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Efficacy of metacognitive interventions for psychiatric disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Number of Authors: 72025 (English)In: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, ISSN 1650-6073, E-ISSN 1651-2316, Vol. 54, no 2, p. 276-302Article, review/survey (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Metacognitive interventions have received increasing interest the last decade and there is a need to synthesize the evidence of these type of interventions. The current study is an updated systematic review and meta-analysis where we investigated the efficacy of metacognitive interventions for adults with psychiatric disorders. We included randomized controlled trials that investigated either metacognitive therapy (MCT; developed by Wells) or metacognitive training (MCTraining; developed by Moritz). Ovid MEDLINE, Embase OVID, and PsycINFO were searched for articles published until May 2024. The final analyses included 21 MCT- and 28 MCTraining studies (in total 3239 individuals). Results showed that MCT was more efficacious than both waiting-list control conditions (g = 1.84) as well as other forms of cognitive behavior therapies (g = 0.43). MCTraining was superior to treatment as usual (g = 0.45), other psychological treatments (g = 0.46) and placebo conditions (g = 0.15). Many of the included studies lacked data on blinding procedures, reporting of inter-rater reliability, treatment adherence, competence, treatment expectancy and pre-registration procedures. We conclude that both MCT and MCTraining are probably efficacious treatments but that future studies need to incorporate more quality aspects in their trial designs.

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2025. Vol. 54, no 2, p. 276-302
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meta-analysis, Metacognitive therapy, metacognitive training, metacognitive treatment, systematic review
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Psychiatry
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Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-240492DOI: 10.1080/16506073.2024.2434920ISI: 001379692500001PubMedID: 39692039Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85212445462OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-240492DiVA, id: diva2:1943904
Available from: 2025-03-12 Created: 2025-03-12 Last updated: 2026-01-12Bibliographically approved

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