Fisher, Peter L ORCID: 0000-0002-7388-720X, Byrne, Angela and Salmon, Peter ORCID: 0000-0001-6450-5209
(2017)
Metacognitive Therapy for Emotional Distress in Adult Cancer Survivors: A Case Series.
COGNITIVE THERAPY AND RESEARCH, 41 (6).
pp. 891-901.
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Abstract
Many adult cancer survivors experience persistent emotional distress after completing cancer treatment. The aim of this study was to test the potential of a brief transdiagnostic psychological intervention-metacognitive therapy (MCT)-in reducing emotional distress in adult cancer survivors. A non-concurrent multiple baseline design with 3- and 6-months follow-up was used to evaluate the effects of MCT in four patients consecutively referred to a psycho-oncology service. Each patient received six 1-h sessions of MCT. Anxiety, depression, worry/rumination, fear of cancer recurrence and metacognitive beliefs were assessed using self-report questionnaires. MCT was associated with clinically significant reductions in anxiety, depression, fear of cancer recurrence, worry/rumination and metacognitive beliefs at the end of treatment, and gains were maintained in all patients to 3-months follow-up and in three out of four patients to 6-months follow-up. MCT is a promising brief transdiagnostic approach to psychological morbidity in adult survivors of cancer. Larger scale controlled trials are now required.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Cancer survivors, Emotional distress, Metacognitive therapy, Case series study |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
Date Deposited: | 30 May 2017 07:49 |
Last Modified: | 03 Mar 2023 07:59 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10608-017-9862-9 |
Open Access URL: | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10608-0... |
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URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3007682 |