Table 4.
Scorecard of meta-analytic findings for psychological therapies across all chronic conditions
| Individual psychological therapies for combined illness conditions (post Rx) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parent | Child | |||||
| Behaviour | Mental Health | Behaviour/disability | Mental health | Primary symptom | Family functioning | |
| CBT | No effect (4) | No effect (7) | No effect (8) | No effect (5) | Effect found (12) | No effect (3) |
| FT | Unknown (1) | No effect (3) | No effect (2) | Unknown (0) | No effect (5) | No effect (2) |
| PST | Effect found (5) | Effect found (7) | No effect (5) | Unknown (0) | No effect (2) | No effect (3) |
| MST | Unknown (0) | Unknown (0) | No effect (2) | Unknown (1) | No effect (4) | Unknown (0) |
| Individual psychological therapies for combined illness conditions (Follow-up) | ||||||
| Parent | Child | |||||
| Behaviour | Mental Health | Behaviour/disability | Mental health | Primary symptom | Family functioning | |
| CBT | No effect (2) | No effect (2) | No effect (3) | No effect (2) | No effect (7) | No effect (2) |
| FT | Unknown (0) | Unknown (1) | Unknown (0) | Unknown (0) | No effect (2) | Unknown (0) |
| PST | No effect (4) | Effect found (5) | Unknown (1) | Unknown (0) | Unknown (1) | Unknown (0) |
| MST | Unknown (0) | Unknown (0) | Unknown (0) | Unknown (0) | No effect (2) | Unknown (0) |
Number in parentheses denotes number of studies included in analysis
CBT: cognitive behavioural therapy; FT: family therapy; MST: multisystemic therapy; PST: problem-solving therapy; TBI: traumatic brain injury