Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
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Digitally augmented, parent-led CBT versus treatment as usual for child anxiety problems in child mental health services in England and Northern Ireland: a pragmatic, non-inferiority, clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness randomised controlled trial
(2024-03)Anxiety problems are common in children, yet few affected children access evidence-based treatment. Digitally augmented psychological therapies bring potential to increase availability of effective help for children with ... -
Complex relational needs impede progress in NHS Talking Therapies (IAPT): implications for public mental health
(2023-10)Although influential in “Increasing Access to Psychological Therapies” (IAPT), the IAPT initiative is predicated on at least two assumptions (namely, homogeneity of clinical pathology and level of severity) that have been ... -
Acceptance and commitment therapy for psychosis: Current status, lingering questions and future directions.
(2023-06)Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for psychosis (ACTp) is a contextual behavioural intervention that promotes psychological flexibility by fostering active acceptance, cognitive defusion, values construction and committed ... -
Cognitive behavioural therapy for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) in an adult with a learning disability: A case study
(2023-04)Background: Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) are attacks that often look like epileptic seizures (ES). Unlike ES, PNES are not triggered by underlying neurological factors. PNES are relatively rare in the general ... -
A safe place to learn: a peer research qualitative investigation of automated virtual reality cognitive therapy (gameChange)
(2023-01)Background: Automated virtual reality (VR) therapy has the potential to substantially increase access to evidence-based psychological treatments. The results of a multicenter randomized controlled trial showed that ... -
A Cognitive-Behavioural Approach to Targeting Sensation-Based and Intrusion-Based Misinterpretations in Health Anxiety: A Single-Case Experimental Study
(2022-11)Health anxiety (HA) is common in psychiatric and medical settings. Cognitive models of HA highlight the role of misinterpreting physical sensations as dangerous. This report presents the case of a 31-year-old man and the ... -
What do others think? The why, when and how of using surveys in CBT
(2022-09)Surveys are a powerful technique in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). A form of behavioural experiment, surveys can be used to test beliefs, normalise symptoms and experiences, and generate compassionate perspectives. ... -
Can You Feel the Burn? Using Neuroimaging to Illuminate the Mechanisms of Mindfulness Interventions for Pain
(2022-10)Chronic pain is one of the leading causes of disability and morbidity worldwide (1), and there is a real clinical need for non-opioid-based treatment options. As such, there is a growing body of research investigating ... -
Behavioural programmes for cigarette smoking cessation: investigating interactions between behavioural, motivational and delivery components in a systematic review and component network meta-analysis
(2022-01)To investigate the comparative and combined effectiveness of four types of components of behavioural interventions for cigarette smoking cessation: behavioural (e.g. counselling), motivational (e.g. focus on reasons to ... -
Adapting cognitive behavioural therapy for adolescents with psychosis: insights from the Managing Adolescent first episode in psychosis study (MAPS)
(2022-01)Background: Onset of psychosis commonly occurs in adolescence, and long-term prognosis can be poor. There is growing evidence, largely from adult cohorts, that Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis (CBTp) and ... -
Does adjunctive digital CBT for insomnia improve clinical outcomes in an improving access to psychological therapies service?
(2021-09)Insomnia has a bidirectional relationship with broader mental health functioning, including anxiety and depression. Yet, poor sleep has historically been neglected as a specific treatment target in mental health programmes ... -
Implementing a stepped-care psychological pathway for cardiac patients with comorbid anxiety and depression in the UK: a service development project
(2021-03)Background/aims This was a pilot study that was part of a Department of Health and Social Care initiative to improve access to cognitive behavioural therapies for patients with long-term health conditions. The service ... -
The development and testing of a novel Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)-based intervention to support medicines-related consultations for healthcare professionals
(2021-04)Introduction The cost to healthcare of wasted medicines has been estimated at around £300million per annum (1). In response to this figure and efforts to increase medicines management performance across pharmacy and patient ... -
“A blank canvas of me”: an interpretive phenomenological analysis study of the experience of client self-disclosure in cognitive behavioural therapy for psychosis
(2021-02)Background: Client disclosure of emotionally salient information to a therapist may be an important factor in the effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis (CBTp). The present study explores how people ... -
‘Someone on my level’: A Meta‐Ethnographic Review of Therapeutic Relationships in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis
(2021-02)Objectives: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis (CBTp) demonstratesvariable and at times mild to moderate effect sizes; thus, its therapeutic processesare important to explore. Establishing a secure therapeutic ... -
Frequency of Self-reported Unpleasant Events and Harm in a Mindfulness-Based Program in Two General Population Samples
(2020-12)Objectives Evidence-based mindfulness programs have well-established benefits, but the potential for harmful effects is understudied. We explored the frequency and severity of unpleasant experiences and harm in two ... -
Developing an automated VR cognitive treatment for psychosis: gameChange VR therapy
(2020-04)The automated delivery of psychological treatment using virtual reality (VR) has the potential to revolutionise patient access to evidence-based care. VR creates immersive, interactive computer simulations, which elicit ... -
The Oxford Cognitive Screen – Plus (OCS-Plus): a tablet based short cognitive screening tool for milder cognitive impairment.
(2020-02)The Oxford Cognitive Screen was developed as a brief screening tool for common post-stroke focal cognitive deficits, including language, memory, attention, praxis, and number-processing impairments. Here, we present the ... -
Effects of a mindfulness-based stress reduction group programme on family carers
(2019-11)Background Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is an evidence-based intervention that teaches participants skills in reducing stress and managing challenging emotions in a group setting. Mindfulness-based therapies ... -
Developing a guided imagery intervention in consultation with service users
(2019-12)Guided imagery interventions have a range of applications to affect emotion, thought and behaviour. They may be effectively used by staff with minimal training and are simple and quick to use. Service user involvement ...
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