Psychodynamic Therapies for the Treatment of Substance Addictions: A PRISMA Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this meta-analysis was to compare psychodynamic with other treatments in studies of substance addiction. The literature search was conducted using the PubMed, Web of Science, Cohcrane library, SCOPUS, and Onesearch databases. All studies comparing psychodynamic therapy with other types of psychological interventions for Substance Use Disorder were eligible. Three outcomes were considered to compare intervention performance: substance use, participation in treatment and other symptomatic conditions (OSCs). Hedges' G was used to measure effect size. The Revised Cochrane Risk of Bias tool for randomized trials was used to assess quality of evidence and possible bias, Egger regression analyses for publication bias, and Q and I-square statistics were used to assess heterogeneity. The

SUBMITTER: Zuccon M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10608724 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature