Spider phobia is a common and impairing mental disorder, yet little is known about what characteristics of spiders that spider phobic individuals find frightening. Using screening data from a clinical trial, we explored which characteristics that spider‐fearful individuals (n = 194) rated as having the greatest impact on fear, used factor analysis to group specific characteristics, and […]
Ny artikel, Specific phobia, Spider
In 2016 I was invited to have a keynote at the Asia Mental Health Conference (see the colorful poster below!). There was a large interest in the subject and researchers from the Hong Kong Baptist University suggested that we apply for funding. Today we got word that the research proposal was successful. We will develop […]
Depression, Hong Kong, ICBT
The Kavli Trust awards NOK 5.7 million to research on internet-delivered psychological treatments for adolescents with depression. They write: The need of development of early, short and focused interventions for depressed adolescents is urgent. Internet-based interventions are designed to increase access to psychological treatments and cost-effectiveness. The main aim of the project is to develop a new […]
Adolescents, Depression, PDT
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 […]
Just published, Randomized controlled trial, Simulation study, Statistics, Therapist effects, Treatment
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 […]
Cognitive behavior therapy, Just published, Ny artikel, Public speaking anxiety, social anxiety disorder, social phobia
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 […]
Just published, Negative effects, Treatment
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 […]
Exposure therapy, Just published, Randomized controlled trial, Specific phobia, Spider phobia, Virtual reality
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 […]
CBT, Cognitive behavioral therapy, Effectiveness, Guided internet-based treatment, Implementation, Internet, Internetbehandling, Just published, social anxiety disorder
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 […]
Just published, Smartphone, Social anxiety, social phobia
Are you interested in doing a PhD in psychology at Stockholm University (Sweden)? It is a 4 year commitment that includes reading advanced courses and doing empirical studies together with our research group. The salary is around 2500 Euros (or 3500 USD) a month. I would love to be your supervisor so do not hesitate […]
Available jobs, PhD
