This chapter provides an overview of qualitative, language-based approaches to studying emotion in psychotherapeutic interaction. This chapter provides an overview of qualitative, language-based approaches to studying emotion in psychotherapeutic interaction. Particular attention is given to conversation analysis, which has made substantial contrib...
This chapter provides an overview of qualitative, language-based approaches to studying emotion in psychotherapeutic interaction. This chapter provides an overview of qualitative, language-based approaches to studying emotion in psychotherapeutic interaction. Particular attention is given to conversation analysis, which has made substantial contrib...
Published in Biological psychology
Recent literature shows great heterogeneity in the reported efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) as a stand-alone psychiatric treatment. Aiming to increase its efficacy, tDCS has been combined with psychological interventions. Our state-of-the-art overview of such combined treatment trials indicates, however, that these usuall...
Published in Journal of clinical epidemiology
Control conditions' influence on effect estimates of active psychotherapeutic interventions for depression has not been fully elucidated. We used network meta-analysis to estimate the differences between control conditions. We have conducted a comprehensive literature search of randomized trials of psychotherapies for adults with depression up to J...
Published in BMC Psychiatry
BackgroundSocieties strive for fast-delivered, evidence-based and need-oriented depression treatment within budget constraints. To explore potential improvements, selective contracts can be implemented. Here, we evaluate if the German collaborative psychiatry-neurology-psychotherapy contract (PNP), which extends the gatekeeping-based general practi...
Published in BMC Psychiatry
BackgroundDespite a high burden of mental health problems among refugees, there is limited knowledge about effective mental health care provision for this group. Although substantial efforts in understanding the complexity of cross-cultural psychotherapy – which in the context of this study we use to refer to therapy with client and therapist of di...
Published in Medical humanities
Can cultural representations be used to therapeutic effect in the treatment of mood disorders like depression and anxiety? This article develops a theoretical framework that outlines how this might be achieved by way of mid-level cultural metrics that allow otherwise heterogeneous forms of representation to be grouped together. Its prediction is th...
Published in BMC Medicine
Published in BMC Psychiatry
BackgroundSeveral studies have shown the effectiveness of Metacognitive Therapy (MCT) in treating different mental disorders. Most of these studies were performed in English speaking countries using the original English version of the manual. Our study aimed to examine the feasibility of the translated MCT manual in a sample of German patients with...
Published in Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)
About 46.6 million Americans have mental illnesses, yet profound treatment gaps exist in this country. Among those receiving treatment, most are treated solely with medication, even though >50% prefer to include psychotherapy in treatment. Other countries have changed policies to enhance access to evidence-based psychotherapy, resulting in availabi...
