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The Negative Effects Questionnaire: psychometric properties of an instrument for assessing negative effects in psychological treatments

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 […]

Helping Significant Others of Treatment-Refusing Problem Gamblers: A Randomized Wait-List Controlled Trial

Problem gambling can cause severe harm to concerned significant others (CSOs) in the form of, for example, relationship problems, financial difficulties, and mental and physical illness. CSOs are important for their ability to support problem gamblers and motivate them to change. In a new study, published today, we investigated the effect of an Internet-based intervention […]

Nya Doktorn Mårten Tyrberg med handledare och betygsnämnd samt opponent

Congratulations Mårten Tyrberg (he is defending his PhD thesis today)

Today at 1 pm PhD-student Mårten Tyrberg will defend his thesis entitled Bringing psychological treatment to the psychiatric ward: Affecting patients, staff, and the milieu. I and Tobias Lundgren have been the supervisors. The opponent was Professor Gillian Haddock from Manchester University. Summary of the thesis: The psychiatric ward is a complex setting. This has […]

Effectiveness of Self-guided App-Based Virtual Reality Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Acrophobia (fear of hights)

Globally, access to evidence-based psychological treatment is limited. Innovative self-help methods using smartphone applications and low-cost virtual reality have the potential to significantly improve the accessibility and scalability of psychological treatments. In the upcoming issue of JAMA Psychiatry we report on the effectiveness of ZeroPhobia, a fully self-guided app-based virtual reality cognitive behavior therapy (VR […]

Reaching out to big losers: A randomized controlled trial of brief motivational contact providing gambling expenditure feedback

Gambling disorder is a public health issue in many countries, and expectations that the gambling industry protects individuals from harm are increasing. The primary objective of this study was to investigate the effects of providing personalized feedback on gambling intensity among high consumers of venue-based and online gambling in Norway. A randomized controlled trial design […]

Deposit Limit Prompt in Online Gambling for Reducing Gambling Intensity: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Pre-commitment tools – allowing users of gambling services to pre-set a limit for how much money they may spend – are relatively common. However, there exist no clear evidence of their effectiveness in preventing gamblers from spending more money than they otherwise planned. The aim of the study was to compare gambling intensity between users […]

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