Infra-Low Frequency Neurofeedback in the Treatment of Patients With Chronic Eating Disorder and Comorbid Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

The treatment of patients suffering from an eating disorder and a comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder is challenging and often leads to poor outcomes. In a randomized control trial, we evaluated to what extent adding Infra-Low Frequency (ILF) neurofeedback could improve symptom reduction within an established inpatient treatment program. In a randomized two-group design, patients suffering from an eating disorder (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or binge eating disorder) and comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder ( = 36) were examined while attending an inpatient treatment program in a clinic for psychosomatic disorders.

Ascertaining minimal clinically meaningful changes in symptoms of depression rated by the 15-item Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale.

Rationale, Aims And Objectives: In clinical practise and in clinical studies on depression it is important to estimate whether changes in symptomatology measured by self-rating instruments are, in fact, clinically relevant. Therefore, the aim of the study was to estimate the clinical relevance of changes on the 15-item version of the Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D-15) based on the concept of the minimal clinically important difference (MCID).

Methods: Data was acquired from 4781 patients with depression symptoms from a German psychosomatic hospital who have been assessed using the CES-D-15 before and after treatment.

[Anchor-based ascertaining of meaningful changes in depressive symptoms using the example of the German short form of the CES-D].

Background And Objectives: Depression is frequently measured on the 15 item version of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D-15). Up to now, there are no data based estimates for minimal clinically important differences (MCID) in depression scales.

Methods: Data on 5241 subjects with depressive symptoms from a German psychosomatic hospital were used.

[Psychometric analysis of the Turkish speaking version of the "Hamburg Modules for the Assessment of Psychosocial Health" (T-HEALTH-49)].

Based on the German original questionnaire of the "Hamburger modules for measuring generic aspects of psycho-social health in the therapeutic practice" (HEALTH-49) a Turkish speaking version (T-HEALTH-49) was cross-cultural sensitively developed. The psychometric properties have been analysed by means of a clinical sample of Turkish speaking patients (N=311). The questionnaire proves to be practical, the dimensional structure and the relatively independence of the modules have been confirmed by factor analysis.