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Emma Warnock Parkes · 15 December 2022

‘I’m unlikeable, boring, weird, foolish, inferior, inadequate’: How To Address The Persistent Negative Self-evaluations That Are Central To Social Anxiety Disorder With Cognitive Therapy

The December BABCP Article of the Month is from the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist (tCBT) and is entitled “‘I’m unlikeable, boring, weird, foolish, inferior, inadequate’: how to address the persistent negative self-evaluations that are central to social anxiety disorder with cognitive therapy” by Emma Warnock-Parkes, Jennifer Wild, Graham Thew, Alice Kerr, Nick Grey and David M.…

Georgina Charlesworth · 21 November 2022

How can the CBT community better meet the needs of older people?

The November BABCP Article of the Month is from the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist (tCBT) and is entitled “Embedding the silver thread in all-age psychological services: training and supervising younger therapists to deliver CBT for anxiety or depression to older people with multi-morbidity” by Georgina Charlesworth Older people respond better to psychological therapy than working age adults – a consistent evidence-based conclusion from analyses of large datasets and national surveys.…

Caroline Hunt · 14 November 2022

School-based victimization in children and adolescents presenting for cognitive behavioural treatment of anxiety disorders

The October BABCP Article of the Month is from Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy and is entitled “School-based victimization in children and adolescents presenting for cognitive behavioural treatment of anxiety disorders” by Caroline Hunt, Kay Bussey, Lorna Peters, Jonathan Gaston, Alice Lo and Ronald M.…

Laina Rosebrock · 15 September 2022

Understanding agoraphobic avoidance: the development of the Oxford Cognitions and Defences Questionnaire (O-CDQ)

The September BABCP Article of the Month is from Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy and is entitled “Understanding agoraphobic avoidance: the development of the Oxford Cognitions and Defences Questionnaire (O-CDQ)” by Rosebrock, L.,…

Ashley Fulwood · 31 May 2022

Understanding why people with OCD do what they do, and why other people get involved: supporting people with OCD and loved ones to move from safety-seeking behaviours to approach-supporting behaviours

The May BABCP blog article is written by Ashley Fulwood and discusses an article from the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, “Understanding why people with OCD do what they do, and why other people get involved: supporting people with OCD and loved ones to move from safety-seeking behaviours to approach-supporting behaviours” by Nicola Philpot, Richard Thwaites and Mark Freeston.…

Ffion Evans · 28 April 2022

Service support, work engagement and psychological wellbeing: Validating an index of resource and infrastructure support for the delivery of CBT

The April BABCP Article of the Month is from Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy and is entitled “Service support, work engagement and psychological wellbeing: validating an index of resource and infrastructure support for the delivery of CBT” by Ffion Evans, Helen Penny and Louise Waddington.…

Beverley Costa · 8 February 2022

Equal Access Interpreter-mediated (Spoken Language) CBT – An Implementation Guide

The February BABCP Article of the Month is from the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist (tCBT) and is entitled “Interpreter-mediated CBT – a practical implementation guide for working with spoken language interpreters” by Beverley Costa.…

Rachel Menzies · 20 January 2022

Death anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: What’s love got to do with it?

The January BABCP Article of the Month is from Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy (BCP) and is entitled “OCD, death anxiety, and attachment: what’s love got to do with it?”…

Leila Lawton · 21 December 2021

Processing pain whilst pushing for progress, back of the queue and frontline. CBT for African & Caribbean communities.

The December BABCP Article of the Month is from the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist and is entitled “Frontline yet at the back of the queue – improving access and adaptations to CBT for Black African and Caribbean communities” by Leila Lawton, Melissa McRae and Lorraine Gordon The thirst for us to write this paper extends beyond our professional roles having witnessed (and continuing to witness) the devastating consequences of poor mental health within our Black African and Caribbean families and communities. The…

Hannah Murray · 23 November 2021

Survivor guilt: A cognitive approach

The November BABCP Article of the Month is from the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist (tCBT) and is entitled “Survivor guilt: a cognitive approach” by Hannah Murray, Yasmin Pethania and Evelina Medin The first client I saw with survivor guilt was a military veteran who had swapped patrols with a fellow soldier, only for his friend to be killed in an explosion.…

Ava Forkert and more · 29 October 2021

“I don’t need to worry about anybody else and what they’re thinking… I’m not as paranoid”: Using compassionate imagery to overcome paranoia.

The October BABCP Article of the Month is from Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy (BCP) and is entitled “A compassionate imagery intervention for patients with persecutory delusions” by Ava Forkert, Poppy Brown, Daniel Freeman and Felicity Waite “I don’t feel quite so threatened as I did.…

Kerry Young · 9 September 2021

Working With Strong Feelings of Guilt After Traumatic Events

The September BABCP Article of the Month is from the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist (tCBT) and is entitled “A Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) approach for working with strong feelings of guilt after traumatic events” by Kerry Young, Zoe J.…

Jara Falkenburg and more · 31 July 2021

Completing research relevant to CBT for children and young people? A quick guide on how and why to publish with the Cognitive Behavioural Therapist (tCBT)

We at tCBT are acutely aware that the prevalence of mental health issues in children and young people (CYP) is on the rise (NHS Digital, 2020).…

More and more research is finding inflammation as a potential contributing factor towards to the development of various mental illnesses. A systematic review was conducted to determine the association between parasitic infection and mental illnesses in various African populations. Two parasite groups were evaluated; helminths and protozoans, and four mental illness classifications; depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, schizotypal disorders and unspecified mental illnesses.

Sariel Golomb, Jennifer Ligaya Senecal, and Emily Wieder · 2 July 2024

Cartographies of Movement

Inspired by the DSA conference call for papers “Cartographies of Movement,” this digital collection showcases Dance Research Journal articles that engage with kinesthetic and epistemological sites of indigeneity. The three subdivisions narrate the general movement of peoples and ideas at sites of origin, across countries, and beyond geographic or imagined borders. Each article in the “Rooted in Indigeneity'' section addresses performance as a means of grounding specific Indigenous cultural beliefs.

Dr Dami Ajayi · 28 March 2022

Reflections on House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths

The March article of Muses – the arts blog from BJPsych International is the first blog of the series. The blog is written by Dr Dami Ajayi, Specialty Doctor, Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and Trainee/Blog Editor, BJPsych International.…

Lara Schleifenbaum · 13 September 2021

Good news, everyone: Women feel more attractive before ovulation

Evolution has shaped women’s ovulatory cycles to be characterised by complex recurring physiological processes of changing hormones and organ tissue. However, these changes often bring about unwanted aspects – be it premenstrual symptoms such as mood swings, feeling bloated or anxious, menstrual pain, or – still way too often – menstrual shame.…

Virginia Garcia Alonso · 2 July 2024

Record high sea surface temperatures: a rising threat to seabirds

Global sea surface temperatures are rising and have hit record high values in recent months. This potentially threatens seabirds, their prey and their habitats, both on land and at sea.

Chinaza Eziaghighala · 28 June 2024

What We Stay Alive For

Writing was refreshing to me because I was communicating again. However, I didn’t fully understand the extent until I watched Dead Poets Society, where the late Robin Williams delivered this moving monologue. He said, “We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.”

In 2012, a Conservative-led coalition implemented austerity measures to restore the UK’s finances. The measures aimed to address the increase in public spending that had occurred during the Great Recession and included significant cuts to public services in the form of the 2012 Welfare Reform Act.…

Journal of Public Policy · 25 July 2023

On time or with a delay? Transposition of EU directives in the Czech Republic in relation to subsidiarity check

National parliaments had been for long time losers of European integration with only very limited competences of information on new EU initiatives and of rubber-stamping transposition law compared to the national governments, which often negotiate EU law at the supranational level and propose its transposition acts at the national level.…

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