Background: The anxiety mothers experience during pregnancy is well known and may have negative consequences for the emotional, psychological, and social development of newborns. Anxiety must therefore be reduced using different strategies. Objective: To determine published non-pharmacological in...

Background and Purpose: The prevalence of fatigue is higher in adults with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). There is limited information on the effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions to manage fatigue. The purposes of this review is to evaluate the effectiveness of these intervention...

Cognitive biases have been theorized to play a cdtical role in the onset and maintenance of anxiety and depression. Cognitive bias modification (CBM), an expedmental paradigm that uses training to induce maladaptive or adaptive cognitive biases, was developed to test these causal models. Althou...

Objectives: This meta-analysis investigates the efficacy of non-pharmacological interventions in adults undergoing dental procedures under regional or general anesthesia compared to standard care alone or an attention control group on the reduction of mental distress, pain, and analgesic use. Dat...

We conducted a meta-analysis by analyzing randomized controlled trials (RCTs), to investigate whether interpersonal and social rhythm therapy (IPSRT) exerts improvement effects on patients with bipolar disorders. We searched for relevant articles in 8 databases, included PubMed, Medline, CINAH...

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions for seniors with depressive symptoms. Methods: A comprehensive literature search was performed. We conducted network meta-analysis in two ways, intervention classes (psychosocial, psychotherapy, physical activity, combine...

The benefit of nonpharmacological interventions for insomnia in old age is investigated. A total of 13 single-outcome studies involving 388 patients (mean age exceeding 60 years, minimum age in sample, 50 years) were included in a meta-analysis of treatment efficacy. This analysis demonstrated th...

Objective: Because of the role of psychological factors in insomnia, the shortcomings of hypnotic medications, and patients’ greater acceptance ofnonpharmacological treatments for insomnia, the authors conducted a meta-analysis to examine the efficacy and durability of psychological treatments fo...

This multi-level meta-analysis tested if evidence-based trauma treatment was effective in reducing trauma symptoms and externalizing behavior problems in adolescents. Based on eight independent samples and 75 effect sizes, results indicated that Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (...

Background: Non-pharmacological interventions are widely used to treat fatigue in clients with specific diseases but the findings may not be applicable to older adults experiencing fatigue, which also relates to the physiological changes of ageing. Non-pharmacological interventions for fatigue al...