Animal ‐assisted psychotherapy for young people with behavioural problems in residential care
The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of an animal‐assisted psychotherapy (AAP) programme on clinical symptoms, personal adjustment, and adaptive skills in a group of adolescents in residential care who had experienced childhood trauma and who presented mental health problems and difficulties adapting to the care home environment. The 87 participants (Mage = 15.17, SD = 1.53) were divided into two groups: a treatment group (25 girls and 27 boys; Mage = 15.00, SD = 1.55) and a control group (9 girls and 26 boys; Mage = 15.42, SD = 1.50). The programme consisted of 34 sessions involving both group (2...
Source: Clinical Psychology - May 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alexander Muela, Nekane Balluerka, Nora Amiano, Miguel Angel Caldentey, Jone Aliri Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Experiencing health ‐related quality of life in paediatric short stature – a cross‐cultural analysis of statements from patients and parents
ConclusionComprehensive knowledge of the impact of a chronic condition such as short stature on wellbeing is an important precondition of effective treatment. Because socioemotional topics were rated in all the countries to be most important, interventions aimed at improving HrQoL should target social and emotional responses to short stature.Key Practitioner Messages
Focus group discussions have been shown to be a useful method for children with short stature and their parents to describe, communicate, prioritize and present aspects of health‐related quality of life to health care professionals.
Social and emotional aspe...
Source: Clinical Psychology - May 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rachel Sommer, Monika Bullinger, John Chaplin, Ju ‐ky Do, Mick Power, Andreas Pleil, Julia Quitmann Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
In ‐session behaviours and adolescents' self‐concept and loneliness: A psychodrama process–outcome study
As adolescents spend many hours a day in school, it is crucial to examine the ways in which therapeutic practices in schools promote their well‐being. This longitudinal pilot study examined the contribution of school‐based psychodrama group therapy to the self‐concept dimensions and perceived loneliness of 40 Israeli adolescents (aged 13–16, 60% boys) in public middle schools. From a process–outcome perspective, we also examined the understudied trajectory of adolescents' in‐session behaviours (process variables) and its associations with changes in their self‐concepts and loneliness (outcome variables). Psyc...
Source: Clinical Psychology - May 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hod Orkibi, Bracha Azoulay, Sharon Snir, Dafna Regev Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Change in attachment states of mind of women with binge ‐eating disorder
This study used attachment theory to understand better the psychopathology of BED and co‐morbid overweight status and to understand better the treatment response of patients with BED who receive group psychotherapy. Women with BED attended group psychodynamic interpersonal psychotherapy and completed the Adult Attachment Interview pretreatment and 6 months posttreatment. Matched samples of overweight women without BED and normal‐weight women without BED completed the Adult Attachment Interview at 1 time point. Women with BED had significantly higher rates of preoccupied and unresolved/disorganized attachment states of...
Source: Clinical Psychology - May 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hilary Maxwell, Giorgio A. Tasca, Renee Grenon, Kerri Ritchie, Hany Bissada, Louise Balfour Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
An exploration of the relationship between use of safety ‐seeking behaviours and psychosis: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Abstract
Safety‐seeking behaviours are responses employed to protect against perceived threat. In relation to anxiety disorders, safety‐seeking behaviours have been implicated in both the formation and maintenance of distress. Several studies have highlighted similar findings in relation to psychosis; however, this literature has not yet been synthesized. This review is, therefore, being conducted in order to synthesize the literature on safety seeking in people with psychosis to increase the understanding of this relationship. A systematic search identified and included 43 studies comprising 2,592 participants, publis...
Source: Clinical Psychology - May 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sarah Tully, Adrian Wells, Anthony P. Morrison Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Cyberchondria: Examining relations with problematic Internet use and metacognitive beliefs
Cyberchondria refers to the repeated use of the Internet to search for health‐related information, which leads to negative consequences. This two‐part study provides the first known examination of how cyberchondria relates to (a) problematic Internet use and (b) metacognitive beliefs. Participants were U.S. community adults who reported using the Internet to search for health‐related information (Study 1: N = 337, Study 2: N = 260). In Study 1, cyberchondria shared a strong association with problematic Internet use, and that association was unaccounted for by age, gender, current reported medical status, negative...
Source: Clinical Psychology - May 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Thomas A. Fergus, Marcantonio M. Spada Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Compassionate Attention and Regulation of Eating Behaviour: A pilot study of a brief low ‐intensity intervention for binge eating
A low‐intensity 4‐week intervention that included components of compassion, mindfulness, and acceptance was delivered to women diagnosed with binge eating disorder. Participants were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 conditions: intervention (n = 11) or waiting list control (n = 9). Participants in the intervention condition were invited to practise mindfulness, soothing rhythm breathing, and compassionate imagery practices with a focus on awareness and acceptance of emotional states and triggers to binge eating and engagement in helpful actions. Results revealed that, in the intervention group, there were significant re...
Source: Clinical Psychology - May 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Cristiana Duarte, Jos é Pinto‐Gouveia, R. James Stubbs Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
The role of guilt sensitivity in OCD symptom dimensions
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Source: Clinical Psychology - May 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gabriele Melli, Claudia Carraresi, Andrea Poli, Donatella Marazziti, Antonio Pinto Tags: CORRIGENDUM Source Type: research
The clinical application of suicide risk assessment: A theory ‐driven approach
This study aimed to (a) demonstrate how assessing TB and PB using the Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire (INQ) can provide clinically useful information and (b) investigate how statistical methodology may impact the clinical application of the INQ. Participants were 139 (Sample 1) and 104 (Sample 2) psychiatric inpatients. In both samples, ordinal logistic regression results indicated TB and PB, separately, were significant predictors of suicide ideation‐related outcomes; however, when examined as simultaneous predictors, TB was no longer a significant predictor. The interaction between TB and PB was not significant for e...
Source: Clinical Psychology - April 18, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sean M. Mitchell, Sarah L. Brown, Jared F. Roush, Angelea D. Bola ños, Andrew K. Littlefield, Andrew J. Marshall, Danielle R. Jahn, Robert D. Morgan, Kelly C. Cukrowicz Tags: ASSESSMENT Source Type: research
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Source: Clinical Psychology - April 12, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Issue Informatoin Source Type: research
Cover Image, Volume 24, Issue 2
The cover image, by Heather D. Hadjistavropoulos et al., is based on the Research Article Therapeutic Alliance in Internet‐Delivered Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Depression or Generalized Anxiety, DOI: 10.1002/cpp.2014. Photo Credit: University of Regina Photography Department. (Source: Clinical Psychology)
Source: Clinical Psychology - April 12, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Heather D. Hadjistavropoulos, Nicole E. Pugh, Hugo Hesser, Gerhard Andersson Tags: Cover Image Source Type: research
On the relationships between DSM ‐5 dysfunctional personality traits and social cognition deficits: A study in a sample of consecutively admitted Italian psychotherapy patients
This study aims at testing the hypothesis that the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders fifth edition (DSM‐5) alternative model of personality disorder (AMPD) traits may be significantly associated with deficits on 2 different social cognition tasks, namely, the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test and the Movie for the Assessment of Social Cognition, in a sample of consecutively admitted inpatients and outpatients. The sample was composed of 181 consecutively admitted participants (57.5% women; mean age = 38.58 years). Correlation coefficients and partial correlation coefficients were computed in order ...
Source: Clinical Psychology - March 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Andrea Fossati, Antonella Somma, Robert F. Krueger, Kristian E. Markon, Serena Borroni Tags: ASSESSMENT Source Type: research
Insecure attachment and maladaptive schema in disordered eating: The mediating role of rejection sensitivity
ConclusionThe results indicate that both interpersonal and appearance‐based RS are important mediators for the relationships between insecure attachment, maladaptive schema, and disordered eating.
Key Practitioner Message
The results from the current study suggest that insecure attachment leads to maladaptive schema, which in turn leads to sensitivity to rejection and subsequent disordered eating behaviour.
Attachment anxiety, but not attachment avoidance, was related to greater endorsement of all five schemas in the disconnection and rejection domain.
Path analysis revealed that, of the schema in the disconnection and r...
Source: Clinical Psychology - March 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tara De Paoli, Matthew Fuller ‐Tyszkiewicz, Isabel Krug Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
The development of a change model of “exits” during cognitive analytic therapy for the treatment of depression
ConclusionsThe revision stage of CAT emerged as a complex and dynamic process involving 3 interacting stages. Further research is recommended to understand how exits relate to durability of change and whether change processes differ according to presenting problem.
Key Practitioner Messages
Exit work in cognitive analytic therapy is a dynamic process that requires progression through stages of insight, active change, and consolidation.
Development of an “observing self” is an important foundation stone for change, and cognitive analytic therapists need to work within the client's zone of proximal development.
A number ...
Source: Clinical Psychology - March 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sundeep Kaur Sandhu, Stephen Kellett, Gillian Hardy Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Emotion dysregulation in hypochondriasis and depression
ConclusionsSpecific associations were found between difficulties in identifying feelings and key features of HYP, whereas depression was linked to a more generalized pattern of emotion regulation deficits.
Key Practitioner Message
Emotion dysregulation can be found in hypochondriasis and depression
Difficulties in identifying own feelings are specifically linked to somatic symptoms, health anxiety, and illness behaviour, whereas a more generalized pattern of emotion dysregulation is found in relation to depression
Further research is needed to investigate whether the effectiveness of current treatments for depression, hypo...
Source: Clinical Psychology - March 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Josef Bailer, Michael Witth öft, Maja Erkic, Daniela Mier Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
