Using Virtual Reality in the Inference-Based Treatment of Compulsive Hoarding.

The present study evaluated the efficacy of adding a virtual reality (VR) component to the treatment of compulsive hoarding (CH), following inference-based therapy (IBT). Participants were randomly assigned to either an experimental or a control condition. Seven participants received the experimental and seven received the control condition.

Diet and Doubt: A Clinical Case Study of Inference-Based Therapy for Bulimia Nervosa.

There is a recognized overlap between eating disorders (EDs) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in terms of diagnosis, phenomenology, epidemiology, and psychological characteristics related to the disorder. In light of these similarities, a cognitive inference-based therapy (IBT) program, shown to be effective in treating OCD, was adapted for EDs. This case study describes the application of IBT treatment for a 35-year-old woman diagnosed with bulimia nervosa who also demonstrated overvalued ideation related to her body weight and shape.

Evaluation of a cognitive psychophysiological model for management of tic disorders: an open trial.

Background: Tic disorders, in particular chronic tic disorder and Tourette syndrome, affect about 1% of the population. The current treatment of choice is pharmacological or behavioural, addressing tics or the premonitory urges preceding tic onset.

Aims: The current study reports an open trial evaluating the effectiveness of a cognitive psychophysiological treatment addressing Tourette-specific sensorimotor activation processes rather than the tic.

Meta-cognitions in tourette syndrome, tic disorders, and body-focused repetitive disorder.

Objective: To explore if self-reported presence of thinking about tics or body-focused repetitive behaviours (BFRBs; gests) are direct triggers of tic or gest onset in 3 groups: Tourette syndrome (TS; n =18), persistent chronic tic disorders (TDs; n = 42), and a comparison group with BFRB (n = 36).

Method: The 3 groups completed a thinking about tics inventory, listing 22 items derived from clinician consensus that asked whether thoughts always, sometimes, or never exclusively triggered tic onset. Other questionnaires measured mood, perfectionism, impulsivity, premonitory urge, and self-rated tension.

Psychotherapy Augmentation through Preconscious Priming.

Objective: To test the hypothesis that repeated preconscious (masked) priming of personalized positive cognitions could augment cognitive change and facilitate achievement of patients' goals following a therapy.

Methods: Twenty social phobic patients (13 women) completed a 36-weeks study beginning by 12 weeks of group behavioral therapy. After the therapy, they received 6 weeks of preconscious priming and 6 weeks of a control procedure in a randomized cross-over design.

Meta-analytic review of the impact of cognitive-behavior therapy for insomnia on concomitant anxiety.

Introduction: Concomitant anxiety and insomnia is a frequent problem encountered by mental health professionals.

Primary Objective: To assess the impact of cognitive-behavior therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) on associated anxiety.

Method: Systematic search for clinical trials of CBT-I in PsycInfo, Medline, and Proquest Dissertations and Theses.

The impact of cognitive-behavior therapy for anxiety disorders on concomitant sleep disturbances: a meta-analysis.

Introduction: Sleep disturbances are present in approximately 70% of individuals with an anxiety disorder (AD). Treatments for AD may alleviate associated sleep problems, but empirical support for this view is sparse.

Objective: To assess state of knowledge about the impact of CBT for AD on sleep disturbances.