[Differential Effects of an Internet-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Writing Therapy for Reducing PTSD Symptoms after Intensive Care: Results of a Per-Protocol Analysis].

Objective: To investigate the differential effects of an internet-based cognitive-behavioral writing therapy (iCBT) on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms after intensive care in patients and their spouses.

Methods: This reanalysis of a randomized controlled trial compared PTSD symptom severity (measured by PCL-5) before and after therapy considering potential influencing factors in the per-protocol population.

Results: A significant reduction in post-traumatic symptom severity after iCBT was found.

Efficacy of group therapy to reduce mental distress in women with non-metastatic breast cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Objective: Group treatments have proven to be effective for many mental disorders and showed beneficial effects in patients with medical illness. Aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to summarize the efficacy of group therapy for women with non-metastatic breast cancer.

Methods: We included studies comparing group therapy for women with non-metastatic breast cancer to non-active control groups, active control conditions, and individual psychotherapy.

Internet-based cognitive-behavioural writing therapy for reducing post-traumatic stress after severe sepsis in patients and their spouses (REPAIR): results of a randomised-controlled trial.

Objectives: To investigate the efficacy, safety and applicability of internet-based, therapist-led partner-assisted cognitive-behavioural writing therapy (iCBT) for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms after intensive care for sepsis in patients and their spouses compared with a waitlist (WL) control group.

Design: Randomised-controlled, parallel group, open-label, superiority trial with concealed allocation.

Setting: Internet-based intervention in Germany; location-independent via web-portal.

Typical symptom change patterns and their predictors in patients with social anxiety disorder: A latent class analysis.

Objectives: The use of trajectories and analysis of change patterns is a promising way toward better differentiation of subgroups in psychotherapy studies. Research on change patterns in social anxiety disorder (SAD) are still rare, although SAD is one of the most common mental disorders. In a secondary analysis of data from the SOPHO-NET-trial (ISRCTN53517394) this study aimed to investigate change patterns and their predictors in a sample of SAD patients.

Dyadic post-traumatic stress after intensive care: Case report of a sepsis patient and his wife.

Introduction: Following intensive care treatment, patients and thier spouse often report traumatic memories that are frequently associated with post-traumatic stress symptoms. In this case report, we describe the case of a sepsis survivor and his wife who both suffered concurrently from intensive care associated post-traumatic stress symptoms as long-term sequelae. Both were treated with internet-based cognitive-behaviuoral writing therapy (iCBT) for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after intensive care.

[Unwanted Events Caused by Incorrectly Conducted Psychotherapy - A Pilot Study of the Inventory for the Assessment of Malpractice and its Consequences in Psychotherapy].

Objective: A pilot study was conducted to test a newly developed inventory for the assessment of malpractice in psychotherapy and its consequences. We aimed to examine the frequency of boundary crossings and violations in the context of psychotherapy from a patient's perspective and the resulting burden as well as to identify potential predictors.

Methods: Data assessment was realized in an online-based survey.

Comparative validation of three screening instruments for posttraumatic stress disorder after intensive care.

Purpose: Aim of the present study was to compare the validity of three screening instruments to assess symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after intensive care of sepsis.

Material And Methods: Participants were recruited within a large multicenter patient cohort study on long-term sequelae of sepsis. Adult patients (n = 83) on average four months after intensive care of (severe) sepsis or septic shock were included (median age 64 years, 60% male).

Internet-based cognitive-behavioural writing therapy for reducing post-traumatic stress after intensive care for sepsis in patients and their spouses (REPAIR): study protocol for a randomised-controlled trial.

Introduction: As a consequence of sepsis and intensive care, considerable proportions of patients but also of their spouses develop a post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, only a very small number receive psychotherapeutic treatment. Internet-based cognitive-behavioural writing therapy (IB-CBWT) has proven to be an effective treatment option for PTSD.

Social anxiety as a potential mediator of the association between attachment and depression.

Objective: The study represents a conceptual replication of the study by Eng et al. (2001) in a sample of adult patients diagnosed with social anxiety disorder as primary diagnosis.

Methods: Two different attachment questionnaires (Bielefeld Questionnaire of Client Expectations (BQCE) and Experiences in Close Relationships (ECR-RD)) were applied to examine whether the effect of attachment on depression (measured by the BDI) is mediated by social anxiety (measured by the LSAS) in a cross-sectional study.

[Psychodynamic short-term group treatment for social phobia: description of the treatment concept and a case study].

Based upon the concept of supportive-expressive therapy (SET), we developed a psychodynamic group treatment manual for social phobia, with a special focus on the patients' individual core conflictual relationship themes, their universality, as well as interventions promoting group processes and therapeutic factors of group therapy. We introduce the new concept and report results of a pilot case study (N=8). Analyses revealed a pre-post-treatment effect size of g=0.