A5028120689- Mental Health Research Topics
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Tryptophan and brain disorders
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Educational Philosophies and Pedagogies
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Complex Network Analysis Techniques
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Psychological Testing and Assessment
- Mental Health via Writing
- Deception detection and forensic psychology
- Complex Systems and Decision Making
- Visual Culture and Art Theory
- Psychoanalysis and Social Critique
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations
- Community Health and Development
- Aesthetic Perception and Analysis
- Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology
- Counseling Practices and Supervision
Harvard University
2017-2023
Harvard University Press
2018-2022
Massachusetts General Hospital
2020-2021
McLean Hospital
2020
University of Pennsylvania
2019
Applied Behavioral Research (United States)
2019
William James College
2019
Population Council Institute
2019
Brigham Young University
2016-2018
Recently, researchers in clinical psychology have endeavored to create network models of the relationships between symptoms, both within and across mental disorders. Symptoms that connect two disorders are called "bridge symptoms." Unfortunately, no formal quantitative methods for identifying these bridge symptoms exist. Accordingly, we developed four statistics identify symptoms: strength, betweenness, closeness, expected influence. These nonspecific type estimated, making them potentially...
Network analysis can be used to identify central symptoms of eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa (AN), but the validity this approach has been questioned. Using network analysis, in present study we adult AN, key bridge between AN and anxiety/depression, examine whether at baseline are important predictors treatment outcomes. We conducted analyses for comorbid depression anxiety using longitudinal data (N = 142) with measurements baseline, 6-month, 12-month, 24-month postrandomization...
Mental health concerns, especially anxiety, are increasingly prevalent among college students. The authors analyzed data from the Center for Collegiate Health 2013–2014 database to provide insight about student anxiety as reported by students and their counselors. Analyses showed that academic distress accounted largest amount of variance in followed financial stress, family support, peer support. Sociodemographic variables had small effects, indicating a universality across various types
Abstract Objective Eating disorders (EDs) and social anxiety disorder (SAD) are highly co‐occurring. This comorbidity is extremely relevant, given that individuals with comorbid ED‐SAD less likely to seek and/or benefit from ED treatment. Method We used network analysis conceptualize in a sample of 2,215 participants primary diagnosis ED, SAD, or no known diagnosis. novel analyses methods select symptoms for our models, identify potential illness pathways (i.e., bridge symptoms) between...
The cognitive-behavioral theory of eating disorders (EDs) proposes that shape and weight overvaluation are the core ED psychopathology. Core symptoms can be statistically identified using network analysis. Existing studies support psychopathology, yet no have estimated AN psychopathology concerns exist about replicability analysis findings. current study symptom networks among people with anorexia nervosa (AN) bulimia (BN) a combined group BN.Participants were girls women (n = 604) BN 477)...
Mental disorders may emerge as the result of interactions between observable symptoms. Such can be analyzed using network analysis. Several recent studies have used analysis to examine eating disorders, indicating a core role overvaluation weight and shape. However, no date applied models binge-eating disorder (BED), most prevalent disorder.We constructed cross-sectional graphical LASSO in sample 788 individuals with BED. Symptoms were assessed Eating Disorders Examination Interview. We...
Trigger warnings alert trauma survivors about potentially disturbing forthcoming content. However, empirical studies on trigger suggest that they are functionally inert or cause small adverse side effects. We conducted a preregistered replication and extension of previous experiment. Trauma ( N = 451) were randomly assigned to either receive not before reading passages from world literature. found no evidence helpful for survivors, participants who self-reported posttraumatic stress disorder...
Trigger warnings, content or notes are alerts about upcoming that may contain themes related to past negative experiences. Advocates claim warnings help people emotionally prepare for completely avoid distressing material. Critics argue both contribute a culture of avoidance at odds with evidence-based treatment practices and instill fear content. A body psychological research has recently begun empirically investigate these claims. We present the results meta-analysis all empirical studies...
Bereavement can lead to negative outcomes such as complicated grief (CG), but some mourners with symptoms of CG often experience positive sequelae loss posttraumatic growth (PTG) well. We propose that and co-occur change one another because they alternately reinforce weaken each other at the level their respective constituent elements. investigated structure a network PTG elements elucidate how within potentially causal system in bereaved young adults. Challenges control identity disturbance...
Forbes, Wright, Markon, and Krueger claim that psychopathology network characteristics have "limited" or "poor" replicability, supporting their argument primarily with data from two waves of an observational study on depression anxiety. They developed "direct metrics" to gauge change across networks (e.g., in edge sign), used these results support conclusion. Three key flaws undermine critique. First, nonreplication empirical datasets does not provide evidence against a method; such...
Abstract Objective Eating disorders (EDs) are complex, heterogeneous, and severe psychiatric syndromes. They highly comorbid with obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) which exacerbates the course of illness impedes treatment. However, direct functional relations between EDs OCD symptoms remain largely unexplored. Hence, using network analysis, we investigated relationship ED at level in a heterogeneous clinical sample. Method We used cross sectional data 303 treatment‐seeking patients...
Trauma can produce posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but may also foster positive outcomes, such as growth. Individual differences in coping styles contribute to both and negative sequelae of trauma. Using network analytic methods, we investigated the structure PTSD symptoms, elements growth, bereaved survivors a major earthquake China. Hypervigilance difficulty concentrating were identified most central symptoms network, whereas establishing new path life, feeling closer others, doing...
Trigger warnings and safe space notifications are common in higher education. Although researchers have evaluated these practices primarily as mental health tools, little attention has been paid to the interpersonal signals send. In this experiment, we examined how trigger shape students’ perceptions of instructors classroom environment. A sample 738 American undergraduate students was randomly assigned view videos delivering a brief lecture on trauma, preceded by instructor providing...
Treatments for anxiety disorders are among the most effective in psychiatry. Yet, there is considerable room improvement.In this paper, we discuss value of ecological momentary assessment as a research method and clinical tool.We begin by describing its advantages, including ability to collect ecologically valid information about mental disorders, real time, individual patients. We then illustrate approach disorder treatment using two patients with panic who completed assessments 2 weeks...
Trigger warnings notify people that content they are about to engage with may result in adverse emotional consequences. An experiment by Bellet, Jones, and McNally (2018) indicated trigger increased the extent which trauma-naive crowd-sourced participants see themselves others as emotionally vulnerable potential future traumas but did not have a significant main effect on anxiety responses distressing literature passages. However, increase for who strongly believed words can harm. In this...
Across 50 years of research, extensive efforts have been made to improve the effectiveness psychotherapies for children and adolescents. Yet recent evidence shows no significant improvement in youth psychotherapy outcomes. In other words, general quality therapy models do not appear translated directly into improved We used multilevel meta-analytic data from 502 randomized controlled trials generate a bivariate copula model predicting effect size as approaches infinity. Our results suggest...