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Alex Lau-Zhu · 3 December 2024

Should we focus more on mental imagery to improve adolescent mental health? Clues from anxiety and “flashforwards”

The December BABCP Article of the Month is from Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy and is entitled “‘Flashforward’ mental imagery in adolescents: exploring developmental differences and associations with mental health” by Alex Lau-Zhu, James Stacey, Daisy Gibson, Carmen Chan and Myra Cooper Current CBT interventions are often thought to rely on “verbal thinking” yet much of our mental lives is also shaped by mental images – imagining visual scenes, sounds, smells, etc.…

Emma Warnock Parkes and more · 17 October 2023

A labour of love: New clinical guidance paper on treating birth trauma and baby loss from OxCADAT team

I hope my wonderful boys won’t mind my sharing these contrasting photos to give hope to clinicians and those struggling after birth related trauma.…

Bianca Vekaria · 21 September 2023

Why doesn’t my supervisor speak to me about my race or ethnicity in supervision?

The September BABCP Article of the Month is from the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist (tCBT) and is entitled “Exploring the supervisory relationship in the context of culturally responsive supervision: a supervisee’s perspective” by Bianca Vekaria, Tessa Thomas, Peter Phiri and Margarita Ononaiye.…

Emma Warnock Parkes · 15 December 2022

‘I’m unlikeable, boring, weird, foolish, inferior, inadequate’: How To Address The Persistent Negative Self-evaluations That Are Central To Social Anxiety Disorder With Cognitive Therapy

The December BABCP Article of the Month is from the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist (tCBT) and is entitled “‘I’m unlikeable, boring, weird, foolish, inferior, inadequate’: how to address the persistent negative self-evaluations that are central to social anxiety disorder with cognitive therapy” by Emma Warnock-Parkes, Jennifer Wild, Graham Thew, Alice Kerr, Nick Grey and David M.…

Georgina Charlesworth · 21 November 2022

How can the CBT community better meet the needs of older people?

The November BABCP Article of the Month is from the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist (tCBT) and is entitled “Embedding the silver thread in all-age psychological services: training and supervising younger therapists to deliver CBT for anxiety or depression to older people with multi-morbidity” by Georgina Charlesworth Older people respond better to psychological therapy than working age adults – a consistent evidence-based conclusion from analyses of large datasets and national surveys.…

Caroline Hunt · 14 November 2022

School-based victimization in children and adolescents presenting for cognitive behavioural treatment of anxiety disorders

The October BABCP Article of the Month is from Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy and is entitled “School-based victimization in children and adolescents presenting for cognitive behavioural treatment of anxiety disorders” by Caroline Hunt, Kay Bussey, Lorna Peters, Jonathan Gaston, Alice Lo and Ronald M.…

Ashley Fulwood · 31 May 2022

Understanding why people with OCD do what they do, and why other people get involved: supporting people with OCD and loved ones to move from safety-seeking behaviours to approach-supporting behaviours

The May BABCP blog article is written by Ashley Fulwood and discusses an article from the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, “Understanding why people with OCD do what they do, and why other people get involved: supporting people with OCD and loved ones to move from safety-seeking behaviours to approach-supporting behaviours” by Nicola Philpot, Richard Thwaites and Mark Freeston.…

Ffion Evans · 28 April 2022

Service support, work engagement and psychological wellbeing: Validating an index of resource and infrastructure support for the delivery of CBT

The April BABCP Article of the Month is from Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy and is entitled “Service support, work engagement and psychological wellbeing: validating an index of resource and infrastructure support for the delivery of CBT” by Ffion Evans, Helen Penny and Louise Waddington.…

Graham Thew and more · 24 February 2022

Advances in Digital CBT: the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist Special Issue

We are pleased to announce the launch of the ‘Advances in Digital CBT’ special issue of the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist.…

Beverley Costa · 8 February 2022

Equal Access Interpreter-mediated (Spoken Language) CBT – An Implementation Guide

The February BABCP Article of the Month is from the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist (tCBT) and is entitled “Interpreter-mediated CBT – a practical implementation guide for working with spoken language interpreters” by Beverley Costa.…

Rachel Menzies · 20 January 2022

Death anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: What’s love got to do with it?

The January BABCP Article of the Month is from Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy (BCP) and is entitled “OCD, death anxiety, and attachment: what’s love got to do with it?”…

Leila Lawton · 21 December 2021

Processing pain whilst pushing for progress, back of the queue and frontline. CBT for African & Caribbean communities.

The December BABCP Article of the Month is from the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist and is entitled “Frontline yet at the back of the queue – improving access and adaptations to CBT for Black African and Caribbean communities” by Leila Lawton, Melissa McRae and Lorraine Gordon The thirst for us to write this paper extends beyond our professional roles having witnessed (and continuing to witness) the devastating consequences of poor mental health within our Black African and Caribbean families and communities. The…

Hannah Murray · 23 November 2021

Survivor guilt: A cognitive approach

The November BABCP Article of the Month is from the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist (tCBT) and is entitled “Survivor guilt: a cognitive approach” by Hannah Murray, Yasmin Pethania and Evelina Medin The first client I saw with survivor guilt was a military veteran who had swapped patrols with a fellow soldier, only for his friend to be killed in an explosion.…

Kerry Young · 9 September 2021

Working With Strong Feelings of Guilt After Traumatic Events

The September BABCP Article of the Month is from the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist (tCBT) and is entitled “A Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) approach for working with strong feelings of guilt after traumatic events” by Kerry Young, Zoe J.…

Jara Falkenburg and more · 31 July 2021

Completing research relevant to CBT for children and young people? A quick guide on how and why to publish with the Cognitive Behavioural Therapist (tCBT)

We at tCBT are acutely aware that the prevalence of mental health issues in children and young people (CYP) is on the rise (NHS Digital, 2020).…

Paul Farrand · 17 June 2021

Calling All Low Intensity CBT Practitioners to Share Their Expertise and Knowledge

Low Intensity CBT Practitioners, such as Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWPs) working within the IAPT programme, continue to make a significant contribution to the mental health landscape.…

Hannah Murray · 18 February 2021

Repairing the soul: Cognitive Therapy for Moral Injury after Trauma

The February BABCP Article of the Month is from the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist and is entitled “Cognitive Therapy for Moral Injury in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder” by Hannah Murray and Anke Ehlers Media images of healthcare professionals overwhelmed and exhausted by a relentless torrent of seriously ill and dying patients have filled our screens over recent weeks.…

Farooq Naeem and more · 18 December 2020

Using CBT in Low and Middle Income countries

The December 2020 British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) Article of the Month is from Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy and is entitled “Culturally adapted trauma-focused CBT-based guided self-help (CatCBT GSH) for female victims of domestic violence in Pakistan: feasibility randomized controlled trial” by Madeeha Latif, M.…

Joseph La Torre, MTS · 13 November 2020

Opening Doors to Care in the Treatment of OCD

The November BABCP Article of the Month is from the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist and is entitled “Cultural competency in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder: practitioner guidelines” by Monnica T.…

Paul Cromarty · 14 October 2020

Remote Delivery of CBT Training, Clinical Supervision and Services: In Times of Crisis or Business As Usual

The October 2020 British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) Article of the Month is from the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist (tCBT) and is entitled “Remote delivery of CBT training, clinical supervision and services: in times of crisis or business as usual” by Paul Cromarty, Dominic Gallagher and Julianne Watson.…

Kate Cooper and more · 15 September 2020

Health Anxiety In Children and Young People During The COVID-19 Pandemic

The September 2020 British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) Article of the Month is from Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy and is entitled ‘Practitioner Review: Health Anxiety in Children and Young People in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic’ by Andy Haig-Ferguson, Kate Cooper, Emma Cartwright, Maria Loades and Jo Daniels.…

Helen Dodd · 3 September 2020

The Impact of Returning to School After Lockdown for Children and Young People

For most UK children it has been over 5 months since they were last in school. For the vast majority of children and families, returning to school over the next week or two is likely to be a positive experience; an opportunity to reconnect with their peers and feel a sense of routine and normality after what has been a turbulent few months.…

Emma Warnock Parkes · 20 August 2020

How To Treat Social Anxiety Remotely

The August 2020 British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) Article of the Month is from the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist (tCBT) and is entitled “Treating social anxiety disorder remotely with cognitive therapy” by Emma Warnock-Parkes, Jennifer Wild, Graham R.…

Tracey Taylor · 3 August 2020

OCD and COVID-19: A New Frontier

The July British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) Article of the Month is from the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist (tCBT) and is entitled “OCD and COVID-19: a new frontier” by Amita Jassi, Khodayar Shahriyarmolki, Tracey Taylor, Lauren Peile, Fiona Challacombe, Bruce Clark and David Veale This article came to life on the back of discussions within the National Highly Specialised Services for severe OCD/BDD teams at the start of the pandemic.…

Saiqa Naz · 9 April 2019

Celebrating the Special Issue on Cultural Adaptations of CBT

One again I would like to thank Richard Thwaites (Editor-in-Chief of the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist) and Cambridge University Press for providing me with this opportunity to share some thoughts about the recent launch of the Special Issue of the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist (tCBT) on Cultural Adaptations.…

Saiqa Naz · 12 December 2018

Forthcoming Special Issue of the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist on Cultural adaptations of CBT

I would like to thank Richard Thwaites and Cambridge University Press for inviting me to write this blog about the imminent Special Issue of the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist (tCBT) on Cultural Adaptations.…

Richard Thwaites · 7 October 2018

How We Can Develop and Effectively Disseminate CBT

As part of Mental Illness Awareness Week, the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist (tCBT) is focussing on an issue central to the remit of the journal – namely how can we develop and effectively disseminate CBT and also how we can support the delivery of this group of therapies for individuals with mental illness or psychological distress.…

Richard Thwaites · 15 August 2018

Special Issue of the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist on Complexity within Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

When I first took over as Editor-in-Chief of the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist (tCBT), I was extremely excited to hear that there was already a planned (and almost completed) forthcoming Special Issue on Complexity in Cognitive Behaviour Therapist (CBT) being Guest Edited by Claire Lomax and Stephen Barton from Newcastle University, UK (Lomax & Barton, 2017).…

Richard Thwaites · 9 August 2017

Meet the New Editor-in-Chief for the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist: Q & A with Richard Thwaites

Dr Richard Thwaites is a Cognitive Behaviour Therapist (CBT) and consultant clinical psychologist working in Cumbria, UK. He is currently Clinical Director of a large Improving Access to Psychological Therapies adult service and is involved in research into both anxiety disorders and training methods such as Self-Practice/Self-Reflection.…

How long will humankind survive? Besides the fact that we have been able to eliminate ourselves with nuclear weapons for decades, even without a third world war, the challenge to take care of the resources of our planet remains; we need to use them in a way that our children and their children can have a place on Earth as well. In this blog post Andreas Losch discusses his recent review article in the International Journal of Astrobiology, The need of an ethics of planetary sustainability

Dr Dami Ajayi · 28 March 2022

Reflections on House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths

The March article of Muses – the arts blog from BJPsych International is the first blog of the series. The blog is written by Dr Dami Ajayi, Specialty Doctor, Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and Trainee/Blog Editor, BJPsych International.…

Karen Stollznow · 23 November 2020

How did Down syndrome get its name?

Some disability-related names have dropped out of usage, because they are now considered to be offensive due to their origins. Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21) is one example.…

Kevin Lala and more · 29 August 2025

Race Isn’t Biological — So Why Do So Many Still Think It Is?

Even though findings from genetics and other sciences unequivocally refute biological conceptions of race, this erroneous viewpoint remains widespread among the general public.…

More and more research is finding inflammation as a potential contributing factor towards to the development of various mental illnesses. A systematic review was conducted to determine the association between parasitic infection and mental illnesses in various African populations. Two parasite groups were evaluated; helminths and protozoans, and four mental illness classifications; depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, schizotypal disorders and unspecified mental illnesses.

APSR Authors · 15 December 2020

Conversations with Authors: Institutionalized Police Brutality

This is the first post in our new series: “Conversations with Authors.” For our inaugural post, we asked Dr. Vesla Weaver to meet (virtually) with Dr.…

Holly Pascoe · 8 February 2023

The 33%: Q&A with Dame Anna Dominiczak

Q&A with Editor-in-Chief of the Precision Medicine Journal, Dame Anna Dominiczak, for International day of Women and Girls in Science

Dr Dami Ajayi · 28 March 2022

Reflections on House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths

Karen Stollznow · 15 November 2024

Sluts, Bitches, and Battle-axes: women and insults

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