An evaluation of survive and thrive: a 10-week group psychoeducational course for adult interpersonal trauma survivors in Scotland
This study investigates the efficacy of Survive and Thrive, a 10-week group psychoeducational course for adult survivors of interpersonal trauma. Between August 2019 and February 2022, participants were enrolled on the course. The Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation-Outcome Measure (CORE-OM) and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale-Short Form (DERS-SF) were administered pre-intervention and immediately post-intervention. In addition, thematic analysis was applied to qualitative feedback. Results revealed significant reductions in CORE-OM and DERS-SF scores post-intervention, with minimal variability in scores attri...
Source: Behavior Therapy - March 25, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Frederick O'Donald Elise Gunter Ailie Castle Rachel Warner Fhionna Moore Source Type: research

Compulsive rituals in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - A qualitative exploration of thoughts, feelings and behavioral patterns
CONCLUSION: Our results, if replicated, may have clinical implications. The reported patterns of anxiety reduction during ritual performance may contribute to the fine-tuning of CBT for OCD. The findings concerning the nature of attention during ritual performance and the development of rituals over time may be important for understanding the mechanisms that maintain compulsive rituals.PMID:38513433 | DOI:10.1016/j.jbtep.2024.101960 (Source: Behavior Therapy)
Source: Behavior Therapy - March 21, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Yair Wairauch Jedidiah Siev Udi Hasdai Reuven Dar Source Type: research

Compulsive rituals in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - A qualitative exploration of thoughts, feelings and behavioral patterns
CONCLUSION: Our results, if replicated, may have clinical implications. The reported patterns of anxiety reduction during ritual performance may contribute to the fine-tuning of CBT for OCD. The findings concerning the nature of attention during ritual performance and the development of rituals over time may be important for understanding the mechanisms that maintain compulsive rituals.PMID:38513433 | DOI:10.1016/j.jbtep.2024.101960 (Source: Behavior Therapy)
Source: Behavior Therapy - March 21, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Yair Wairauch Jedidiah Siev Udi Hasdai Reuven Dar Source Type: research

Compulsive rituals in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - A qualitative exploration of thoughts, feelings and behavioral patterns
CONCLUSION: Our results, if replicated, may have clinical implications. The reported patterns of anxiety reduction during ritual performance may contribute to the fine-tuning of CBT for OCD. The findings concerning the nature of attention during ritual performance and the development of rituals over time may be important for understanding the mechanisms that maintain compulsive rituals.PMID:38513433 | DOI:10.1016/j.jbtep.2024.101960 (Source: Behavior Therapy)
Source: Behavior Therapy - March 21, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Yair Wairauch Jedidiah Siev Udi Hasdai Reuven Dar Source Type: research

Compulsive rituals in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - A qualitative exploration of thoughts, feelings and behavioral patterns
CONCLUSION: Our results, if replicated, may have clinical implications. The reported patterns of anxiety reduction during ritual performance may contribute to the fine-tuning of CBT for OCD. The findings concerning the nature of attention during ritual performance and the development of rituals over time may be important for understanding the mechanisms that maintain compulsive rituals.PMID:38513433 | DOI:10.1016/j.jbtep.2024.101960 (Source: Behavior Therapy)
Source: Behavior Therapy - March 21, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Yair Wairauch Jedidiah Siev Udi Hasdai Reuven Dar Source Type: research

Is meta-worry relevant to interpersonal problems? Testing the metacognitive model of generalized anxiety disorder in an analogue- and a clinical sample of GAD
Cogn Behav Ther. 2024 Mar 19:1-12. doi: 10.1080/16506073.2024.2331191. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTInterpersonal problems are common in individuals with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and improved interpersonal functioning is an important goal in treatment. In the metacognitive model of worry and generalized anxiety disorder, emotional distress and psychological dysfunction are related to two distinct types of worry. Particular emphasis is put on meta-worry which refers to "worry about worrying" or appraisal of worrying as threatening in itself. Meta-worry impairs effective mental regulation and might therefore be an...
Source: Behavior Therapy - March 19, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Henrik Nordahl Eivind R Strand Odin Hjemdal Hans M Nordahl Source Type: research

Mediation of social anxiety and depression during internet-delivered treatment for social anxiety disorder
Cogn Behav Ther. 2024 Mar 19:1-18. doi: 10.1080/16506073.2024.2331188. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMany individuals with social anxiety disorder (SAD) have depressive symptoms that meet criteria for major depressive disorder (MDD). In our study, we examined the temporal relationship between symptoms of social anxiety and symptoms of depression during the course of an 11-week internet-delivered cognitive behavioral treatment (ICBT) for SAD (n = 170). Specifically, we investigated whether weekly changes in social anxiety mediated changes in depression, changes in depression mediated changes in anxiety, both or neither. In ...
Source: Behavior Therapy - March 19, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jonathan G Shalom Inbar Shaul-Tsoran Asher Y Strauss Jonathan D Huppert Gerhard Andersson Idan M Aderka Source Type: research

Is meta-worry relevant to interpersonal problems? Testing the metacognitive model of generalized anxiety disorder in an analogue- and a clinical sample of GAD
Cogn Behav Ther. 2024 Mar 19:1-12. doi: 10.1080/16506073.2024.2331191. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTInterpersonal problems are common in individuals with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and improved interpersonal functioning is an important goal in treatment. In the metacognitive model of worry and generalized anxiety disorder, emotional distress and psychological dysfunction are related to two distinct types of worry. Particular emphasis is put on meta-worry which refers to "worry about worrying" or appraisal of worrying as threatening in itself. Meta-worry impairs effective mental regulation and might therefore be an...
Source: Behavior Therapy - March 19, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Henrik Nordahl Eivind R Strand Odin Hjemdal Hans M Nordahl Source Type: research

Mediation of social anxiety and depression during internet-delivered treatment for social anxiety disorder
Cogn Behav Ther. 2024 Mar 19:1-18. doi: 10.1080/16506073.2024.2331188. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMany individuals with social anxiety disorder (SAD) have depressive symptoms that meet criteria for major depressive disorder (MDD). In our study, we examined the temporal relationship between symptoms of social anxiety and symptoms of depression during the course of an 11-week internet-delivered cognitive behavioral treatment (ICBT) for SAD (n = 170). Specifically, we investigated whether weekly changes in social anxiety mediated changes in depression, changes in depression mediated changes in anxiety, both or neither. In ...
Source: Behavior Therapy - March 19, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jonathan G Shalom Inbar Shaul-Tsoran Asher Y Strauss Jonathan D Huppert Gerhard Andersson Idan M Aderka Source Type: research

Is meta-worry relevant to interpersonal problems? Testing the metacognitive model of generalized anxiety disorder in an analogue- and a clinical sample of GAD
Cogn Behav Ther. 2024 Mar 19:1-12. doi: 10.1080/16506073.2024.2331191. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTInterpersonal problems are common in individuals with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and improved interpersonal functioning is an important goal in treatment. In the metacognitive model of worry and generalized anxiety disorder, emotional distress and psychological dysfunction are related to two distinct types of worry. Particular emphasis is put on meta-worry which refers to "worry about worrying" or appraisal of worrying as threatening in itself. Meta-worry impairs effective mental regulation and might therefore be an...
Source: Behavior Therapy - March 19, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Henrik Nordahl Eivind R Strand Odin Hjemdal Hans M Nordahl Source Type: research

Mediation of social anxiety and depression during internet-delivered treatment for social anxiety disorder
Cogn Behav Ther. 2024 Mar 19:1-18. doi: 10.1080/16506073.2024.2331188. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMany individuals with social anxiety disorder (SAD) have depressive symptoms that meet criteria for major depressive disorder (MDD). In our study, we examined the temporal relationship between symptoms of social anxiety and symptoms of depression during the course of an 11-week internet-delivered cognitive behavioral treatment (ICBT) for SAD (n = 170). Specifically, we investigated whether weekly changes in social anxiety mediated changes in depression, changes in depression mediated changes in anxiety, both or neither. In ...
Source: Behavior Therapy - March 19, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jonathan G Shalom Inbar Shaul-Tsoran Asher Y Strauss Jonathan D Huppert Gerhard Andersson Idan M Aderka Source Type: research

Imagery rescripting: The value of an added positive emotion component
CONCLUSIONS: Adding a positive emotion component to ImRs reliably improved positive affect. More research is needed to determine whether explicitly targeting positive affect improves efficacy of ImRs for intrusion-related outcomes.PMID:38493567 | DOI:10.1016/j.jbtep.2024.101958 (Source: Behavior Therapy)
Source: Behavior Therapy - March 17, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Nicole Geschwind Evelyn Keasberry Marisol Voncken Jill Lobbestael Maarten Peters Marleen Rijkeboer Dalena van Heugten-van der Kloet Source Type: research

The effect of self-focused attention during mirror gazing on body image evaluations, appearance-related imagery, and urges to mirror gaze
CONCLUSIONS: Self-focused attention during mirror gazing lowers positive body image evaluations. Individuals with higher body dysmorphic concerns are particularly vulnerable to low perceived attractiveness.PMID:38489951 | DOI:10.1016/j.jbtep.2024.101952 (Source: Behavior Therapy)
Source: Behavior Therapy - March 15, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jasmine Chuah Oliver Suendermann Source Type: research

Transitioning to college: Testing cognitive bias modification for interpretations as an inoculation tool for social anxiety in college first-years
CONCLUSIONS: Data tentatively support CBM-I for first-year students to increase social adjustment. Further, mediation findings provide support for targeting interpretation biases to improve social anxiety and adjustment outcomes. Yet, CBM-I did not outperform ST in improving social anxiety symptoms or other areas of college adjustment, and effect sizes were small, suggesting that more work is needed to amplify the potential of CBM-I as a therapeutic tool.PMID:38489952 | DOI:10.1016/j.jbtep.2024.101961 (Source: Behavior Therapy)
Source: Behavior Therapy - March 15, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sarah E Dreyer-Oren Akanksha Das Rachel B Geyer Robert E Fite Elizabeth J Kiel Elise M Clerkin Source Type: research

The effect of self-focused attention during mirror gazing on body image evaluations, appearance-related imagery, and urges to mirror gaze
CONCLUSIONS: Self-focused attention during mirror gazing lowers positive body image evaluations. Individuals with higher body dysmorphic concerns are particularly vulnerable to low perceived attractiveness.PMID:38489951 | DOI:10.1016/j.jbtep.2024.101952 (Source: Behavior Therapy)
Source: Behavior Therapy - March 15, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jasmine Chuah Oliver Suendermann Source Type: research