Cognitive Bias Modification (CBM)

Cognitive Bias Modification (CBM) is new psychiatric therapy; involving just a few 15-minute sessions and no drugs, discussion of feelings, or even a psychiatrist, it is described as a cognitive vac...

Minimizing cognitive errors

Types of cognitive error

O2 therapy

Immediate therapy

Addenbrooke's nurse wins national award

A nurse from Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridgeshire has been given a national NHS award for his mentoring and teaching skills.

New Advances In Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Novel treatments for psychiatric disorders explored at national conference Dozens of leading psychology researchers are about to descend upon Concordia University for the annual Canadian Association o...

Cognitive Therapy Feasible for Patients in the ICU

Most intensive care unit patients are able to participate in cognitive therapy, researchers say. Medscape Medical News

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy in OCD

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy may prove to be a feasible and effective treatment option for patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder who have not responded to traditional CBT. BMC Psychiatr...

Cognitive behavioral therapy helpful in depressed elderly

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pooled data indicate that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is helpful in the elderly with major or minor depression, dysthymia, or depressive symptoms, but so are oth...

Exposure versus Cognitive Therapy in Anxiety Disorders

This review compares the relative efficacy of cognitive therapy versus exposure for a range of anxiety disorders, including PTSC, OCD, panic disorder, and social phobias. BMC Psychiatry

Predicting How Patients With Social Anxiety Disorder Will Respond To Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

A new study led by MIT neuroscientists has found that brain scans of patients with social anxiety disorder can help predict whether they will benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy. Social anxiety...

New form of electroconvulsive therapy could prevent adverse cognitive side effects

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is the most effective acute treatment for severe major depression. However, even with newer forms of ECT, there remains a significant risk of adverse cognitive effects,...

Validation of Addenbrooke's cognitive examination for detecting early dementia in a Japanese population.

There is a clear need for brief, but sensitive and specific, cognitive screening instruments for dementia. We assessed the diagnostic accuracy of the Japanese version of Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examin...

Screening for Cognitive Dysfunction in Corticobasal Syndrome: Utility of Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination.

Introduction: The motor features of corticobasal syndrome (CBS) are well recognized but the fact that many, if not all, affected patients develop cognitive impairment is still underrecognized. The dem...

A comparison of screening tools for the assessment of Mild Cognitive Impairment: Preliminary findings.

We report a pilot investigation into the utility of screening tools in Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). The Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination-Revised (ACE-R), Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) an...

Cognitive theory and therapy of anxiety and depression: Convergence with neurobiological findings.

In this review paper a modified cognitive neurophysiological model of Aaron T. Beck's cognitive formulation of anxiety and depression is proposed that provides an elaborated account of the cognitive a...

Does the Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination-revised add to the Mini-Mental State Examination in established Alzheimer disease? Results from a national dementia research register.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate how much the Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination-revised (ACE-R) improves the estimate of cognitive ability from the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) in people with Alzheime...