Psychological treatment of social anxiety disorder: a meta-analysis

Psychological treatment of social anxiety disorder: a meta-analysis, Psychological Medicine (2009), 39 : 241-254
C. Acarturk et al….
Vrije Universiteit University Amsterdam, Department of Clinical Psychology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Abstract:
Background Older meta-analyses of the effects of psychological treatments of social anxiety disorder have found that these treatments have moderate to large effects. However, these earlier meta-analyses also included [...]

Treatment of PTSD using Writing Therapy

Treatment of adult post-traumatic stress disorder using a future-oriented writing therapy approach, The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, 2009
Reginald D. V. Nixona1 c1 and Leonard W. Klinga1
School of Psychology, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia

Abstract:
The aim of this pilot study was to test whether a future-oriented expressive writing intervention is able to reduce post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) severity and [...]

Show us a behaviour without a cognition and we’ll show you a rock rolling down a hill – Integration of behavioural, cognitive, and mindfulness approaches

Show us a behaviour without a cognition and we’ll show you a rock rolling down a hill, The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist (2009), 2 : 123-133
Timothy A. Careya1 c1 and Warren Mansella2

a1 Centre for Applied Psychology, University of Canberra, ACT, Australia
a2 School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
 

  Abstract:
Dismantling studies are used in psychotherapy in order [...]

CBT & Vomiting – SPOV – David Veale

Cognitive behaviour therapy for a specific phobia of vomiting, The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, 2009
David Veale – NIHR Specialist Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and The Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, UK
Dr D. Veale, Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma, 99 Denmark Hill, London SE5 [...]

Are all antidepressants equal?

Are all antidepressants equal? Evidence-Based Mental Health 2009;12:98-100
G Gartlehner1,2, B N Gaynes3
Abstract:
Primary care physicians and psychiatrists manage the majority of patients suffering from acute phase major depressive disorder (MDD). For most patients, antidepressant treatment is the primary choice of care. Second generation antidepressants (SGAs)—developed following the first generation of tricyclic and monoamine oxidase agents—have become [...]