The aim of this review is to critically evaluate the effectiveness and candidate mechanisms of
action of psychological interventions which aim to either (a) improve the capacity for self …

This paper systematically reviews novel interventions developed and tested in healthy
controls that may be able to change the over or under controlled eating behaviours in eating …

Abstract Background and Objectives Excessive use of psychoactive substances and
resulting disorders are a major societal problem, and the most prevalent mental disorder in …

Background Alcohol research may benefit from controlled and validated picture sets. We
have constructed the Amsterdam Beverage Picture Set (ABPS), which was designed for …

There is preliminary evidence that approach avoid training can shift implicit alcohol
associations and improve treatment outcomes. We sought to replicate and extend those …

Objective: Heavy drinking among young adults poses severe health risks, including
development of later addiction problems. Cognitive retraining of automatic appetitive …

Cognitive bias modification (CBM) was first developed as an experimental tool to examine
the causal role of cognitive biases, and later developed into complementary interventions in …

Cognitive retraining or cognitive bias modification (CBM) involves having subjects
repeatedly perform a computerized task designed to reduce the impact of automatic …

Background: Automatically activated cognitive motivational processes such as the tendency
to attend to or approach smoking-related stimuli (ie, attentional and approach bias) have …

Background Attentional bias for substance-relevant cues has been found to contribute to the
persistence of addiction. Attentional bias modification (ABM) interventions might, therefore …