Navigating the digital landscape: Relationship between type of internet use and well-being among students-A mediation and moderation analysis.

Background: The amount and frequency of internet use are often used to forecast its pros and cons, with mixed findings. After COVID-19, technological advances and sociological upheavals have shown the internet's ability to support numerous activities, necessitating a change in internet use. Beyond internet use frequency, it has been advised to examine why people use it and how it affects their well-being.

Anxiety sensitivity as a predictor, and non-specific therapeutic factors as predictors and mediators of CBT outcome for obsessive-compulsive disorder in a naturalistic mental health setting.

Objective: We examined the unique predictive strength of anxiety sensitivity (AS) and the role of expectancy, credibility, and therapeutic alliance (TA) as predictors and mediators of cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT) outcomes in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

Method: The current study is a prospective cohort study. Participants (N = 116) were treatment-seeking individuals with a primary diagnosis of OCD.

Brief Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy and Verbal-Exposure-Augmented Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder in University Students: A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial.

Background: Considering the need for developing and examining evidenced-based programs using a brief group format for management of social anxiety disorder (SAD) at the community level, we studied the efficacy of two brief versions of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) programs, brief cognitive-behavioral group therapy (bCBGT), and verbal exposure augmented cognitive behavioral therapy (VE-CBT), on social anxiety among university students.

Methods: A single-center, randomized, parallel-group design was adopted. We delivered six weekly two-hour group sessions, bCBGT and VE-CBT, to 41 university students diagnosed with SAD.

Maximizing the non-specific factors in brief cognitive behavioral therapy for panic disorder and agoraphobia: A multiple baseline case series documenting feasibility and initial efficacy.

There is evidence for non-specific factors impacting treatment outcomes, with pragmatic concerns regarding the need to popularize briefer formats of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). The need to have more culturally suitable and acceptable forms of CBT is also indicated. We evaluated the feasibility and efficacy of a brief 5 session CBT (bCBT) in participants (N = 4) with panic disorder (PD) and agoraphobia, using a non-concurrent multiple baseline design.

A follow-up study on treatment effects of cognitive-behavioral therapy on social anxiety disorder: Impact of COVID-19 fear during post-lockdown period.

There is a paucity of research on the role of COVID-19 related fear and lockdown on social anxiety disorder (SAD). In a follow-up study during post-lockdown period, we compared social anxiety of individuals with SAD who received cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) versus psychoeducational-supportive therapy (PST) before the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact of COVID-19 related fear. Social anxiety severity was rated by the Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN) at pre-intervention, post-intervention, and post-lockdown periods.

Anxiety, Depression, and Post-traumatic Stress a month after 2019 Cyclone Fani in Odisha, India.

Background: Early Identification of disaster victims with mental health problems may be useful, but information within a short period after a disaster is scarce in developing countries. This study examined anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress symptoms at 1 month following 2019 Cyclone Fani in Odisha, India.

Method: Post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) were assessed by the Primary care PTSD screen for DSM 5 (PC-PTSD-5), anxiety symptoms by the Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7), and depression by the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9).

Brief cognitive behavior group therapy for social anxiety among medical students: A randomized placebo-controlled trial.

Objective: To compare brief cognitive behavior group therapy (bCBGT) for social anxiety disorder (SAD) to a credible placebo, psychoeducational-supportive therapy (PST), in a sample of medical students.

Method: This was a single-center, rater-blind, randomized, attention placebo-controlled, parallel-group study. Participants were 50 consenting undergraduate medical students of a state government medical college in Cuttack, India having a primary diagnosis of SAD, who recieved 6 weekly 2-h group sessions.

Effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy on social anxiety disorder: A comparative study.

Background: Both cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and paroxetine (PX) are the preferred treatments for social anxiety disorder (SAD). However, in literature, there have been divided opinions for the efficacy of the combination of these treatments. This study intended to evaluate whether the combination of CBT and PX would be superior to monotherapy of PX in the treatment of SAD.

Psychological management of mental health concerns related to COVID-19: A review of guidelines and recommendations.

Many publications have delineated strategies for mental health care to respond to psychological concerns and ramifications related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The current review aims to encapsulate existing guidelines and recommendations of psychological management for mental health care for the general population, health-care professionals, children, and elderly populations, applied to a pandemic in particular reference to COVID-19. The literature on psychological care of such repercussions of COVID-19 was retrieved via a search in PubMed and Google database.

Application of transtheoretical model in management of individual with alcohol dependence: A case study.

Studies have focused on the efficacy of transtheoretical model in the management of substance dependence, but not much have focused on the changes with respect to the patient's mood, life skills, and interpersonal relationship issues that take place during the therapy. The present study explores a case by using motivational interviewing and relapse prevention strategies to qualitatively record the applicability of the transtheoretical model in terms of readiness to change, action taken, relationship conflicts, assertiveness, and depression in an individual with alcohol dependence. The intervention was carried out over 3 months for ten sessions followed by follow-up for 8 months.

Efficacy of inhibitory learning theory-based exposure and response prevention and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor in obsessive-compulsive disorder management: A treatment comparison.

Background: The majority of treatment research on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has focused on emotional processing theory (EPT)-based exposure-based interventions. Despite the outcomes of EPT-based exposure and response prevention (ERP), a sizeable percentage of patients do not respond whereas 50%-60% of those who respond experience at least partial relapse at follow-up assessments. Inhibitory learning theory (ILT) provides a novel foundation for understanding how exposure therapy can be maximized to overcome such deficits but has not been adequately studied and compared to other evidence-based management in OCD.