Gunst, Ellen Willemsen, J. Desmet, M. Watson, J. C. Loeys, Tom Vanhooren, S.
Cognitive and behavioral treatment programs for individuals who have committed sexual offenses (ISOs) have shown significant but small effect sizes. A growing body of research points toward the importance of difficulties in affect regulation (AR) as a risk factor for sexual recidivism. On this basis, it seems important to target difficulties in AR ...
Karyotaki, Eirini Kemmeren, Lise Riper, Heleen Twisk, Jos Hoogendoorn, Adriaan Kleiboer, Annet Mira, Adriana Mackinnon, Andrew Meyer, Björn Botella, Cristina
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Psychological medicine
Little is known about potential harmful effects as a consequence of self-guided internet-based cognitive behaviour therapy (iCBT), such as symptom deterioration rates. Thus, safety concerns remain and hamper the implementation of self-guided iCBT into clinical practice. We aimed to conduct an individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis to deter...
Jaeken, Marine Zech, Emmanuelle Brison, Celine Verhofstadt, Lesley Van Broeck, Nady Mikolajczak, Moira
Several studies have shown that therapists are generally biased concerning their performed helping skills, as compared to judges' ratings. As clients' ratings of therapists' performance are better predictors of psychotherapy effectiveness than judges' ratings, this study examined the validity and effectiveness of a helping skills training program a...
Celie, Jan Loeys, Tom Desmet, Mattias Verhaeghe, Paul
According to the WHO (2012), the prevalence of unipolar depressive disorders is rising, even in those places where mental health treatments are widely available. The WHO predicts that these disorders will be the leading contributor to the global burden of disease by 2030. This sobering projection fits poorly with how psychological treatments for de...
Bella-Awusah, Tolulope Ani, Cornelius Ajuwon, Ademola Omigbodun, Olayinka
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Child and adolescent mental health
There is paucity of evidence-based psychological interventions for depressive disorders in Africa, more so among depressed children and adolescents. This study aimed to determine the effects of a school-based cognitive behavioural therapy programme (CBT) on depressed adolescents in South West Nigeria. Forty students who scored 18 or above on the Be...
Muntigl, Peter Horvath, Adam O
In this paper, we draw from the methods of conversation analysis to illustrate how different alliances that form the “web of relationships” of family therapy are ruptured and subsequently repaired. By focusing on the interactional practices of a master therapist, Dr. Salvador Minuchin, we examine how he effectively manages a disaffiliative episode ...
Barnicot, K Couldrey, L Sandhu, S Priebe, S
Koster, Ernst Bockting, Claudi De Raedt, Rudi
van der Kaap-Deeder, Jolene Vansteenkiste, Maarten Soenens, Bart Verstuyf, Joke Boone, Liesbet Smets, Jos
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The International journal of eating disorders
These results point to the importance of an autonomy-supportive context for facilitating self-endorsed motivation.
Omar, Hussein Tejerina-Arreal, Maria Crawford, Mike J
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Personality and mental health
Current U.K. guidelines on the management of borderline personality disorder include specific recommendations about the duration of therapy and number of sessions per week that patients should be offered. However, very little research has been conducted to examine the impact of these aspects of treatment process on patient outcomes. We therefore un...