ReviewCurrent psychiatry reports2019
Metacognitive Therapy for Anxiety Disorders: a Review of Recent Advances and Future Research Directions.
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- Child Abuse and Neglect and Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Traits: Effects of Attachment, Intolerance of Uncertainty, and Metacognition.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2024Article
- Psychometric Properties of the Metacognitions About Online Gaming Scale in the Chinese Population and Its Relationship With Internet Gaming Disorder: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR serious games · 2024Article
- Effect of metacognitive therapy on depression in patients with chronic disease: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Temporal network of experience sampling methodology identifies sleep disturbance as a central symptom in generalized anxiety disorder.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Improving mental health by training the suppression of unwanted thoughts.Science advances · 2023Article
- A Twin Study of the Relationships between Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome and Anxiety Phenotypes in Childhood and Adolescence.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2023Article
- The Comorbidity of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Tinnitus Sufferers: A Network Analysis.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Modeling pathways to non-suicidal self-injury: The roles of perfectionism, negative affect, rumination, and attention control.Journal of clinical psychology · 2022Article
- Impulsivity and Metacognition in a Psychiatric Population.Clinical neuropsychiatry · 2022Article
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- Do Metacognitions of Children and Adolescents with Anxiety Disorders Change after Intensified Exposure Therapy?Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Metacognitive Short-Term Intervention in Patients With Mental Disorders Following Cardiovascular Events.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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- The relations among worry, meta-worry, intolerance of uncertainty and attentional bias for threat in men at high risk for generalized anxiety disorder: a network analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2020Article
- Effects of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Self-Compassion and Psychological Health Among Young Adults With a History of Childhood Maltreatment.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewThis review describes (a) key features of the metacognitive model as they relate to anxiety and related disorders, (b) central components of metacognitive therapy (MCT), (c) the current empirical status of MCT, (d) recent developments, (e) controversies and (f) future research directions. RECENT
findingsEvidence is accumulating that MCT is effective for anxiety and related disorders. Emerging evidence suggests that MCT may be effective with children and adolescents and compares well to other evidence-supported treatments such as cognitive behaviour therapy and mindfulness-based approaches. Evidence for distinct mechanisms across therapies is mixed. While MCT appears to be effective for anxiety and related disorders, more research is required to evaluate (a) efficacy and unique (vs. common) mechanisms of change compared to other therapies, (b) effectiveness for children and adolescents, (c) alternative delivery methods (e.g., via internet, group vs. individual), (d) transdiagnostic impacts and (e) applications to a broader array of disorders.
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