Different components of cognitive-behavioral therapy affect specific cognitive mechanisms

A Norbury, TU Hauser, SM Fleming, RJ Dolan… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Psychological therapies are among the most effective treatments for common mental health
problems—however, we still know relatively little about how exactly they improve symptoms …

Reduced effects of social feedback on learning in Turner syndrome

H Björlin Avdic, C Strannegård, H Engberg… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Turner syndrome is a genetic condition caused by a complete or partial loss of one of the X
chromosomes. Previous studies indicate that Turner syndrome is associated with challenges …

A computational model reveals learning dynamics during interpretation bias training with clinical applications

J Stoddard, SP Haller, V Costa, MA Brotman… - Biological Psychiatry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Some psychopathologies, including anxiety and irritability, are associated with
biases when judging ambiguous social stimuli. Interventions targeting these biases, or …

Depression Severity Moderates Reward Learning Among Smokers With Current or Past Major Depressive Disorder in a Smoking Cessation Randomized Clinical Trial

JK Gollan, G Liverant, NC Jao, KA Lord… - Nicotine and …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Behavioral and pharmacological smoking cessation treatments are
hypothesized to increase patients' reward learning to reduce craving. Identifying changes in …

The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor sertraline alters learning from aversive reinforcements in patients with depression: evidence from a randomized controlled …

J Malamud, G Lewis, M Moutoussis, L Duffy… - Psychological …, 2024 - cambridge.org
BackgroundSelective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are first-line pharmacological
treatments for depression and anxiety. However, little is known about how pharmacological …

Risking your Tail: Modeling Individual Differences in Risk-sensitive Exploration using Conditional Value at Risk and Bayes Adaptive Markov Decision Processes

T Shen, P Dayan - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Novelty is a double-edged sword for agents and animals alike: they might benefit from
untapped resources or face unexpected costs or dangers such as predation. The …

Systematic review on the efficacy of behavioral activation therapy in the management of adult patients with depression

M Riaño-Camperos, JV Melo-Contreras… - Gaceta Médica de …, 2023 - saber.ucv.ve
Introduction: This work aimed to assess the approach of behavioral activation for the
treatment of adult patients diagnosed with depressive disorder; the importance of this study …

Dynamics of Mood and Cognition in Depression and Anxiety: a Computational Approach

J Malamud - 2023 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
Psychiatric conditions such as depression and anxiety have far-reaching and devastating
effects worldwide. Recent decades have seen a rapid advance in mental health science, in …