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Depression
Tackling the Treatment Gap in Depression:The IMPROVE-1 trial

Edward R Watkins Ph.D. on July 30, 2013

Are you interested in having free online cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression, whilst helping to improve treatment? The IMPROVE-1 trial (Implementing Multifactorial Psychotherapy Research in Online Virtual Environments) seeks to better understand the active ingredients of therapy so we can build stronger, briefer therapy. See https://mdcdepressionscreening.ex.ac.uk/

Are you interested in having free online cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression, whilst helping to improve treatment? The IMPROVE-1 trial (Implementing Multifactorial Psychotherapy Research in Online Virtual Environments) seeks to better understand the active ingredients of therapy so we can build stronger, briefer therapy. See https://mdcdepressionscreening.ex.ac.uk/

Depression
How Good Is Our Psychological Treatment for Depression?

Edward R Watkins Ph.D. on July 30, 2013

A call to arms to improve our psychological interventions for depression. What are the major challenges facing therapy for depression? In brief, we need to make therapy more effective, more engaging, more accessible and widely available in order to reduce the global burden of depression. We also need to better understand how therapy works to build better therapy.

A call to arms to improve our psychological interventions for depression. What are the major challenges facing therapy for depression? In brief, we need to make therapy more effective, more engaging, more accessible and widely available in order to reduce the global burden of depression. We also need to better understand how therapy works to build better therapy.

Anxiety
Four Tips From Habit Research to Reduce Worry and Rumination

Edward R Watkins Ph.D. on July 28, 2013

Unhelpful worry and rumination can be seen as a habit that is hard to control. Fortunately, psychological research into habits has begun to show how habits can be broken.

Unhelpful worry and rumination can be seen as a habit that is hard to control. Fortunately, psychological research into habits has begun to show how habits can be broken.

Depression
Helpful Repetitive Thinking in Depression

Edward R Watkins Ph.D. on July 21, 2013

Worry and rumination are unhelpful forms of repetitive thought that contribute to depression and anxiety. However, there are helpful forms of repetitive thought. This blog explores what makes thinking about problems helpful.

Worry and rumination are unhelpful forms of repetitive thought that contribute to depression and anxiety. However, there are helpful forms of repetitive thought. This blog explores what makes thinking about problems helpful.