ABSTRACT Purpose The purpose of this paper was to assess the use of the Metalinguistic Skills Stimulation Program in Theory of Mind (ToM) in people with dementia. Methods An experimental research design was developed. Forty-two subjects, 28 women and 14 men, aged 61 to 87 participated in the study. The...
Objective: To test a potential treatment for social phobia, which provides exposure to phobia-inducing situations via computer-generated, three-dimensional images, using an open clinical trial design. Methods: Twenty-one patients with a DSM-IV diagnosis of social phobia took part in the trial. Treatment ...
Introduction: It has been shown that bipolar disorder (BD) has a direct impact on neurocognitive functioning and behavior. This finding has prompted studies to investigate cognitive enhancement programs as potential treatments for BD, primarily focusing on cognitive reinforcement and daily functioning an...
Introdução: O tabagismo pode ser tratado com eficácia por terapias com enfoque na abordagem cognitivo-comportamental, sendo imprescindível a descrição minuciosa desta. Objetivo: Descrever um programa de cessação tabagística com novos procedimentos e avaliar seu índice de sucesso. Métodos: Part...
Insomnia involves difficulty in falling asleep, maintaining sleep or having refreshing sleep. This review gathers the existing informations seeking to explain insomnia, including those that focus on psychological aspects and those considered neurobiological. Insomnia has been defined in psychological (co...
La anorexia nervosa (AN) es una enfermedad grave que se inicia en la adolescencia y
afecta a mujeres jóvenes. Los diversos tratamientos psicológicos y farmacológicos empleados,
no han mostrado resultados exitosos ni modificado su pronóstico. En este trabajo se revisa las
bases y la evidencia disponib...
Se presenta una revisión actualizada de los principales estudios en intervenciones
psicoterapéuticas para el tratamiento del trastorno bipolar en la infancia y adolescencia (TBPI),
considerando las dos perspectivas fundamentales en investigación en psicoterapia: basadas en
la evidencia y estudios de c...
En el caso que se va a mostrar, el paciente accede inicialmente a la consulta por un trastorno clasificable en el eje I (de acuerdo con la propuesta multiaxial del DSM IV-TR, 2000); sin embargo, será precisamente el proceso detallado de la evaluación la que permita encontrar una serie de característ...
