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Guided and unguided CBT for social anxiety disorder and/or panic disorder via the Internet and a smartphone application

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Today we published a new paper in the Trials journal (impact factor 2.21) entitled “Guided and unguided CBT for social anxiety disorder and/or panic disorder via the Internet and a smartphone application: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial“. Smartphone technology presents a novel and promising opportunity to extend the reach of psychotherapeutic interventions by moving … Läs mer!

New study: CBT vs attention training in social anxiety disorder

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Today we published a new study in Behaviour Research and Therapy which is freely available. The new paper is entiteled Moderation and mediation of the effect of attention training in social anxiety disorder. While attention modification programs (AMP) have shown promise as laboratory-based treatments for social anxiety disorder, trials of internet-delivered AMP have not yielded significant … Läs mer!

Inappropriate question: “I have difficulty talking to an attractive person of the opposite sex”

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Despite welcomed changes in societal attitudes and practices towards sexual minorities, instances of heteronormativity can still be found within healthcare and research. The Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS) is a valid and reliable self-rating scale of social anxiety, which includes one item (number 14) with an explicit heteronormative assumption about the respondent s sexual orientation. … Läs mer!

New PhD student – Welcome Kristoffer Magnusson!

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Today it was announced that the PhD admission proposal by psychologist Kristoffer Magnusson has been approved effective 18 December 2013. He will hold a PhD position at the prestigious Karolinska institute at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience in the subject of medical science. The project is funded in part by Svenska spel, in part by Swedish … Läs mer!

New board of directors of ISRII revealed

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Today the results from the election for the new board of directors of International Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ISRII) was revealed. Voting by the membership concluded on 29 November 2013, with an overwhelming majority approving the slate. Members of the 2014 Board of Directors are listed below: President: Heleen Riper (Netherlands) President-elect: Kate Cavanagh (UK) … Läs mer!

Congrats Robert Johansson who will get his PhD today

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Today Robert Johansson will defend his PhD thesis. The supervisors have been Gerhard Andersson, Per Carlbring and Pim Cuijpers. Professor Jacques Barber from Adelphi University in the USA will be the opponent. The overarching goal of Robert’s thesis has been to enhance Internet-delivered psychological treatments for depression and its comorbidity. To this end, three randomized controlled trials (Study II, III … Läs mer!

Foreword in a new book on Anxiety

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A few days ago the Swedish translation of  a new book “Anxiety: A Very Short Introduction” was published by Daniel Freeman and Jason Freeman. The foreword was written by Professor Per Carlbring and can be read using this link: Kort om ångest Förord 3 sidor (in Swedish).  

Encouraging results in a new study on mindfulness treatment of anxiety disorders

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Mindfulness-based interventions have proven effective for the transdiagnostic treatment of heterogeneous anxiety disorders. So far, no study investigated the potential of mindfulness-based treatments when delivered remotely via the Internet. In a trial that was just published the aim was at evaluating the efficacy of a stand-alone, unguided, Internet-based mindfulness treatment programme for anxiety. Methods Ninety-one … Läs mer!

New research grant approval (gambling)

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The Swedish Research Council  for Health, Working Life and Welfare granted us 3 830 000 SEK for a project entitled “Evaluation of an internet-based CBT-program with telephone support for concerned significant others of problem gamblers – a randomized controlled trial.” In Sweden it has been estimated that 260 000 individuals cohabitate with a problem gambler (PG), … Läs mer!

What is the best treatment for Snake Phobia? New study out!

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Today we published a new paper. In this study, we compared guided Internet-delivered self-help with one-session exposure treatment (OST) in a sample of snake phobic patients. A total of 30 patients were included following a screening on the Internet and a structured clinical interview. The Internet treatment consisted of four weekly text modules which were … Läs mer!