Posts tagged with 'ocd'
BABCP spring meeting: workshop and conference - an introduction (1st post)
6th April 2013
I have just been in Belfast for the BABCP Spring workshops & conference. My mind is still buzzing from all the input. It was exciting. I went to Arnoud Arntz's workshop on Schema-Focused Therapy. I have been to several training days with Arnoud before, but it was helpful getting an …
Leeds BABCP conference: 2 symposia on how CBT works, Paul Salkovskis plenary, the compassion special interest group (5th post)
30th June 2012
This year is the 40th annual British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) conference and it runs for for three full days plus the option of a one day pre-conference workshop. I've already written about the pre-conference workshop I attended on "Chronic fatigue" with Trudie Chalder. Despite the fact …
New NICE guidance on common mental disorders: identification and pathways to care
26th May 2011
This month the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) published their new evidence-based clinical guideline on "Common mental disorders: identification and pathways to care". The description reads "This clinical guideline offers evidence-based advice on the care and treatment of adults who have common mental health disorders, with a …
Recent research: CBT for a variety of conditions – back pain, PTSD, obsessions, bipolar disorder, schemas & social anxiety
20th May 2010
Here are six recent papers on CBT treatment for a variety of disorders - for fuller details, abstracts and links, see further down this page. Lamb et al explored the value of "Group cognitive behavioural treatment for low-back pain in primary care". That their results were reported in the Lancet, …
Recent research: six papers on helping children & adolescents
21st May 2009
Here are half a dozen papers on helping kids and adolescents. The Fuligni et al paper found that adolescents experiencing frequent interpersonal stresses tended to have increased levels of C-reactive protein, " ... an inflammatory marker that is a key indicator of cardiovascular risk ... ". Jackson et al showed …
Handouts & questionnaires for obsessive compulsive disorder & body dysmorphic disorder
8th December 2008
Here are a collection of downloadable forms, questionnaires and handouts that I use when working with people struggling with obsessive compulsive disorder and body dysmorphic disorder. Normal intrusions - a list of 52 "normal intrusive thoughts" with the percentage of 293 students (none of whom had been diagnosed with a …
Handouts & questionnaires for “outcomes toolkit” (IAPT)
27th October 2008
The "Improving Access to Psychological Therapies" (IAPT) initiative is very ambitious and exciting. It states its principal aim is to support English Primary Care Trusts in implementing "National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence" (NICE) guidelines for people suffering from depression and anxiety disorders. IAPT go on to say that …
Draft SIGN non-pharmacological depression treatments guideline, 3rd post: herbs & supplements
14th September 2008
This is the third in a series of blog posts on last Wednesday's SIGN draft guideline seminar on "Non-pharmacological management of mild to moderate depression." The first session of the day was on "Lifestyle and Alternative/Complementary Therapies 1". Yesterday's blog discussed the first presenter, Ian Ross's talk on the value …
Recent research: half a dozen studies on aspects of CBT
11th September 2008
Here are half a dozen recent research studies broadly on aspects of cognitive-behavioural therapy - computer delivery for addiction, a couple on therapist competence, CBT for compulsive shopping, a systematic review of CBT and chronic fatigue syndrome, and a broad based depression education and problem solving intervention for people suffering …
Recent research: spiritually modified CBT, happiness & freedom, healthy goal disengagement, and hoarding & OCD
21st August 2008
Hodge, D. R. (2008). "Constructing spiritually modified interventions: Cognitive therapy with diverse populations." International Social Work 51(2): 178-192. [Abstract/Full Text] Although cognitive therapy is widely used, little attention has been given to the value assumptions embedded in the self-statements that are at the heart of the change process. Constructing statements …