D H Barlow

..Among tinnitus patients, tinnitus-related trauma associations and catastrophic cognitions mediated the effect of tinnitus severity on CAPS severity...

..At the same time, data must be developed on the delivery of these interventions by frontline clinicians in the settings where they practice. The emergence of practice research networks may accomplish this latter goal...

..It is proposed that psychologists label these procedures psychological treatments so as to differentiate them from more generic psychotherapy, which is often used outside of the scope of health care systems...

..This would be best carried out in the context of a strong collaboration among frontline clinicians and clinical scientists...

..Second, broad-based ongoing outcomes assessment systems are increasingly required for EBP on the part of governments and health care policymakers. This article summarizes these developments and looks to the future...

..Placebo effects in treatment of three anxiety disorders were compared...

..e., not severe enough to meet diagnostic criteria) comorbid conditions decreased significantly over the course of treatment. The implication of these findings for the classification and treatment of emotional disorders is discussed...

..46) and the DES (beta=.29). The theoretical and clinical implications of the strong relationship of the ASI to ataque severity are discussed...

..This subgroup scored higher on self-report measures of anxiety and depression than the rest of the sample. These results provide empirical support for the existence of subtypes of social phobia in adolescents...

..g., negative affect) that may be of considerable importance to the understanding of the pathogenesis, course, and co-occurrence of emotional disorders...

..These results add to the literature on the functional relationship among different fears and suggest that specific phobias are not as "specific" as is implied by the current diagnostic system...

..The qualitative analysis identified additional areas of patient-reported concern not included in previous research that may be important in the assessment and treatment of PD...

..The results are discussed in regard to psychometric implications for the APPQ and conceptual issues pertaining to the discriminant validity of fear of agoraphobic situations and fear of sensation-producing activities...

..In light of study limitations, these findings suggest that cognitive-behavioral treatment for panic disorder in adolescence is a feasible and potentially efficacious intervention for this debilitating condition in youth...

..remote). SFIT was found to be effective in decreasing panic symptoms from pre- to posttreatment, with treatment gains maintained at follow-up. The implications of these findings for the treatment of PDA are discussed...

..As psychosocial, pharmacologic, and combined treatments have all demonstrated efficacy in the treatment of panic disorder, cost-efficacy analysis provides an additional source of information to guide clinical decision making...

..Multilevel moderated mediation analyses provided preliminary support for the notion that changes in panic-related cognitions mediate changes in panic severity only in treatments that include CBT...

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..These results are discussed in the context of acceptance's potential therapeutic utility and functional relationships with associated constructs...

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..The utility of incorporating broader dimensions of temperament and personality in diagnostic systems beyond the fifth edition of the DSM is also discussed...

..Recommendations for future implementation strategies will derive from evaluating outcomes of training procedures and developing a consensus on necessary training elements to be used in these efforts...

..At this time, further research is needed to evaluate the relationships among fidelity, adaptation, and outcome, and to determine the potential for transdiagnostic treatments to facilitate dissemination...

..For instance, the advantages of this system are discussed in context of transdiagnostic treatment protocols that are efficaciously applied to a variety of disorders by targeting their shared features...

..Nevertheless, not everyone benefits and there is room for improvement among those who do. We address these shortcomings and consider recent developments...

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..Implications of study findings for understanding emotion dysregulation in depressive disorders and the treatment of depression are discussed...

..Pre-existing sexual attitudes as well as variations in self-focused attention and interoceptive awareness evidenced little effect on sexual arousal or the accuracy of its estimation...

..Instead, the findings generally demonstrate that threat encoding is similar for people with social phobia and those with panic disorder...

..Implications for future clinical outcome studies and for training clinicians are discussed...

..Transdermal nicotine did not diminish anxiety during the absorption/deprivation period or in response to the cues...

..The current trauma/PTSD findings are mixed, however, and warrant future research...

..Implications for early identification of psychiatric disorders are discussed...

..Other possible reasons for differential relapse rates and treatment implications are discussed...

..Results were consistent for self-reported and clinician-rated agoraphobia. Implications for the role of perceived control in agoraphobia development and treatment are discussed...

..Depression and Anxiety 17:88-93, 2003...

..Implications for the usefulness of current subtype categories are discussed...

..Despite the uncertainty involved in assessing bias that may be unobserved and unconscious, we will show how to derive a bound for the impact of rater bias...

..This study extends the literature on emotion regulation to a clinical sample and suggests that judging emotions as unacceptable and suppressing emotions may be important aspects of the phenomenology of emotional disorders...

..We provided open CBT treatment to patients who subsequently participated in a maintenance treatment study. This article reports on predictors and trajectory of response in 381 participants who completed treatment at 4 sites...

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..These findings are discussed in the context of the existing body of research on emotion regulation and current treatment approaches for anxiety and mood disorders...

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..There were no group differences on a test of emotion-based decision-making. Results are discussed in terms of previous findings and theoretical models of compulsive hoarding...

..The paper explores the factors that enable valid risk assessment to be made and the difficulties that result for clinicians if resources are limited and affect the level of intervention that might be preferred...

..Implications of these findings on interpretation of the treatment study are discussed, and recommendations are made for improving blindness procedures...

..The purpose of this Special Section is to articulate and discuss diverse issues that arise in contemplating dimensional constructs as targets for psychopathology research...

..This paper summarises the effects of HRT using this approach in the context of European practice today and describes the events surrounding the regulatory and scientific society position statements...

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..These sites already have in place the trained and certified assessment and treatment personnel and rigorous monitoring procedures that are essential for the conduct of a study such as the one we propose. ..

..The purpose of this series of studies is to explore more precisely the role of cognitive and attentional processes specified in our model of sexual dysfunction. ..

..If successful, this will be the first step towards a large scale treatment study validating a unified psychosocial approach to the emotional disorders. ..