Virtual reality exposure therapy for adolescents with fear of public speaking: a non-randomized feasibility and pilot study

S Kahlon, P Lindner, T Nordgreen - Child and adolescent psychiatry and …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background Public Speaking Anxiety (PSA) is a common anxiety with onset in
adolescence and early adulthood. With the advent of consumer virtual reality (VR) …

Do immediate gains predict long-term symptom change? Findings from a randomized trial of a single-session intervention for youth anxiety and depression

JL Schleider, MR Abel, JR Weisz - Child Psychiatry & Human …, 2019 - Springer
Single-session interventions (SSIs) can help reduce youth psychopathology, but SSIs may
benefit some youths more than others. Identifying predictors of SSIs' effectiveness may …

Are there any robust predictors of “sudden gainers,” and how is sustained improvement in treatment outcome achieved following a gain?

S Zilcha-Mano, P Errázuriz, L Yaffe-Herbst… - Journal of Consulting …, 2019 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: It has been widely demonstrated that the process of change many patients
undergo in therapy is not linear. Some patients benefit greatly from large sudden …

Predictors and consequences of sudden gains in transdiagnostic cognitive-behavioural therapy for anxiety disorders

L Vincent, PJ Norton - Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Sudden gains—substantial stable symptom improvements between consecutive therapy
sessions—are a common phenomenon. As condensed points of change, examination of …

Trajectories of change in a group behavioral activation treatment for severe, recurrent depression

HA O'Mahen, NJ Moberly, KA Wright - Behavior Therapy, 2019 - Elsevier
Depression is a common and costly problem. Behavioral Activation (BA) is an effective
treatment for depression when delivered 1: 1, but group treatments often do not perform as …

Do sudden gains predict treatment outcome in social anxiety disorder? Findings from two randomized controlled trials

RM Butler, EB O'Day, SC Kaplan, MB Swee… - Behaviour research and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Objective Sudden gains (SGs) have been found to occur during randomized
controlled trials (RCTs) for social anxiety disorder (SAD). Evidence is mixed whether SGs …

Sudden gains: How important are they during exposure and response prevention for obsessive-compulsive disorder?

JL Buchholz, JS Abramowitz, SM Blakey, L Reuman… - Behavior Therapy, 2019 - Elsevier
Symptom reduction over the course of cognitive-behavioral therapy is not always distributed
evenly across sessions. Some individuals experience a sudden gain, defined as a large …

An exploratory study of patients' sudden losses during outpatient CBT and therapists' experience of difficulties

P Odyniec, T Probst, R Göllner… - Journal of clinical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Patients' sudden deterioration in symptomatology, also called sudden losses, is a
rarely explored phenomenon. Method Psychological distress of 1,763 patients treated by …

Change in Relationship Satisfaction among Veterans in Couple Therapy

G Boyers McKee - 2019 - scholar.smu.edu
Approximately two-thirds of Americans will live with a romantic partner at some point in their
lives, and 75% of individuals marry by age 30. Unfortunately, relationship dissatisfaction is a …