1. Psychological Treatment of Exhaustion Due to Persistent Non-Traumatic Stress: A Scoping Review.
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van de Leur, Jakob Clason, Jovicic, Filip, Åhslund, Andreas, McCracken, Lance M., and Buhrman, Monica
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TREATMENT of psychological stress ,MENTAL illness treatment ,COGNITIVE restructuring therapy ,PSYCHOLOGICAL burnout ,RESEARCH funding ,CINAHL database ,AFFECTIVE disorders ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,SYSTEMATIC reviews ,MEDLINE ,LITERATURE reviews ,HEALTH outcome assessment ,ONLINE information services ,PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems ,MENTAL depression - Abstract
Background: Exhaustion due to persistent non-traumatic stress (ENTS) is a significant health problem with substantial personal, social, and economic impact. While there are increasing studies of ENTS, there is no international agreement on how it should be diagnosed and treated. This scoping review aimed to map definitions, diagnoses, treatments, outcome measures, and outcomes in psychological treatment studies of ENTS. A further aim was to assess the quality of the treatments and map what change processes are described within ENTS interventions. Methods: A PRISMA-guided scoping review of psychological treatment studies delivered in a clinical setting for ENTS was conducted using the databases of PubMed, PsycINFO, and CINAHL. Results: Of the 60 studies included, the majority (87%) stemmed from Europe. The most recurrent term for ENTS was burnout, and the diagnosis most often utilized was exhaustion disorder. Several treatments were reported, the most frequent being cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) (68%). Statistically significant outcomes relevant to ENTS were reported in 65% (n = 39) of the studies, with effect sizes between 0.13 and 1.80. In addition, 28% of the treatments were rated as high quality. The most frequent change processes described were dysfunctional sleep, avoidance, behavioral activation, irrational thoughts and beliefs, worry, perceived competence/positive management, psychological flexibility, and recuperation. Conclusions: While several treatments based on CBT show promising results for ENTS, there do not seem to be any uniformly established methods, theoretical models, or change processes. Instead of adopting a monocausal, syndromal, and potentially bio-reductionist perspective on ENTS, a process-based approach to treatment is encouraged. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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