Background: Given both the large volume and manifold preferences of patients with depression, the availability of various effective treatments is important. Psychodynamic psychotherapy (PDT) has received less research in comparison to cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for major depressive disorder (MDD). This study aimed to establish whether short-term psychodynamic supportive psychotherapy (SPSP) is non-inferior to CBT in the treatment of MDD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Central pain mechanisms may be prominent in a considerable subset of rheumatology patients with persistent pain. Several self-report instruments have been used in previous research to infer the presence and severity of central sensitization (CS) that stem from different definitions or approaches of CS. The current study aimed to evaluate and quantify the overlap of actual symptoms measured among self-report measures of CS in rheumatology.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: We aimed to describe the burden of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) reported by patients participating in the Dutch ADR Monitor using a multifactorial burden measurement instrument.
Methods: The Dutch ADR Monitor is a cohort event monitoring system that collects information on ADR experiences, including burden. This study includes the initial data (November 2022 until May 2023).