Efficacy of Psychological Treatments for Patients With Schizophrenia and Relevant Negative Symptoms: A Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recent meta-analyses on the efficacy of psychological treatments for the negative symptoms of schizophrenia included mostly trials that had not specifically targeted negative symptoms. To gauge the efficacy of such treatments in the target patient population - namely people with schizophrenia who experience negative symptoms - we conducted a meta-analysis of controlled trials that had established an inclusion criterion for relevant negative symptom severity.

Method

We conducted a systematic literature search and calculated random-effects meta-analyses for controlled post-treatment effects and for pre-post changes within treatment arms. Separate analyses were conducted for different therapeutic approaches. Our primary outcome was reduction in negative symptoms; sec

SUBMITTER: Riehle M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9645476 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature