Posts tagged with 'depression'
Recent research: articles from June journals
7th July 2011
I read a lot of research. When I find an article of particular interest I download it to my bibliographic database - EndNote - which currently contains over 16,000 abstracts. Every few weeks I scan through all the articles I've found interesting in the previous month (in the general areas …
Family psychoeducation: is this a major step forward in relapse prevention for depression?
12th June 2011
There was a pretty startling paper published in last month's British Journal of Psychiatry: Shimazu, K., S. Shimodera, et al. (2011). "Family psychoeducation for major depression: randomised controlled trial." British Journal of Psychiatry 198(5): 385-390. Background The value of family psychoeducation for schizophrenia has been well established, and indications for …
Recent research: articles from May journals
2nd June 2011
I read a lot of research. When I find an article of particular interest I download it to my bibliographic database - EndNote - which currently contains over 16,000 abstracts. Every few weeks I scan through all the articles I've found interesting in the previous month (in the general areas …
New NICE guidance on common mental disorders: identification and pathways to care
26th May 2011
This month the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) published their new evidence-based clinical guideline on "Common mental disorders: identification and pathways to care". The description reads "This clinical guideline offers evidence-based advice on the care and treatment of adults who have common mental health disorders, with a …
Recent research: articles from April journals
3rd May 2011
I read a lot of research. When I find an article of particular interest I download it to my bibliographic database - EndNote - which currently contains over 15,800 abstracts. Every few weeks I scan through all the articles I've found interesting in the previous month (in the general areas …
BABCP spring meeting: David Barlow's unified protocol - interoceptive/situational exposures and relapse prevention (sixth post)
20th April 2011
I wrote yesterday about "Emotional avoidance, emotion driven behaviours & physical sensation tolerance (fifth post)". Today's is the last post in this series of six on David Barlow & colleagues' new unified protocol for treating anxiety, depression & other related psychogical disorders. It covers the last two modules in their …
BABCP spring meeting: David Barlow's unified protocol - emotional avoidance, edb's & physical sensation tolerance (fifth post)
19th April 2011
This is the fifth in a series of posts about David Barlow & colleagues' new unified protocol for treatment of anxiety, depression & related emotional disorders. The fourth post was on "Emotional awareness training & cognitive reappraisal" and this one is on the fifth & sixth modules in the eight …
BABCP spring meeting: David Barlow's unified protocol - emotional awareness training & cognitive reappraisal (fourth post)
18th April 2011
I have already written three posts about the David Barlow workshop at this year's Spring BABCP conference. The most recent was "Motivation enhancement & treatment rationale" - the first two modules of the new eight module transdiagnostic "Unified protocol" intervention for emotional disorders (including anxiety & depression). Today's post is …
BABCP spring meeting: the conference - an overview & why no uproar (over Ost's findings)?
17th April 2011
So Friday was the "conference proper" - seven talks and a plethora of 'introducers'. Sometimes 'introducers' introducing chair people who then introduced the speakers. What a lot of different faces/different voices. Professor Andrew Steptoe of University College, London, spoke about "Depression, anxiety and physical illness". He talked about the three …
BABCP spring meeting: David Barlow's unified protocol - motivation enhancement & treatment rationale (third post)
16th April 2011
I wrote yesterday about the one day workshop I went to with David Barlow introducing "Unified protocol for the treatment of emotional disorders". David described an eight module sequence for anxiety, depression and potentially other problems too: 1.) Motivation enhancement for treatment engagement (1/2 to 1 session). 2.) Psychoeducation & …