Anxiety Disorders in Rehabilitation
This article therefore aims to provide an overview of new developments in the field of anxiety disorders relevant to rehabilitation.Within the framework of the changes in ICD-11, anxiety disorders now receive an independent chapter with a focus appropriate to their frequency and relevance. Further innovations concern the revised S3 guideline (2020) with the increasing consideration of digital therapy options, such as virtual reality exposure therapy (VER) as well as Internet-supported therapy methods as part of the therapy recommendations. Systemic therapy is also considered for the first time. However, the evidence for bo...
Source: Die Rehabilitation - June 14, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Sophia Chrysanthou Volker K öllner Source Type: research

Anxiety Disorders in Rehabilitation
This article therefore aims to provide an overview of new developments in the field of anxiety disorders relevant to rehabilitation.Within the framework of the changes in ICD-11, anxiety disorders now receive an independent chapter with a focus appropriate to their frequency and relevance. Further innovations concern the revised S3 guideline (2020) with the increasing consideration of digital therapy options, such as virtual reality exposure therapy (VER) as well as Internet-supported therapy methods as part of the therapy recommendations. Systemic therapy is also considered for the first time. However, the evidence for bo...
Source: Die Rehabilitation - June 14, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Sophia Chrysanthou Volker K öllner Source Type: research

Anxiety Disorders in Rehabilitation
This article therefore aims to provide an overview of new developments in the field of anxiety disorders relevant to rehabilitation.Within the framework of the changes in ICD-11, anxiety disorders now receive an independent chapter with a focus appropriate to their frequency and relevance. Further innovations concern the revised S3 guideline (2020) with the increasing consideration of digital therapy options, such as virtual reality exposure therapy (VER) as well as Internet-supported therapy methods as part of the therapy recommendations. Systemic therapy is also considered for the first time. However, the evidence for bo...
Source: Die Rehabilitation - June 14, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Sophia Chrysanthou Volker K öllner Source Type: research

In-Session-Reflective-Functioning in Anorexia Nervosa: An Analysis of Psychotherapeutic Sessions of the ANTOP Study
DiscussionPatients with AN show a low capacity to mentalize in sessions, which seems to be at least partly dependent on the degree of starvation. The results suggest a possible relationship between an increase in in-session RF and outcome, which has to be replicated by further studies. (Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry)
Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry - May 23, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Analyzing Psychotherapy on Twitter: An 11-Year Analysis of Tweets From Major U.S. Media Outlets
ConclusionsUS media outlets focused their interest on Mindfulness which may have contributed to the growing popularity in the past years of this therapeutic modality. (Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry)
Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry - May 18, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Countertransference awareness and treatment outcome.
In this study, we examined therapists’ awareness of their CT using a structured interview. Our hypotheses were (a) treatments in which therapists were more aware of their CT would have a better outcome and (b) different definitions of CT would be related to different therapy outcomes. Twenty-nine patients were treated by 19 therapists in 16 sessions of short-term psychodynamic therapy. We used the core conflictual relationship theme to measure CT, a special interview was developed to study CT awareness. Results show that awareness of CT defined as the relationship with the patient moderated 10 outcome measures and awaren...
Source: Journal of Counseling Psychology - May 12, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Mentalization-oriented psychodynamic group therapy for patients with personality disorders: a naturalistic prospective cohort study
CONCLUSIONS: Completers improved on symptom severity, interpersonal problems, and general functioning, with within-group effect sizes ranging from medium to large. Approximately half the sample dropped out, suggesting that mentalization-oriented PDT spanning several years may be unrealistic for many patients with PD. Significant outcomesThere are no clear guidelines for psychological interventions targeting personality disorders (PDs), and currently eclectic and non-manualized psychodynamic approaches lasting for up to 3 years are prevailing in some clinical practices.Although this treatment approach may have an effect on ...
Source: Nordic Journal of Psychiatry - May 5, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Bo Anton Svensson Jacob Bredtoft Elsebeth Stenager Pia Veldt Larsen Lotte Sk øt Christian Sibbersen Angelina Isabella Mellentin Source Type: research

Emotion regulation in binge eating disorder
Psychiatr Pol. 2021 Dec 31;55(6):1433-1448. doi: 10.12740/PP/OnlineFirst/122212. Epub 2021 Dec 31.ABSTRACTA review of the literature on emotion regulation in binge eating disorder (BED) published both in English and Polish between 1990 and 2020. BED might be considered as an impulsive and compulsive disorder associated with altered reward sensitivity and food-related attentional bias. The growing body of research indicated that there were corticostriatal circuitry alterations in BED, comparable to those observed in substance abuse, including altered function of orbitofrontal, prefrontal and insular cortices with the striat...
Source: Psychiatria Polska - April 26, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Anna Walenda Krzysztof Bogusz Maciej Kopera Andrzej Jakubczyk Marcin Wojnar Katarzyna Kucharska Source Type: research