Whereas sudden gains and losses (large shifts in symptom severity) in patients receiving
psychotherapy appear abrupt and hence may seem unexpected, hypotheses from complex …

Recently, there has been renewed interest in the application of assumptions from complex
systems theory in the field of psychopathology. One assumption, with high clinical relevance …

Objective: While destabilization periods characterized by high variability and turbulence in a
patient's psychological state might seem obstructive for psychotherapy, a complex systems …

Background A growing body of research highlights the limitations of traditional methods for
studying the process of change in psychotherapy. The science of complex systems offers a …

The etiology of mental disorders such as major depression (MD) involves continuously
ongoing gene-environment interactions that act in highly person-specific ways. This …

Introduction There is growing evidence that mental disorders behave like complex dynamic
systems. Complex dynamic systems theory states that a slower recovery from small …

Objective: We examined individual overall trajectories of change and the occurrence of
sudden gains in daily self-rated problem severity and the relation of these patterns to …

Objective: The feasibility of a high-frequency real-time monitoring approach to
psychotherapy is outlined and tested for patients' compliance to evaluate its integration to …

Empirical evidence is mounting that monitoring momentary experiences for the presence of
early warning signals (EWS) may allow for personalized predictions of meaningful symptom …

Studies of affect dynamics in psychopathology often focus on the prediction of broad
constructs like subjective well-being and psychological health. Less is known about how …