Cognitive behaviour therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome in adults

Abstract

Analysis 2.10. Comparison 2: Cognitive behaviour therapy versus other psychological therapies, Outcome 10: Clinical response at follow-up (short/medium-term

Cognitive behavior therapy combined with exercise for adults with chronic diseases: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

“…Among available studies, using no pharmacological treatments to alleviate these symptoms, cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and physical exercise interventions are empirically validated. The benefits of CBT and exercise are supported by meta-analyses of findings from multiple clinical trials for depression (Cuijpers, Cristea, Karyotaki, Reijnders, & Huibers, 2016;Schuch et al, 2016), anxiety (Cuijpers et al, 2016;Stonerock, Hoffman, Smith, & Blumenthal, 2015), fatigue (Larun, Brurberg, Odgaard-Jensen, & Price, 2016;Price, Mitchell, Tidy, & Hunot, 2008), and pain (Geneen et al, 2017;Williams, Eccleston, & Morley, 2012). CBT was also found to effectively decrease these psychological symptoms in adults with multiple sclerosis (Akker et al, 2016), chronic fatigue syndrome (Malouff, Thorsteinsson, Rooke, Bhullar, & Schutte, 2008), cancer (Sheard & Maguire, 1999), fibromyalgia (Bernardy, Klose, Busch, Choy, & Häuser, 2013), and coronary heart disease (Hackett, Anderson, House, & Xia, 2008).…”

Potential mediators of improvement in painful chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy via a web-based cognitive behavioural intervention

“…However, there is considerable evidence supporting the use of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia and fatigue (Price, Mitchell, Tidy, & Hunot, 2008;Zachariae, Lyby, Ritterband, & O'Toole, 2016). For instance, a recent randomized controlled trial by Ritterband et al (2017) tested a self-guided cognitive behavioural intervention for sleep that incorporated sleep hygiene, sleep restriction, stimulus control, relapse prevention, and cognitive restructuring strategies.…”

Cognitive-behavior therapy: why is it so vilified in the chronic fatigue syndrome community?

“…About 4/10 subjects achieve clinically relevant improvements with this approach. [2] That is a notable finding, but it still leaves roughly ½ of CFS patients reporting unchanged or even worsened illness in behavioral intervention trials. [2,3] Given the considerable publicity on how effective CBT is for CFS, the backlash from patients not helped by this approach is understandable.…”