2024
Mechanisms of therapeutic change after psychedelic treatment in OCD
Maloney G, Ching T, Kichuk S, Pittenger C, Kelmendi B. Mechanisms of therapeutic change after psychedelic treatment in OCD. Psychiatry Research 2024, 336: 115907. PMID: 38615521, PMCID: PMC11190873, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2024.115907.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderMechanisms of therapeutic changeAversive eventsImagery rescriptingPsychedelic treatmentPsychotherapeutic treatmentPsychotherapeutic frameworkSymptom reductionTherapeutic changePsychotherapyNegative emotionsPsychological mechanismsCore beliefsPilot dataNovel treatmentRescriptingEmotionsDisordersSymptomsReprocessingTreatmentBeliefsResistance to first-lineIndividualsIntervention
2016
Cognitive Dissonance About Thought–Action Fusion Beliefs Improves and Maintains the Effects of Thought–Action Fusion-Specific Psychoeducation
Ching THW, Tang CS. Cognitive Dissonance About Thought–Action Fusion Beliefs Improves and Maintains the Effects of Thought–Action Fusion-Specific Psychoeducation. Journal Of Cognitive Psychotherapy 2016, 30: 235-252. PMID: 32755927, DOI: 10.1891/0889-8391.30.4.235.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTAF beliefsCognitive dissonanceFusion beliefsInitial sessionThought-action fusionSelf-report measuresEffect of psychoeducationSingaporean undergraduatesPsychoeducationUnselected sampleTherapeutic changeRelevant psychopathologyDissonanceIntervention proceduresBeliefsComputer trialsControl groupSessionsTherapy proceduresIntervention groupInterventionPsychopathologyElectroencephalographyUndergraduatesGreater reduction