.... 2024 Maternal depression Clinical trial Cognitive-behavior therapy Digital intervention Smartphone application An estimated 17.2% of women experience postpartum depression worldwide [ 1 ], and among them, 20% develop a chronic manifestation of this condition [ 2‒4 ]. This public...

... Clinical trial Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is severe, prevalent, and chronic, and characterized by often debilitating preoccupations with perceived appearance flaws [1, 2]. Individuals engage in time-consuming compulsive behaviors, experience significant distress and impairment, and suffer from...

... significantly greater in 8-week (OR = 1.37, CI = 1.14–1.64, p = 0.001) and 12-week (OR = 1.52, CI = 1.12–2.07, p = 0.008) compared to 6-week duration clinical trials. However, there was no difference between 8- and 12-week analyses (OR = 1.11, 95% CI = 0.81–1.5, p = 0.497). No significant interactions between...

... of 45 in-patients between 18 and 65 years of age meeting the DSM-III-R criteria for conversion disorder of the motor type or somatisation disorder with motor conversion symptoms. A randomised controlled clinical trial was undertaken. The primary outcome measures were the Video Rating Scale for Motor...