databases was performed in November 2012 and ...

BACKGROUND: Anxietyisacommonandimpairingprobleminchildren andadolescentswith autism spectrumdisorder (ASD). There is emerg- ing evidence that cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) could reduce anx- iety in children with high-functioning ASD. OBJECTIVE: To systematically review the evidence of us...

Background: Anxiety is the most common mental health problem in children, yet less than one third of children with anxiety disorders seek treatment. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is recommended as a first-line treatment for childhood anxiety. However, current practice generally does not incl...

Despite the social origin or race, there are a number of historical and experiential differences between persons of African descent and members of other cultures which could potentially moderate outcomes in psychotherapeutic research. The goal of the meta-analysis was to determine the effect of c...

INTRODUCTION: Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is a common symptom, but prophylactic measures cannot still be carried out effectively. In addition, the efficacy of vitamin E in preventing peripheral neurotoxicity caused by chemotherapy is inconclusive. Therefore, we collected the...

Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a chronic and disabling psychiatric disorder unlikely to remit without treat- ment. A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for BDD was conducted, including published and unpublished tri...

There are a number of negative intrapersonal, physical, and economic effects of comorbid bipolar and substance use disorders. The purpose of the present review is to systematically identify, describe, and summarize controlled trials evaluating the overall outcomes of cognitive-behavioral thera...

Given the prevalence of null hypothesis significance testing, cognitive-behavioral therapy's effect on depressive symptoms of bipolar disorder is not fully understood in the absence of effect size statistics. The present study discusses the disadvantages associated with null hypothesis significan...

Background: Many case-control studies have investigated the association between dietary cholesterol and gastric cancer, yielding inconsistent findings. We carried out a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies to assess the relationship between dietary cholesterol intake and g...