Cognitive-behavioural therapy for chronic subjective dizziness: Predictors of improvement in Dizziness Handicap Inventory at 6 months posttreatment
Yuko Toshishige, Masaki Kondo, Kayoko Kabaya, Wakako Watanabe, Ayako Fukui, Junya Kuwabara, Meiho Nakayama, Shinichi Iwasaki, Toshi A. Furukawa, Tatsuo Akechi
Abstract
The presence of comorbid anxiety disorders predicted considerable improvement of DHI from pretreatment to 6-month follow-up. Group therapy including interoceptive exposure using vestibular rehabilitation, along with psychoeducation and behavioural experiments with graded exposure, may be particularly suitable in treating patients with CSD.
Topics & Concepts
Physical therapyCognitionPhysical medicine and rehabilitationMedicinePsychologyCognitive behaviour therapyClinical psychologyPsychiatryVestibular and auditory disordersHearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, GeneticsGlaucoma and retinal disorders