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The moderating effect of age on the associations of cognitive and metacognitive beliefs with pediatric OCD symptoms

Two categories of beliefs have been found to be important to the development and maintenance of adult and pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): cognitive beliefs and metacognitive beliefs. Cognitive beliefs refer to general or social beliefs, and noteworthy beliefs relevant to OCD symptoms include exaggerated personal responsibility, intolerance of uncertainty, and …

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Objective Analysis of Language Use in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: Associations with Symptom Change in Adults with Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorders and Posttraumatic Stress

What People Say: A Study of the Predictive Value of Language Use on Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Outcomes among Individuals with Substance Use Disorders and Posttraumatic Stress Substance use disorders (SUD) rarely manifest in isolation. People with substance use disorder (SUD) often struggle with symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The most …

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Predictors of relapse and recurrence following cognitive behavioural therapy for anxiety-related disorders: A systematic review

Many randomized controlled trials have demonstrated that cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is an effective treatment for depression and anxiety problems. However, many patients who receive CBT often do not maintain their positive outcomes after treatment, and instead experience a relapse of symptoms. The common occurrence of relapse after CBT not …

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Virtual Reality exposure therapy for public speaking anxiety in routine care: a single-subject effectiveness trial

Virtual Reality (VR) refers to technology capable of creating an powerful illusion of being present in a virtual environment. Since the 1990s, VR has been used to conduct VR exposure therapy using virtual equivalents of phobic stimuli, and a wealth of research supports the efficacy of this approach. Until recently …

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One Factor? Two Factor? Bi-Factor? A psychometric evaluation of the Frost Multidimensional Scale and the Clinical Perfectionism Questionnaire

Perfectionism is associated with anxiety, depression and eating disorders.  Despite this, many researchers have argued there are benefits to being a perfectionist.  The research however is not clear whether there are benefits because the components within perfectionism appear to be overlapping, which challenges the idea that that being perfectionist is …

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The Dose-Response Curve in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety disorders are among the most common mental health disorders, affecting upwards of 15 million people in the United States each year. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is considered a first-line treatment for anxiety disorders, yet not everyone who receives this treatment actually benefits from it. To further complicate matters, therapists delivering CBT …

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Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy for depression and anxiety among Arabic-speaking individuals in Sweden: a pilot randomized controlled trial

The last years have seen a substantial increase in the number of people applying for asylum in European countries, with a majority of asylum-seekers arriving from countries in the middle east. Previous research has shown that that middle eastern refugees re-settled in western countries tend to have a higher rates …

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A randomized controlled pilot study evaluating Worry Less, Live More: The Mindful Way Through Anxiety Workbook

Consumers spend close to a billion dollars on self-improvement books each year. On the one hand, the wide popularity of self-improvement books offers tremendous opportunity. Millions of people struggle with anxiety, stress, and worry each year, but few are able to access the evidence-based psychotherapies that successfully target these problems. …

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Obsessive-compulsive symptoms and cigarette smoking: An initial cross-sectional test of mechanisms of co-occurrence

According to the World Health Organization, over one billion people in the world engage in smoking behavior, despite the negative consequences. As such, smoking remains a sizable public health challenge that warrants creative approaches to reducing this problem behavior. The current study tested a novel model that links smoking behavior …

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