Category: Clinical psychology
Positive affect treatment improved clinical status more than comparison therapy
What the study found A reward-focused psychotherapy called positive affect treatment (PAT) led to better clinical improvement than a comparison therapy called negative affect treatment (NAT) in adults with severely low positive affect, depression, and anxiety. The study also found that changes in reward and threat processing were linked to clinical improvement. Why the authors…
Anxiety disorders show hyper-scanning and hyper-pursuit eye movements
What the study found Patients with anxiety disorders showed distinct eye movement patterns compared with people with depressive disorders and healthy controls. These patterns were called hyper-scanning during free viewing and hyper-pursuit during smooth pursuit. Why the authors say this matters The authors conclude that these eye movement patterns may serve as measurable behavioural markers…
Visible and concealed NSSI differ in functions and patterns
Latent class analysis reveals distinct self-injury profiles organized by anatomical location, showing meaningful differences in motivations, cognitive patterns, and behavioral frequency across.
Discrete emotions and social connectedness are linked in anxiety and depression
Network analysis reveals how specific emotions relate to social connection in anxiety and depression, identifying hope, joy, sadness, and love as central to these relationships.
Trauma was linked to Rorschach differences and eye-tracking avoidance
Multi-method investigation using performance-based and eye-tracking measures reveals how trauma manifests in attention patterns and behavioral response tendencies.
Mentalization shows a moderate link to adolescent internalizing outcomes
Systematic review and meta-analysis of mentalization and mental health outcomes in adolescents with internalizing disorders, revealing a moderate association.
Repeated exposure improved self-ratings in childhood social anxiety disorder
Repeated exposure with brief support modestly improves self-appraisal in children with social anxiety disorder, though distorted self-evaluation persists as a core clinical feature.
