BACKGROUND: Psychological interventions such as relaxation therapy, cognitive behaviour therapy, electroencephalogram (EEG) bio-feedback and educational interventions have been used alone or in combination in the treatment of @entity302 , to reduce the @entity410 frequency and improve the quality of life. OBJECTIVES: To assess whether the treatment of @entity302 with @entity458 methods is effective in reducing @entity410 frequency and/or leads to a better quality of life. SEARCH STRATEGY: We searched the Cochrane Epilepsy Group trial register (11 June 2003), the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (The Cochrane Library issue 2, 2003), MEDLINE (on 11 June 2003) and cross references from identified publications. SELECTION CRITERIA: Randomized or quasi-randomized studies assessing one or more types of @entity458 or behaviour modification techniques for @entity1 with @entity302 . DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: Two reviewers independently assessed the trials for inclusion and extracted data. Primary analyses were by intention to treat. Outcomes included reduction in @entity410 frequency and quality of life. MAIN RESULTS: We found three small trials (50 @entity1 ) of relaxation therapy. They were of poor methodological quality and a meta-analysis was therefore not undertaken. No study found a significant effect of relaxation therapy on @entity410 frequency. One trial found cognitive behavioural therapy to be effective in reducing @entity308 , among @entity1 with @entity302 with a depressed affect, whilst another did not. One trial of group cognitive therapy found no significant effect on @entity410 frequency. Two trials of combined relaxation and behaviour therapy and one of EEG bio-feedback and four of educational interventions did not provide sufficient information to assess their effect on @entity410 frequency. Combined use of relaxation and behaviour modification was found beneficial for @entity148 and adjustment in one study. In one study EEG bio-feedback was found to improve the cognitive and motor functions in individuals with greatest @entity410 reduction. Educational interventions were found to be beneficial in improving the knowledge and understanding of @entity302 , coping with @entity302 , compliance to medication and social competencies. REVIEWER'S CONCLUSIONS: In view of methodological @entity9053 of individuals studied, we have found no reliable evidence to support the use of these treatments and further trials are needed.

Psychological treatments for XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'people'] @entity410 :: ('MESH:D012640', 'Disease') :: ['seizure'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['depression'] @entity9053 :: ('MESH:D045745', 'Disease') :: ['deficiencies and limited number'] @entity458 :: ('MESH:D020018', 'Disease') :: ['psychological'] @entity148 :: ('MESH:D001008', 'Disease') :: ['anxiety'] @entity302 :: ('MESH:D004827', 'Disease') :: ['epilepsy']
@entity302 :: (MESH:D004827,Disease) :: ['epilepsy']
