Initially designed for the treatment of phobias, the use of virtual reality in phobic disorders
has expanded to other mental health disorders such as posttraumatic stress disorder …

More than 76 million people worldwide have alcohol problems, and another 15 million have
drug problems. Motivational interviewing (MI) is a psychological treatment that aims to help …

Narrative reviews conclude that behavioral couples therapy (BCT) produces better
outcomes than individual-based treatment for alcoholism and drug abuse problems …

This article gives an overview of research into psychological treatments for concurrent
posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance used disorder (SUD), with a special …

Background Depression and anxiety are common and debilitating mental disorders with
severe negative repercussions at both individual and societal levels. Although virtual reality …

Substance abuse has been a thorny public health concern throughout human history.
Manifestly, prevention and treatment are the two main strategies commonly adopted to …

Y ou probably abuse substances such as alcohol and other drugs. A dictionary in our office
provides one definition of abuse as" To use so as to injure or damage." By this standard, the …

Background Research has shown that treatments that solely addressed intimate partner
violence (IPV) perpetration were not very effective in reducing IPV, possibly due to …

Background This randomized controlled trial (RCT) investigated the effectiveness of a
combined treatment for co-morbid Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and severe …

Objective: This study investigated the effects of standard eye movement desensitization and
reprocessing (EMDR) protocol in chronically dependent patients. We propose that …