Although the efficacy of psychological treatment for panic disorder (PD) with or without agoraphobia has been the subject of a great deal of research, the specific contribution of techniques such as exposure, cognitive therapy, relaxation training and breathing retraining has not yet been clearly...

Background Psychological interventions are widely used in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Objectives To perform a systematic review of randomised controlled trials of all psychological treatments following the guidelines of The Cochrane Collaboration. Search methods Syste...

Background. Numerous meta-analyses have been conducted on music and pain, but no studies have investigated music and cardiac procedural pain. Objective. To assess the effects of music intervention on pain in cardiac procedures in the published randomized controlled trials. Methods. This study was...

Background:Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating mental health disorder that may develop after exposure to traumatic events. Substance use disorder (SUD) is a behavioural disorder in which the use of one or more substances is associated with heightened levels of distress, clinic...

How women perceive and experience abortion impacts their subsequent psychological well-being. This systematic review evaluated non-pharmacological interventions designed to support women undergoing abortion services and improve their psychological well-being and satisfaction with care. Searches w...

Aims and objectives. To provide a meta-analysis of the effects of music interventions on patients with dementia, separating, for the first time, between different types of interventions and different outcome measures, namely affective, behavioural, cognitive and physiological. Background. Music t...

Purpose: to provide an overview of developmental and medical benefits of music therapy for preterm infants. Design: meta-analysis. Sample: empirical music studies with preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (Nicu). Main Outcome: evidence-based Nicu music therapy (Nicu-mt) was highly ...

Music therapy is increasingly being used as an intervention for stress reduction in both medical and mental healthcare settings. Music therapy is characterized by personally tailored music interventions initiated by a trained and qualified music therapist, which distinguishes music therapy from o...

This meta-analysis evaluates the efficacy of imagery rehearsal as a treatment for nightmares, general sleep disturbance, and symptoms of post-traumatic stress. Bibliographic databases and cited references were searched to identify clinical trials of imagery rehearsal in individuals with post-t...

The main objective of this review was to provide a quantitative and methodologically sound evaluation of existing treatments for bereavement and grief reactions in children and adolescents. Two meta-analyses were conducted: 1 on controlled studies and 1 on uncontrolled studies. The 2 meta-anal...