Tag: psychotherapy

Study looks at predictors of success in getting rid of obsessions and rituals

From the Journal of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics press release via AlphaGalileo: A study that was published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics describes the psychological predictors of completing… Read more »

Study links Freud’s theory of unconscious conflict to anxiety symptoms

From the University of Michigan Health System press release via EurekAlert!: An experiment that Sigmund Freud could never have imagined 100 years ago may help lend scientific support for one… Read more »

Study suggests mindfulness can help reduce anxiety and depression in cancer patients

From the Aarhus University press release via MedicalXpress: When being diagnosed with cancer, people will naturally worry about their future, their family and about dying. Actually, no less than 35-40%… Read more »

Study suggests D-cycloserine may enhance psychotherapy for PTSD

From the Elsevier press release via EurekAlert!: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is among the most common, distressing, and disabling medical consequences of combat or other extremely stressful life events. The… Read more »

Study looks at how pain can be partly relieved by distraction

From the Cell Press press release: Mental distractions make pain easier to take, and those pain-relieving effects aren’t just in your head, according to a report published online on May… Read more »

Researchers introduce new group intervention that helps prevent depression after delivery

From the Journal of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics  press release via AlphaGalileo: A study performed in Hungary and published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics introduces a new group… Read more »

Study suggests cognitive therapy may help young people at risk of developing schizophrenia

From the BMJ-British Medical Journal press release via EurekAlert!: Cognitive therapy reduces the severity of psychotic experiences in adults who are at risk of developing conditions such as schizophrenia, a… Read more »

Study looks at effect of CBT on combination of obsessive and psychotic symptoms

From the Journal of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics press release via AlphaGalileo: A study that is published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics evaluates the efficacy of a specialized… Read more »

Study looks at new treatment for post-traumatic stress-derived borderline personality disorder

From the Journal of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics press release via AlphaGalileo: An investigation published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics introduces a new treatment for borderline personality disorder… Read more »