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Stepped care versus face-to–face CBT for panic disorder and social anxiety disorder

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Today a manuscript entitled “Stepped care versus face-to–face cognitive behavior therapy for panic disorder and social anxiety disorder: Predictors and moderators of outcome” was published in the journal Behaviour Research and Therapy. In that paper we wanted to investigate predictors and moderators of treatment outcome by comparing immediate face-to-face cognitive behavioral therapy (FtF-CBT) to a Stepped … Läs mer!

A review of cyberbullying and suggestions for online intervention

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Investigations of cyberbullying are beginning to emerge in the scientific literature because of their implications for child and adolescent development. In particular, cyberbullying victimisation has been associated with similar negative consequences to traditional or face-to-face bullying such as lower academic achievement, anxiety, and sometimes even suicide. Research has also started to emerge investigating the impact … Läs mer!

Experiences of undergoing Internet-based cognitive behavior therapy for procrastination: A qualitative study

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Internet interventions constitute a promising and cost-effective treatment alternative for a wide range of psychiatric disorders and somatic conditions. Several clinical trials have provided evidence for its efficacy and effectiveness, and recent research also indicate that it can be helpful in the treatment of conditions that are debilitating, but not necessarily warrant more immediate care, … Läs mer!

Predictors of treatment dropout in self-guided web-based interventions for depression: An individual patient data meta-analysis

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Dropout can be predicted by several variables and is not randomly distributed. This knowledge may inform tailoring of online self-help interventions to prevent dropout in identified groups at risk.

It is well known that web-based interventions can be effective treatments for depression. However, dropout rates in web-based interventions are typically high, especially in self-guided web-based interventions. Rigorous empirical evidence regarding factors influencing dropout in self-guided web-based interventions is lacking due to small study sample sizes. In a new paper published in Psychological Medicine we … Läs mer!

Who seeks internet-based treatment? Effects of recruitment source on patient demographics and clinical characteristics

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Who seeks ICBT for depression and how do they get there? Effects of recruitment source on patient demographics and clinical characteristics

Studies on internet-based cognitive behavior therapy (ICBT) frequently use several different sources of recruitment, yet no study has investigated whether different recruitment sources produce different clinical and demographic profiles among participants. Today we published a paper using data from a large sample (n=982) seeking ICBT for depression. We compared these characteristics on the basis of self-reported … Läs mer!

Cognitive Bias and Social Anxiety Disorder

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Today a new study was accepted for publication in Internet Interventions. The paper was about social anxiety disorder (SAD) and attentional bias. Typically, the visual-attention system is selectively biased towards stimuli of biological importance, such as cues of threat (predators, dangerous individuals) and reward (food, mates) (Frewen et al. 2008). These attentional processes are considered … Läs mer!

Internet-based treatment of stress urinary incontinence

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Today we published a new study in BJU International (Impact Factor: 3.13) entitled ”Internet-based treatment of stress urinary incontinence: 1- and 2 years results of a randomised controlled trial with focus on pelvic floor muscle training”. The objective of the study was to evaluate the long-term effects of two non-face-to-face treatment programmes for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) … Läs mer!

Treating Major Depression with Physical Activity: A Systematic Overview with Recommendations

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Today a newly accepted paper became accessible online. It is a part of a forthcoming special issue on Exercise in the Treatment on Anxiety-Related and Depressive Disorders. Guest editors are Gordon Asmundson, Mike Powers and Jasper Smits. In total there will be ten papers: Running as Interoceptive Exposure for Decreasing Anxiety Sensitivity: Replication and Extension … Läs mer!

Welcome Sarah Heinrich – new ERASMUS plus intern psychologist in our research team!

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Today we welcome Sarah Heinrich (from Germany) to our research group. She has a master in Psychology from Berlin and now does a postgraduate internship (ERASMUS plus) at our department. She will assist in different projects and tasks, for example translating the challenger smartphone application into German as well as various questionnaires such as the Brunnsviken Brief Quality … Läs mer!

Proof of how the brain changes after cognitive behavior therapy

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Today we published a new study in the Nature journal called Translational Psychiatry (impact factor 4.360). The paper was about cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and what happens in the brain after treatment. It is known that CBT is an effective treatment for social anxiety disorder (SAD), but many patients do not respond sufficiently and a … Läs mer!