Trial reportJournal of consulting and clinical psychology2015
Memory for therapy in bipolar disorder and comorbid insomnia.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 59 citations in OpenAlex.
- Managing Sleep in Bipolar Disorder: An Overview of Pharmacological and Non-Pharmacological Interventions.Bipolar disorders · 2026Pooled it
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia Monotherapy in Patients with Medical or Psychiatric Comorbidities: a Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2020Pooled it
- Cognitive Therapy-as-Usual versus Cognitive Therapy plus the Memory Support Intervention for adults with depression: 12-month outcomes and opportunities for improved efficacy in a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.Behaviour research and therapy · 2023Trial
- Optimizing outcomes, mechanisms, and recall of Cognitive Therapy for depression: Dose of constructive memory support strategies.Behaviour research and therapy · 2023Trial
- Serial Mediators of Memory Support Strategies Used With Cognitive Therapy for Depression: Improving Outcomes Through Patient Adherence and Treatment Skills.Behavior therapy · 2023Trial
- Memory performance predicts response to psychotherapy for depression in bipolar disorder: A pilot randomized controlled trial with exploratory functional magnetic resonance imaging.Journal of affective disorders · 2018Trial
- Patient learning of treatment contents in cognitive therapy.Journal of behavior therapy and experimental psychiatry · 2018Trial
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- Patient recall of specific cognitive therapy contents predicts adherence and outcome in adults with major depressive disorder.Behaviour research and therapy · 2017Trial
- Memory support strategies and bundles: A pathway to improving cognitive therapy for depression?Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2017Trial
- Do improved patient recall and the provision of memory support enhance treatment adherence?Journal of behavior therapy and experimental psychiatry · 2017Trial
- Improving outcome for mental disorders by enhancing memory for treatment.Behaviour research and therapy · 2016Trial
- A Pilot Trial for Midlife and Older Adults: Sleep and Circadian Treatment Plus Memory Support and Boosters.Clinical gerontologistTrial
- Transdiagnostic Sleep and Circadian Intervention for Adolescents Plus Text Messaging: Randomized Controlled Trial 12-month Follow-up.Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53Trial
- The impact of memory support strategies on patient recall for treatment content in individuals with and without cognitive impairment.Research square · 2026Article
- Therapist Memory for Treatment Contents: Implications for Patient Outcomes.Research square · 2026Article
- Do the Memory Support Intervention and Improving Memory for Treatment Facilitate Behavior Change in Cognitive Therapy?Cognitive therapy and research · 2026Article
- Maximizing benefits from evidence-based psychological treatments: Memory support and habit formation as key strategies.Behaviour research and therapy · 2025Review
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- Patient experiences in making PTSD treatment decisions.Psychological services · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine the extent to which patients recall the contents of therapy from 1 session to the next and to determine whether recall is associated with treatment outcome.
methodThirty interepisode individuals with bipolar disorder and comorbid insomnia (ages 21-62 years, 56.7% women, 56.7% Caucasian) participated in a randomized controlled trial of psychotherapies. Patients received either cognitive behavior therapy for insomnia (CBTI-BP; n = 17) or psychoeducation (PE; n = 13). At the beginning of each weekly session, patients freely recalled as many therapy points (i.e., distinct ideas, principles, and experiences) as they could from their previous session. After each session, therapists recorded a list of all therapy points delivered. Treatment outcome was measured via the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Info System-Sleep, and Quality of Life-Sleep (QOL-Sleep), administered pre- and posttreatment, and treatment evaluation questions administered posttreatment.
resultsPatients recalled 19.6% to 36.9% of therapy points listed by therapists. Raw numbers of therapy points recalled were positively correlated with reductions in ISI scores and gains in QOL-Sleep and with most treatment evaluation questions. Percentages of therapy points recalled were positively correlated with gains in QOL-Sleep but with no other sleep outcome measures or any of the treatment evaluation questions. Patients in CBTI-BP recalled more therapy points than did those in PE but did not differ in the percentages of points recalled.
conclusionsMemory for therapy is poor. The amount of content recalled is positively associated with treatment outcome. Enhancing memory for therapy might play a key role in improving treatment outcome.
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