February 16, 2024 News by Marisa Wexler, MS Online therapy platform found to boost mental health of patients COMPASS, a digital tool that provides support for managing the daily challenges of living with a long-term health condition such as multiple sclerosis (MS), significantly reduces psychological distress and improves mental health in these patients, data from a randomized clinical trial show. The intervention consists of multiple online modules…
December 19, 2023 News by Marisa Wexler, MS Talk therapy found to ease fatigue in MS – with or without follow-up A 20-week talk therapy program led to significant reductions in fatigue for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) ā benefits that were sustained to the end of the year-long trial regardless of whether patients participated in additional booster sessions. Such sessions were offered two and four months after the end…
October 3, 2023 News by Lindsey Shapiro, PhD Remote therapy program found to ease depression for MS patients A cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) program delivered virtually ā using self-paced remote modules ā significantly eased depressive symptoms and improved life quality in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients with depression, according to new research. A Phase 3 trial testing the remote program had aimed to determine if an internet-delivered platform…
March 3, 2023 Columns by Ed Tobias Let’s talk about MS fatigue and the effectiveness of treatment options Want to reduce your multiple sclerosis (MS) fatigue? Maybe we should talk about it. I’m talking about a fatigue treatment called cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), which usually involves changing a person’s thinking and behavior. By talking with a therapist, sometimes on the phone, a patient develops an…
October 12, 2022 by BioNews Staff Expert Voices: How to sleep well with multiple sclerosis In this installment of our āExpert Voicesā series, Multiple Sclerosis News Today asked Alexa Kane, MD, to answer some of your questions about how sleep affects multiple sclerosis (MS) and vice versa. Kane is a clinical health psychologist at the Cleveland Clinic Mellen Center for Multiple Sclerosis for Treatment…
January 24, 2022 News by Lindsey Shapiro, PhD $600K Grant Supports Trial of Intervention to Improve Life Quality A Kessler Foundation scientist has been awarded nearly $600,000 to support the development and testing of a behavioral therapy intervention aiming to improve quality of life for people with multiple sclerosis (MS). An upcoming clinical trial into the intervention (NCT05195320), expected to begin…
December 11, 2020 News by Joana Carvalho, PhD MS Patients Urged to Enroll in Clinical Trial Assessing Chronic Fatigue Treatments Adults with multiple sclerosis (MS) are being urged to enroll in a new clinical trial ā now recruiting in Washington and Michigan states ā that aims to assess the effectiveness of different treatments to counteract the effects of chronic fatigue. The investigators are hopeful that data from this…
March 25, 2020 News by Patricia Inacio, PhD ‘Talk’ Therapy Helps with Insomnia and Fatigue in MS, Trial Suggests Cognitive behavioral therapy, a type of “talk” therapy, may help ease the severity of insomnia, fatigue, and anxiety in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), improving the quality of their sleep, data from a single-site trial suggest. The study āFeasibility and Treatment Effect of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia…
December 19, 2019 News by Ana Pena PhD Treatment Begins in Part 2 of Trial of Software App Addressing Depression in MS, Pear Says Pear Therapeutics announced that a first patient is being treated in Part 2 of its feasibility trialĀ of Pear-006, a software application that, given along with a disease-modifying therapy, delivers cognitive behavioral therapy and other neurobehavioral approaches to ease depressionĀ in people with multiple sclerosisĀ (MS). Pear-006, being developed…
December 3, 2019 News by Joana Carvalho, PhD Online MS ‘Toolkit’ Created by University Psychologist to Help in Managing Pain and Fatigue Researchers at the University of Michigan developed an online tool to help people with multiple sclerosis (MS) manage some of the more life-affectingĀ symptomsĀ of their disease. Called My MSToolkit, the tool is a free and web-based, self-guided program based on behavioral healthcare. It’s designed to help in managing…
October 24, 2019 Columns by Jennifer (Jenn) Powell MS and Anxiety: Be Kind to Yourself and Ask for Help I am in a state of anxious exhaustion. Anxiety has been a lifelong companion that has presented itself in various ways since childhood. In hindsight, I can recognize triggers and reactions. During times of anxiety, I’ve felt as if I was losing my mind. Over the years, I’ve learned…
January 31, 2019 News by Alice MelĆ£o, MSc MS Patients Sought to Test Alternative Chronic Pain Treatment Methods A clinical trial funded by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society is recruiting adult patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) to test two non-pharmacological strategies to manage MS-related chronic pain. The trial (NCT03782246) will be conducted at the University of Washington, and plans to enroll about 250 participants across…
April 4, 2018 News by Alice MelĆ£o, MSc Online Therapy Program Called Elevida Seen to Help Patients to Manage Fatigue in Clinical Study An interactive, psychotherapy-based online program known as Elevida can effectively reduce fatigue in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), results of a clinical study show. In their study, āRandomised controlled trial of a self-guided online fatigue intervention in multiple sclerosis,ā published in the Journal of Neurology,…
February 26, 2016 News by Patricia Silva, PhD MS Social Network in UK, Shift.ms, Testing an Online Therapy Tool to Help People Deal with Stresses of Disease Shift.ms, the U.K. social network dedicated to people withĀ multiple sclerosis (MS), is testing a new tool designed to help people cope with the uncertainties and complex emotions that follow their diagnosis. The tool, called Thought Sort, is theĀ first online cognitive behavioral therapyĀ (CBT) specially designed for MS patients.
December 11, 2015 News by Patricia Silva, PhD Study Recruiting MS Patients to Assess Exercise and Behavioral Therapy Dr. Bradley Bowser, a South Dakota State University (SDSU) researcher and assistant professor, is investigating whether the practice of exercise, either by itself or together with cognitive behavioral therapy, can effectively improve mobility and quality of life in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). MS is a neurodegenerative condition that oftenĀ induces…