Professor i klinisk psykologi
Today I spoke at a symposia at the 48:th annual congress organized by the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. This year the conference was held in Philadelphia. It was Jennie Kuckertz that invited me to the symposia entitled “Maximizing the Effects of Attention Bias Modification for Anxiety: How and for Whom”. The other speakers … Läs mer!
I just returned from the seventh international conference on internet interventions organized by the International Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ISRII). The conference was held in the beautiful old parts of LA NAU Centre Cultural de la Universitat de València (Spanin). I took part in five scientific presentations: Carlbring, P. (2014). 15 years of internet … Läs mer!
I just got back from the second international anxiety congress in Teheran (Iran). It was the Shefa Neuroscience Research Center at Khatam Hospital that organized the conference. I was invited to hold a keynote about “Internet and Smartphone Based Treatments Including a New PTSD-Study” and also have a workshop entitled “PTSD and Disasters”. It was a very interesting country that … Läs mer!
Today our new meta-analysis was published in World Psychiatry (Impact Factor:12.846). Internet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy (ICBT) has been tested in many research trials, but to a lesser extent directly compared to face-to-face delivered cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of trials in which guided ICBT was directly compared to face-to-face CBT. … Läs mer!
Today a new paper was published. It was authoered by Alexander Rozental and myself. Procrastination is a pervasive self-regulatory failure affecting approximately one-fifth of the adult population and half of the student population. It is defined as one’s voluntarily delay of an intended course of action despite being worse off as a result of that … Läs mer!
Today the three professors Tracey Wade, Sarah Egan and Roz Shafran visited our department. They recently published the first evidence-based framework for treating clients struggling with perfectionism “CBT of perfectionism“. A “perfect” book about perfectionism ;-) Here you can read a sample chapter from the book: http://www.guilford.com/excerpts/egan.pdf The purpose of the visit was to discuss … Läs mer!
Internet-administered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (iCBT) is an effective treatment of depression, yet much remains to be learned about the specific mechanisms influencing symptom reduction. Although previous research has consistently shown that therapist-guided iCBT is more effective than unguided iCBT, it is unknown whether the medium used for therapist-client communication has an impact on results. In … Läs mer!
Today a new paper was published in the new scientific journal from Elsevier entitled Internet Interventions. The current study was a qualitative follow-up of a study on guided internet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy (ICBT) for social anxiety disorder (formally known as social phobia), conducted four years after treatment completion. The main aim was to capture participants’ … Läs mer!
Today a new paper was published in the new scientific journal from Elsevier entitled Internet Interventions. The current study was a qualitative follow-up of a study on guided internet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy (ICBT) for social anxiety disorder (formally known as social phobia), conducted four years after treatment completion. The main aim was to capture participants’ … Läs mer!
Today a paper I coauthoered was published in BMJ Open. The paper is a protocol for a randomised controlled trial dealing with dizziness. Unfortunately dizziness is highly prevalent in older adults and can lead to falls, fear of falling, loss of confidence, anxiety and depression. Vestibular rehabilitation (VR) exercises are effective in reducing dizziness due … Läs mer!