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Key clinical point: The unified protocol (UP), a transdiagnostic skill-based therapy, is effective for the treatment of emotional disorders in multiple sclerosis (MS).
Major finding: Compared with treatment as usual (TAU), the UP intervention group significantly improved depression, anxiety, emotional dysregulation, positive and negative affects, and worry symptoms (P less than .001 for all).
Study details: Seventy adults with MS were randomly assigned to either UP or TAU group.
Disclosures: The authors received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of the study. The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
Source: Nazari N et al. BMC Psychol. 2020 Oct 31. doi: 10.1186/s40359-020-00480-8.
Key clinical point: The unified protocol (UP), a transdiagnostic skill-based therapy, is effective for the treatment of emotional disorders in multiple sclerosis (MS).
Major finding: Compared with treatment as usual (TAU), the UP intervention group significantly improved depression, anxiety, emotional dysregulation, positive and negative affects, and worry symptoms (P less than .001 for all).
Study details: Seventy adults with MS were randomly assigned to either UP or TAU group.
Disclosures: The authors received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of the study. The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
Source: Nazari N et al. BMC Psychol. 2020 Oct 31. doi: 10.1186/s40359-020-00480-8.
Key clinical point: The unified protocol (UP), a transdiagnostic skill-based therapy, is effective for the treatment of emotional disorders in multiple sclerosis (MS).
Major finding: Compared with treatment as usual (TAU), the UP intervention group significantly improved depression, anxiety, emotional dysregulation, positive and negative affects, and worry symptoms (P less than .001 for all).
Study details: Seventy adults with MS were randomly assigned to either UP or TAU group.
Disclosures: The authors received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of the study. The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
Source: Nazari N et al. BMC Psychol. 2020 Oct 31. doi: 10.1186/s40359-020-00480-8.