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Today Ekaterina Ivanova will defend her PhD-thesis entitled “Responsible provision of online gambling: Effects, usability and gamblers’ experiences of protective measures implemented in online gambling environments“. Professor Mark Griffiths from Nottingham Trent University will be the opponent during the public defense. From the abstract of the thesis: Problem gambling is considered a public health problem […]
Today Kristoffer Magnusson will defend his PhD-thesis entitled “Methodological issues in psychological treatment research : applications to gambling research and therapist effects“. I have been the main supervisor and Clara Hellner and Gerhard Andersson have been co-supervisors. The opponent will be professor Andy Field from University of Sussex, School of Psychology. From the abstract: Over the […]
In a study that was published today, we investigated the level of agreement between problem gamblers and their concerned significant others (CSOs) regarding the amount of money lost when gambling. Reported losses were analyzed from 266 participants (133 dyads) seeking treatment, which included different types of CSO–gambler dyads. The intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) concerning the […]
Depression is a common mental disorder with a large treatment gap. Low-intensity, automated Virtual Reality (VR) interventions (not requiring a therapist) is a scalable and promising solution now that VR is an accessible and mature, consumer technology. Yet unlike with phobias, there have been few attempts at translating evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapeutic (CBT) techniques for […]
Today we published a new paper in World Psychiatry (impact factor = 34). Although impressive progress has been made toward developing empirically‐supported psychological treatments, the reality remains that a significant proportion of people with mental health problems do not receive these treatments. Finding ways to reduce this treatment gap is crucial. Since app‐supported smartphone interventions […]
Psychological treatments provide many benefits for patients with psychiatric disorders, but research also suggests that negative effects might occur from the interventions involved. The Negative Effects Questionnaire has previously been developed as a way of determining the occurrence and characteristics of such incidents, consisting of 32 items and six factors. However, the Negative Effects Questionnaire […]
