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Implementation of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy training in a psychiatric ward: feasibility, lessons learned and potential effectiveness

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Psychiatric inpatient wards are inherently complex milieus. Staff in wards are expected to alleviate severe suffering in patients whilst handling an increasing administrative burden, resulting in less direct contact with patients. Reports from both patients and staff indicate institutional aimlessness and lack of care content beyond medication and containment. As a possible means of improving … Läs mer!

Implementation of guided internet-based cognitive behaviour therapy for panic disorder in a routine care setting: Effectiveness and implementation efforts

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Panic disorder is a common mental disorder. Guided Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (guided ICBT) is a promising approach to reach more people in need of help. In an effectiveness study that was accepted for publication today, we investigated the outcome of guided ICBT for panic disorder after implementation in routine care. A total of 124 … Läs mer!

Self-Concealment Mediates the Relationship Between Perfectionism and Attitudes Toward Seeking Psychological Help Among Adolescents

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One of the biggest barriers in treating adolescents with mental health problems is their refusing to seek psychological help. This study was designed to examine the relationships between two forms of perfectionism, self-concealment and attitudes toward seeking psychological help and to test the mediating role of self-concealment in the relationship between perfectionism and attitudes toward … Läs mer!

The Science of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (1st Edition)

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The Science of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a new book edited by Stefan Hofmann and Gordon Asmundson. The book describes, on 628 pages with 22 chapters, the scientific approach of CBT, reviews the efficacy and validity of the CBT model, and exemplifies important differences and commonalities of CBT approaches. We wrote the 21st chapter entitled “Internet-Based Cognitive Behavior … Läs mer!

Is the Devil in the Detail? Two Randomized Controlled Trials of Guided Internet Based CBT for Perfectionism

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Being highly attentive to details can be a positive feature. However, for some individuals, perfectionism can lead to distress and is associated with many psychiatric disorders. Cognitive behavior therapy has been shown to yield many benefits for those experiencing problems with perfectionism, but the access to evidence-based care is limited. The current study investigated the … Läs mer!

Internet-Based Vestibular Rehabilitation for Older Adults With Chronic Dizziness

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Vestibular rehabilitation is an effective intervention for dizziness due to vestibular dysfunction, but is seldom provided. We aimed to determine the effectiveness of an Internet-based vestibular rehabilitation program for older adults experiencing dizziness in primary care. We undertook a single-center, single-blind randomized controlled trial comparing an Internet-based vestibular rehabilitation intervention (Balance Retraining, freely available from … Läs mer!

Blended therapy: A computer-supported psychoeducational group intervention for adults with depressive symptoms

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Blended interventions aim to capitalise on the strengths of both computer-based and face-to-face therapy. Studies on this innovative treatment format remain scare. This especially accounts for the group treatment of depression. In the present study, that was just published, we applied eclectic psychotherapy methods to an adult sample exhibiting a variety of depressive symptoms (N = 46). … Läs mer!

Usefulness of the ACT Model for Nurses in Psychiatric Inpatient Care: A Qualitative Content Analysis

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Alleviating the suffering of patients treated in psychiatric inpatient wards is a great challenge. Preliminary or multiple diagnoses, inherent complexities of the inpatient milieu and the lack of potentially effective psychological treatment form part of this challenge. The present study explored the usefulness of a transdiagnostic psychological treatment model (Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, ACT) as … Läs mer!

Less is more: Patient-Level metaanalysis reveals paradoxical effects

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The past decade of research has seen considerable interest in computer-based approaches designed to directly target cognitive mechanisms of anxiety, such as Attention Bias Modification (ABM). By pooling patient-level datasets from randomized controlled trials of ABM that utilized a dot-probe training procedure, we assessed the impact of training ‘dose’ on relevant outcomes among a pooled sample of 693 socially … Läs mer!

Brief acceptance and commitment therapy for psychotic inpatients: A randomized controlled feasibility trial in Sweden

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Psychiatric inpatient care in Sweden is often described as lacking in content other than medication and mere containment. In an attempt to increase structured psychological content in the ward context, this study aims to investigate whether a brief form of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is a feasible addition to standard care for psychotic inpatients. … Läs mer!