I like therefore I can, and I can therefore I like: the role of self-efficacy and affect in active inference of allostasis.

Active inference (AIF) is a theory of the behavior of information-processing open dynamic systems. It describes them as generative models (GM) generating inferences on the causes of sensory input they receive from their environment. Based on these inferences, GMs generate predictions about sensory input.

Depression as a Failed Anxiety: The Continuum of Precision-Weighting Dysregulation in Affective Disorders.

Depressive, anxiety, and trauma-related disorders have many symptoms in common such as unstable mood, high anxiety, sleep disturbance, impaired concentration among others. This degeneracy creates ambiguity in classifying psychiatric disorders and raises the question of their categorical vs. dimensional nature.

Tackling hyperarousal: an integrative multimodal approach.

The effectiveness of treatment for PTSD is limited, which is especially true for war veterans, of whom 30-50% do not respond to therapy. Hyperarousal is central to the maintenance of trauma pathology. The mainstream trauma-focused therapies traditionally target the cognitive processing of traumatic experience.

Trauma or Drama: A Predictive Processing Perspective on the Continuum of Stress.

The notion of psychological trauma has been liberally used both in clinical literature and general discourse. However, no consensus exists on its exact meaning and definition. Whereas traditionally trauma has been mostly associated with criterion A of acute and posttraumatic stress disorders (PTSDs) as defined in the , many researchers find this definition too constraining and not accounting for the complexity and many aspects of trauma.

Bayesian Approach to Psychotherapy Integration: Strategic Modification of Priors.

Integrative psychotherapies have become the mainstay in mental health care. The most researched therapy, CBT, being integrative itself, continues to integrate such new elements as mindfulness, spirituality, and experiential techniques. There is no commonly accepted strategy for psychotherapy integration.

Integrating EMDR into an evolutionary-based therapy for depression: a case study.

We present an intervention in a case of major depression, where eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy was integrated into an evolutionary-based psychotherapy for depression. At the end of the treatment and at follow up assessment we observed a more accepting disposition and decreased depressive but not anxiety symptoms.

Melatonin stimulates cell proliferation in zebrafish embryo and accelerates its development.

All vertebrates show a dramatic circadian rhythm in circulating melatonin with high levels at night and very low levels during daytime. In adults, melatonin is thought to synchronize other circadian rhythms and regulate seasonal rhythms in photoperiodic animals by acting on specific G-protein coupled receptors. The role of melatonin in development is unknown, even though melatonin receptors appear to be more highly expressed in developing embryos and neonates than in adults.