Posts tagged with 'depression'
Exeter conference day 1: resistant depression, thought suppression, self-help, & rumination from the horse's mouth
16th July 2009
So we're past yesterday's workshops and into the first day of the conference proper. Two and a half days now involving about 51 symposia, 5 panel debates, 8 open paper sessions, 2 poster sessions, and 17 keynote addresses. I really like this Exeter campus with it's trees and little paths. …
Exeter pre-conference workshop: Ed Watkins on CBT treatment for anxious & depressive rumination
15th July 2009
Exeter. I really like the way that the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) conferences rotate around a whole series of UK university towns. This is the 37th BABCP Annual Conference, and I guess I've been to a dozen or more of them over the years. They tend …
Recent research: free June edition of "Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice" focuses on bipolar disorder
2nd July 2009
The June edition of the journal "Clinical psychology: science and practice" focused on bipolar disorder. This is very valuable and the fact that all the articles are freely viewable in full text makes the publication even more helpful. As Youngstrom & Kendall write in their introductory article (see below) "Knowledge …
Recent research: two papers on mindfulness, two on insomnia & two on antidepressants in pregnancy
25th June 2009
Here are six recently published research papers. Barnhofer and colleagues report on encouraging results using mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) for sufferers from chronic-recurrent depression while they are still depressed. The three major studies published already have used MBCT for recurrent depression while the sufferers are reasonably well. The next step …
Handouts & questionnaires for compassion & criticism (second post)
22nd June 2009
This the second of three posts on handouts & questionnaires for Compassion & criticism. It contains a series of loosely linked downloads about compassion, self-criticism, hostility, self-esteem and related subjects. To see the earlier post on this subject click on Compassion & criticism (first post). Compassionate/self-image goals scale and background …
Recent research: articles from May journals
18th June 2009
I read a lot of research. When I find an article of particular interest I download it to my bibliographic database - EndNote - which currently contains over 13,000 abstracts. Every few weeks I scan through all the articles I've found interesting in the previous month (in the general areas …
Recent research: psychologist & doctor impairment & burnout
11th June 2009
"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" Juvenal The last-but-one edition of the journal Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice published several articles on psychologist stress and burnout. Interestingly the edition is currently available with full text articles downloadable for free. Smith and Moss review the psychologist impairment literature (see below for all abstracts …
Handouts & questionnaires for compassion & criticism (first post)
8th June 2009
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. Dalai Lama This first post on Compassion & criticism contains a series of loosely linked handouts and questionnaires about compassion, self-criticism, hostility, self-esteem and related subjects. To see a further post with additional handouts click on Compassion & criticism (second post) . …
Reappraising reappraisal
31st May 2009
The research I reported on earlier this month, in blog posts about Oregon University and Stanford University psychology labs, really got me thinking. "Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose." Over the last several years, I've moved further and further away from traditional cognitive therapy techniques like cognitive restructuring …
Recent research: six papers relevant to psychotherapy
28th May 2009
Here are six studies relevant to improving psychotherapy outcomes. Brewin et al report on using imagery-based interventions to help people with depressioin. Lydiard et al highlight the importance of sleep-related disturbances as a treatment target in PTSD. McCrady and colleagues show that working with couples rather than just individuals seems …