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Is metacognition a causal moderator of the relationship between catastrophic misinterpretation and health anxiety? A prospective study
Robin Bailey | Adrian Wells
Psychological theories have identified a range of variables contributing to health anxiety, including, dysfunctional illness beliefs, catastrophic misinterpretation, somatosensory amplification and...
An online guided ACT intervention for enhancing the psychological wellbeing of university students: A randomized controlled clinical trial
Panajiota Räsänen | Päivi Lappalainen | Joona Muotka | Asko Tolvanen | Raimo Lappalainen
Stress, anxiety and depression are relatively common problems among university students. This study examined whether an online psychological intervention aiming at enhancing the wellbeing of university...
The power of positive thinking: Pathological worry is reduced by thought replacement in Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Claire Eagleson | Sarra Hayes | Andrew Mathews | Gemma Perman | Colette R. Hirsch
Worry in Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), takes a predominantly verbal form, as if talking to oneself about possible negative outcomes. The current study examined alternative approaches to reducing...
Anouk L. Grubaugh | Joshua D. Clapp | B. Christopher Frueh | Peter W. Tuerk | Rebecca G. Knapp | Leonard E. Egede
There are few empirical data regarding effective treatment of trauma-related symptoms among individuals with severe mental illness (SMI; e.g., bipolar disorder, schizophrenia). This under-examined clinical...
Danielle E. McCarthy | Krysten W. Bold | Haruka Minami | Vivian M. Yeh
Despite considerable progress in reducing cigarette smoking prevalence and enhancing smoking cessation treatments, most smokers who attempt to quit relapse. The current randomized clinical trial evaluated...
Exposure to virtual social interactions in the treatment of social anxiety disorder: A randomized controlled trial
Isabel L. Kampmann | Paul M.G. Emmelkamp | Dwi Hartanto | Willem-Paul Brinkman | Bonne J.H. Zijlstra | Nexhmedin Morina
This randomized controlled trial investigated the efficacy of a stand-alone virtual reality exposure intervention comprising verbal interaction with virtual humans to target heterogeneous social fears...
Liat Levita | Paulina Gonzalez Salas Duhne | Carla Girling | Glenn Waller
Psychological therapists commonly fail to adhere to treatment protocols in everyday clinical practice. In part, this pattern of drift is attributable to anxious therapists being less likely to undertake...
Anxiety sensitivity risk reduction in smokers: A randomized control trial examining effects on panic
Norman B. Schmidt | Amanda M. Raines | Nicholas P. Allan | Michael J. Zvolensky
Empirical evidence has identified several risk factors for panic psychopathology, including smoking and anxiety sensitivity (AS; the fear of anxiety-related sensations). Smokers with elevated AS are...
Internet-delivered acceptance-based behaviour therapy for generalized anxiety disorder: A randomized controlled trial
Mats Dahlin | Gerhard Andersson | Kristoffer Magnusson | Tomas Johansson | Johan Sjögren | Andreas Håkansson | Magnus Pettersson | Åsa Kadowaki | Pim Cuijpers | Per Carlbring
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a disabling condition which can be treated with cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT). The present study tested the effects of therapist-guided internet-delivered acceptance-based...
Lotte H.J.M. Lemmens | Robert J. DeRubeis | Arnoud Arntz | Frenk P.M.L. Peeters | Marcus J.H. Huibers
We examined the rates, baseline predictors and clinical impact of sudden gains in a randomized comparison of individual Cognitive Therapy (CT) and Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) for adult depres...
Chelsey R. Wilks | Kathryn E. Korslund | Melanie S. Harned | Marsha M. Linehan
Individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD) tend to have a significant degree of functional impairment across a range of social and occupational spheres including difficulty finding...
Mindfulness-based therapy and behavioral activation: A randomized controlled trial with depressed college students
C.C. McIndoo | A.A. File | T. Preddy | C.G. Clark | D.R. Hopko
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) manifests in 20–30% of college students, with increased incidence in recent decades. Very limited research has assessed the efficacy of evidence-based interventions for...
For whom the bell tolls: Neurocognitive individual differences in the acute stress-reduction effects of an attention bias modification game for anxiety
Tracy A. Dennis-Tiwary | Laura J. Egan | Sarah Babkirk | Samantha Denefrio
The efficacy of attention bias modification training (ABMT) for anxiety is debated, in part because individual differences in task engagement and pre-training threat bias impact training efficacy. In...
Symptom exacerbations in trauma-focused treatments: Associations with treatment outcome and non-completion
Sadie E. Larsen | Shannon Wiltsey Stirman | Brian N. Smith | Patricia A. Resick
Trauma-focused treatments are underutilized, partially due to clinician concerns that they will cause symptom exacerbation or dropout. We examined a sample of women undergoing Prolonged Exposure (PE),...
Effects of a mindfulness-based intervention on fertility quality of life and pregnancy rates among women subjected to first in vitro fertilization treatment
Jing Li | Ling Long | Yu Liu | Wei He | Min Li
Generally, undergoing an in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment is an emotional and physical burden for the infertile woman, which may negatively influence the treatment outcome. We conducted a study...
Therapist drift redux: Why well-meaning clinicians fail to deliver evidence-based therapy, and how to get back on track
Glenn Waller | Hannah Turner
Therapist drift occurs when clinicians fail to deliver the optimum evidence-based treatment despite having the necessary tools, and is an important factor in why those therapies are commonly less effective...
The effects of prolonged exposure and sertraline on emotion regulation in individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder
Alissa B. Jerud | Larry D. Pruitt | Lori A. Zoellner | Norah C. Feeny
The effects of current posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) interventions on emotion regulation are relatively unknown. Many conceptualize PTSD as a disorder of emotion dysregulation, and clinicians...
Jennifer L. Villatte | Roger Vilardaga | Matthieu Villatte | Jennifer C. Plumb Vilardaga | David C. Atkins | Steven C. Hayes
A modular, transdiagnostic approach to treatment design and implementation may increase the public health impact of evidence-based psychosocial interventions. Such an approach relies on algorithms for...
Working alliance and competence as predictors of outcome in cognitive behavioral therapy for social anxiety and panic disorder in adults
Thomas Haug | Tine Nordgreen | Lars-Göran Öst | Tone Tangen | Gerd Kvale | Ole Johan Hovland | Einar R. Heiervang | Odd E. Havik
The research on the association between the working alliance and therapist competence/adherence and outcome from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is limited and characterized by inconclusive findings....
Group therapy for university students: A randomized control trial of dialectical behavior therapy and positive psychotherapy
Amanda A. Uliaszek | Tayyab Rashid | Gregory E. Williams | Tahira Gulamani
The present study examined the efficacy of two evidence-based group treatments for significant psychopathology in university students. Fifty-four treatment-seeking participants were randomized to a...
CBT for eating disorders: The impact of early changes in eating pathology on later changes in personality pathology, anxiety and depression
Hannah Turner | Emily Marshall | Francesca Wood | Lusia Stopa | Glenn Waller
Whilst studies have consistently identified early symptom reduction as an important predictor of treatment outcome, the impact of early change on common comorbid features has not been investigated....
Supervision for treatment of depression: An experimental study of the role of therapist gender and anxiety
Chloe Simpson-Southward | Glenn Waller | Gillian E. Hardy
Psychological treatments for depression are not always delivered effectively or consistently. Clinical supervision of therapists is often assumed to keep therapy on track, ensuring positive patient...
Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement versus CBT for co-occurring substance dependence, traumatic stress, and psychiatric disorders: Proximal outcomes from a pragmatic randomized trial
Eric L. Garland | Amelia Roberts-Lewis | Christine D. Tronnier | Rebecca Graves | Karen Kelley
In many clinical settings, there is a high comorbidity between substance use disorders, psychiatric disorders, and traumatic stress. Novel therapies are needed to address these co-occurring issues efficiently....
David Sánchez-Carracedo | Jordi Fauquet | Gemma López-Guimerà | David Leiva | Joaquim Puntí | Esther Trepat | Montserrat Pàmias | Diego Palao
Challenges in the prevention of disordered eating field include moving from efficacy to effectiveness and developing an integrated approach to the prevention of eating and weight-related problems. A...
Can the attention training technique turn one marshmallow into two? Improving children's ability to delay gratification
Joanne Murray | Anna Theakston | Adrian Wells
The seminal Marshmallow Test (Mischel & Ebbesen, 1970) has reliably demonstrated that children who can delay gratification are more likely to be emotionally stable and successful later in life. However,...
Glenn Waller | Katrina D'Souza Walsh | Charlotte Wright
It is well established that clinicians use exposure therapy far less often than the evidence would suggest is justified. This shortfall has been explained as being at least partly a result of clinicians'...
Increasing clinicians' EBT exploration and preparation behavior in youth mental health services by changing organizational culture with ARC
Charles Glisson | Nathaniel J. Williams | Anthony Hemmelgarn | Enola Proctor | Philip Green
Clinician EBT exploration and preparation behavior is essential to the ongoing implementation of new EBTs. This study examined the effect of the ARC organizational intervention on clinician EBT exploration...
Expectancy violation, reduction of food cue reactivity and less eating in the absence of hunger after one food cue exposure session for overweight and obese women
Ghislaine Schyns | Anne Roefs | Sandra Mulkens | Anita Jansen
The present study investigated whether a single-session of food cue exposure for overweight women would decrease ‘if CS then US’ expectancies, cue reactivity and eating in the absence of hunger (EAH)....
The effects of cognitive-behavioral therapy on intrinsic functional brain networks in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Xiaoli Wang | Qingjiu Cao | Jinhui Wang | Zhaomin Wu | Peng Wang | Li Sun | Taisheng Cai | Yufeng Wang
Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is an efficacious psychological treatment for adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but the neural processes underlying the benefits of CBT...
Transdiagnostic group behavioral activation and exposure therapy for youth anxiety and depression: Initial randomized controlled trial
Brian C. Chu | Sofia T. Crocco | Petra Esseling | Margaret J. Areizaga | Alison M. Lindner | Laura C. Skriner
Anxiety and depression are debilitating and commonly co-occurring in young adolescents, yet few interventions are designed to treat both disorder classes together. Initial efficacy is presented of a...
Internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy for children with anxiety disorders: A randomised controlled trial
Sarah Vigerland | Brjánn Ljótsson | Ulrika Thulin | Lars-Göran Öst | Gerhard Andersson | Eva Serlachius
Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) has been shown to be an effective treatment for anxiety disorders in children, but few affected seek or receive treatment. Internet-delivered CBT (ICBT) could be a...
Increasing psychotherapists' adoption and implementation of the evidence-based practice of progress monitoring
Jacqueline B. Persons | Kelly Koerner | Polina Eidelman | Cannon Thomas | Howard Liu
Evidence-based practices (EBPs) reach consumers slowly because practitioners are slow to adopt and implement them. We hypothesized that giving psychotherapists a tool + training intervention that was...
Using computers to teach people with intellectual disabilities to perform some of the tasks used within cognitive behavioural therapy: A randomised experiment
Leen Vereenooghe | Lina Gega | Shirley Reynolds | Peter E. Langdon
Training has been shown to improve the ability of people with intellectual disabilities (IDs) to perform some cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) tasks. This study used a computerised training paradigm...
Predictors of treatment outcome in an effectiveness trial of cognitive behavioral therapy for children with anxiety disorders
Gro Janne H. Wergeland | Krister W. Fjermestad | Carla E. Marin | Ingvar Bjelland | Bente Storm Mowatt Haugland | Wendy K. Silverman | Lars-Göran Öst | Jon Fauskanger Bjaastad | Kristin Oeding | Odd E. Havik | Einar R. Heiervang
A substantial number of children with anxiety disorders do not improve following cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Recent effectiveness studies have found poorer outcome for CBT programs than what...
Susanna G. Reimer | David A. Moscovitch
Negative mental images in social anxiety disorder (SAD) are often rooted in autobiographical memories of formative, distressing life events. In the present study, 25 participants with SAD retrieved...
Are we really delivering evidence-based treatments for eating disorders? How eating-disordered patients describe their experience of cognitive behavioral therapy
Natasha D. Cowdrey | Glenn Waller
Psychotherapists report routinely not practising evidence-based treatments. However, there is little research examining the content of therapy from the patient perspective. This study examined the self-reported...
Cognitive-behavioral therapy for externalizing disorders: A meta-analysis of treatment effectiveness
Gemma Battagliese | Maria Caccetta | Olga Ines Luppino | Chiara Baglioni | Valentina Cardi | Francesco Mancini | Carlo Buonanno
Externalizing disorders are the most common and persistent forms of maladjustment in childhood. The aim of this study was to conduct a meta-analysis evaluating the effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral...
Anke M. Klein | Ronald M. Rapee | Jennifer L. Hudson | Carolyn A. Schniering | Viviana M. Wuthrich | Maria Kangas | Heidi J. Lyneham | Pierre M. Souren | Mike Rinck
The present study was designed to examine the effects of training in positive interpretations in clinically anxious children. A total of 87 children between 7 and 12 years of age were randomly assigned...
A randomized controlled trial of an internet-delivered treatment: Its potential as a low-intensity community intervention for adults with symptoms of depression
D. Richards | L. Timulak | E. O'Brien | C. Hayes | N. Vigano | J. Sharry | G. Doherty
Internet-delivered treatments for depression have proved successful, with supported programs offering the potential for improved adherence and outcomes. Internet interventions are particularly interesting...
Deanna Linville | Erin Cobb | Tracy Lenee-Bluhm | Gabriela López-Zerón | Jeff M. Gau | Eric Stice
To conduct a pilot effectiveness trial of a brief dissonance-based eating disorder preventative program, the Body Project, when implemented at primary care medical clinics....
Samantha A. Chalker | Adam Carmel | David C. Atkins | Sara J. Landes | Amanda H. Kerbrat | Katherine Anne Comtois
Few studies have examined effects of challenging behaviors of clients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) on psychotherapy outcomes. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based treatment...
Early in-session predictors of response to trauma-focused cognitive therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder
Francesca Brady | Emma Warnock-Parkes | Chris Barker | Anke Ehlers
Trauma-focused cognitive behaviour therapy is effective in treating posttraumatic stress disorder but non-response rates range between 25% and 50%. Results of previous research on patient characteristics...
Moderators of the effects of indicated group and bibliotherapy cognitive behavioral depression prevention programs on adolescents' depressive symptoms and depressive disorder onset
Sina Müller | Paul Rohde | Jeff M. Gau | Eric Stice
We investigated factors hypothesized to moderate the effects of cognitive behavioral group-based (CB group) and bibliotherapy depression prevention programs. Using data from two trials (N = 631) wherein...
Effectiveness of a brief school-based body image intervention ‘Dove Confident Me: Single Session’ when delivered by teachers and researchers: Results from a cluster randomised controlled trial
Phillippa C. Diedrichs | Melissa J. Atkinson | Rebecca J. Steer | Kirsty M. Garbett | Nichola Rumsey | Emma Halliwell
This study evaluated a 90-min single session school-based body image intervention (Dove Confident Me: Single Session), and investigated if delivery could be task-shifted to teachers. British adolescents...
Group cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia: Effects on sleep and depressive symptomatology in a sample with comorbidity
Annika Norell-Clarke | Markus Jansson-Fröjmark | Maria Tillfors | Fredrik Holländare | Ingemar Engström
To investigate the effects of group CBT for insomnia (CBT-I) on insomnia and depressive symptomatology in a comorbid sample through a randomised controlled trial with a 6 month follow-up....
Prediction of treatment discontinuation and recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder: Results from an RCT comparing Schema Therapy and Transference Focused Psychotherapy
Arnoud Arntz | Snežana Stupar-Rutenfrans | Josephine Bloo | Richard van Dyck | Philip Spinhoven
Knowing what predicts discontinuation or success of psychotherapies for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is important to improve treatments. Many variables have been reported in the literature,...
Janet D. Carter | Marie T. Crowe | Jennifer Jordan | Virginia V.W. McIntosh | Christopher Frampton | Peter R. Joyce
Little is known about the factors that contribute to a positive psychotherapy outcome. There is still considerable debate as to whether specific factors (e.g. severity of symptoms, comorbidity) or nonspecific...
Biological or psychological? Effects of eating disorder psychoeducation on self-blame and recovery expectations among symptomatic individuals
Nicholas R. Farrell | Aaron A. Lee | Brett J. Deacon
Recent years have witnessed increasing popularity and promotion of biological influences (e.g., genetics) in eating disorder (ED) development. Although research suggests biological models of EDs reduce...