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
2023
Healing Words: Effects of Psychoeducation on Likelihood to Seek and Refer Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy Among BIPOC Individuals
Feng R, Ching T, Bartlett A, La Torre J, Williams M. Healing Words: Effects of Psychoeducation on Likelihood to Seek and Refer Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy Among BIPOC Individuals. Journal Of Psychoactive Drugs 2023, ahead-of-print: 1-13. PMID: 37652035, DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2023.2253535.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPsychedelic-assisted psychotherapyNon-Hispanic white participantsBIPOC participantsWhite participantsEffectiveness of psychoeducationHierarchical regression modelsBIPOC individualsMental disordersPsychoeducational componentsPsychoeducationPsychotherapyParticipants' likelihoodBarriers to recruitmentSeekingTest effectsParticipantsPhysical safetyBIPOCFuture trialsIndividualsTrialsDisordersRegression modelsANCOVAClinical trials
2020
Sexual Trauma, Cognitive Appraisals, and Sexual Intrusive Thoughts and Their Subtypes: A Moderated Mediation Analysis
Ching THW, Wetterneck CT, Williams MT, Chase T. Sexual Trauma, Cognitive Appraisals, and Sexual Intrusive Thoughts and Their Subtypes: A Moderated Mediation Analysis. Archives Of Sexual Behavior 2020, 49: 2907-2917. PMID: 32914249, DOI: 10.1007/s10508-020-01809-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive appraisalIntrusive thoughtsSexual traumaSexual intrusionsLevel of distressLarge effect sizesDysfunctional appraisalsControl appraisalsMore intrusionsMediation modelGreater distressPosttraumatic effectsMediation analysisResearch implicationsEffect sizeAppraisalThoughtDistressFunctional impairmentTraumaSexual violenceIndividualsModeratorRelationshipContinuum perspective