Gentagne selvmordsforsøg reduceret ved behandling med kognitiv adfærdsterapi

Posted on aug. 31 in Psykologi with Kommentarer slået fra

jamaEn randomiseret kontrolleret undersøgelse publiceret i Journal of American Medical Association fandt at kognitiv adfærdsterapi (CBT) er en effektiv behandling til at reducere antallet af gentagne selvmordsforsøg hos voksne.

Tidligere har forskningen primært fokuseret på intensiv follow-up behandling eller intensiv case styring, interpersonel psykoterapi eller kognitiv adfærdsterapi som den forebyggende behandling af selvmordsforsøg, men empiriske beviser for effekten af disse behandlinger har været begrænset. Den aktuelle undersøgelse har til formål at undersøge effekten af kognitiv adfærdsterapi som en forebyggende behandling for selvmord ved at foretage en randomiseret kontrolleret undersøgelse.

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From Freud to MR scan (Video)

Posted on sep. 24 in Biologi, Psykiatri, Psykologi with Kommentarer slået fra

Aaron BeckAn hour-long exploration “From Freud to the mysteries of the human brain”. Topics include Sigmund Freud and the study of psychoanalytics, information storage and processing, learning, remembering, perception, thinking, feeling, and behavior.

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Paul Salkovskis: Anxiety Disorders: What Now?

Posted on aug. 16 in Psykologi with Kommentarer slået fra

At the World Congress of Behavioural of Cognitive Therapy (WCBCT), Barcelona 2007, professor Poul Salkovskis spoke about Anxiety Disorders: What Now?

Poul Salkovskis is Professor of Clinical Psychology and Applied Science, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, University of London and Clinical Director of the Maudsley Hospital Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma.

I recorded the presentation and you can listen to it by clicking the mp3 player below.

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Playtime 49 minutes. Recorded 13th July 2007, at WCBCT 2007

WCBCT 2007 Barcelona

Posted on dec. 20 in Psykologi with Kommentarer slået fra

wcbctWorld Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies in 2007 is going to be in Barcelona (Spain) the coming summer. The program looks promising with a lot of anxiety stuff, so I will attend the congress….and I have never been to Spain. Links: The official WCBCT 2007 homepage. WCBCT 2007 Location on Google Earth (You will need Google Earth installed on your computer). The European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapy (EABCT)

How Psychotherapy and Medications Transform the Brain during Anxiety Treatment

Posted on maj. 04 in Psykiatri, Psykologi with Kommentarer slået fra

Medscape and Tulane University (US) published a while ago a very interesting online educational program about anxiety (and OCD): Taming the Anxious Mind: How Psychotherapy and Medications Transform the Brain.

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Handbook of OCD: Concepts and Controversies

Posted on maj. 02 in Psykiatri, Psykologi with Kommentarer slået fra

A new very interesting book is being published july 2005.

Handbook of OCD: Concepts and Controversies
Jonathan S. Abramowitz (Editor), Arthur C. Houts (Editor)

Product Details:
Concepts and Controversies in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Series: Series in Anxiety and Related Disorders,
Abramowitz, Jonathan S.; Houts, Arthur C. (Eds.)
2005, XIV, 803 p. 5 illus., Hardcover
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.

You can pre-order it at amazon.co.uk

Here is some information about the book:

Synopsis
Few conditions are as fascinating to a psychologist as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and few generate as much controversy. Experts disagree over topics related to classification, etiology, and treatment, and differing points of view also occur along disciplinary lines between psychology and psychiatry. Because of the insularity of various scientific communities that study OCD, there is rarely a forum for examining these issues from various perspectives, and for trying to provide a more complex and multifaceted picture of the disorder. This volume creates such a forum.

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Cognitive Therapy Successful Against Depression

Posted on apr. 05 in Psykologi with Kommentarer slået fra

A new study published in the April Archives of General Psychiatry challenges the widely accepted idea that drugs are the only effective, initial treatment for major depression.
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