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Idag höll jag för första gången i vår nya bok (utgiven av Natur och Kultur). Boken, som heter Närmare varandra, är tänkt att läsas under nio veckor, ett kapitel per vecka med tillhörande övningar. Innehållet bygger på KBT-metoden Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT) med inslag av Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), och har prövats i två […]
I TV4:s Nyhetsmorgon diskuterade jag och den mycket kompetenta Judith Wolst en psykologisk studie om Facebook. Ett forskarteam lät 86000 personer besvara ett personlighetsformulär. Det var totalt 100 frågor som skulle ge svar på vilken personlighetstyp man var (enligt 5-faktorsteorin). Man använde sedan resultatet av denna enkät som ett facit. Sedan ville man undersöka vem som kom […]
Psychotherapy trials frequently generate multilevel longitudinal data with 3 levels. This type of hierarchy exists in all trials in which therapists deliver the treatment and patients are repeatedly measured. Unfortunately, researchers often ignore the possibility that therapists could differ in their performance and instead assume there is no difference between therapists in their average impact […]
Public speaking anxiety (PSA) is a common condition which can be treated effectively with exposure therapy. However, inherent difficulties in stimuli presentation and control limits dissemination and the therapeutic potential. Virtual Reality (VR) technology has the potential to resolve these issues and provide a scalable platform for self-help interventions. No previous study has examined whether […]
In a new paper, just published in the open access version of British Journal of Psychiatry, we present a commentary on the current understanding and give future research directions of negative effects in psychotherapy. Including what to do in clinical practice. The authors, are quite an impressive group of people (if I may say so […]
Stereoscopic 3D gives the viewer the same shape, size, perspective and depth they would experience viewing the real world and could mimic the perceptual threat cues present in real life. This is the first study to investigate whether an immersive stereoscopic 3D video exposure-based treatment would be effective in reducing fear of spiders. Participants with […]
Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is a common mental disorder with high persistence when untreated. As access to effective treatment is limited, guided internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (ICBT) has been proposed as an effective alternative to face-to-face treatment. In a new study, that was published today, we examined the effectiveness of a 14-week therapist-guided ICBT program […]
Increasing access to treatment via smartphone apps is an important topic in Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD). ‘Challenger’ is an app promoting exposure exercises in daily life. The present study evaluated the additional benefit of using the app as adjunct to Internet-based unguided self-help for SAD. In a second step, we also tested how the app […]
