Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) are interesting. Despite their evident popularity, the prevalence of depressive disorders has not declined since their injection into modern society.… Read More »The Efficacy of SSRIs: Are We Truly Treating Depression?
I have been thinking about statistical data analysis a lot lately. There are two types of statistics: Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. Like the names… Read More »When Simplicity Wins: Effective Use of Inferential Statistics
Anxiety computes aimlessness. That is why anxiety symptom severity increases concomitantly with increased levels of entropy. Entropy is a measure of the disorder or randomness… Read More »Aimlessness and Anxiety: The Impact of Defined Goals on Psychological Entropy
As a student, many things are thrust upon me to do. Things on my to-do list include reading textbooks, and research articles, analyzing datasets, and… Read More »Don’t Forget the Fundamentals: How I Leveraged Subgoal Analysis to Overcome Procrastination and Dread
Earlier this week, I attended the conference SweSRII: The 13th Swedish Congress on Internet Interventions. The SweSRII conference gathers researchers from all over the world… Read More »SweSRII: The 13th Swedish Congress on Internet Interventions
Is Social Regulation of Emotions a Critical Component of Everyday Functioning? A successful positive developmental trajectory is characterized by acquiring numerous social and emotional competencies.… Read More »Social Regulation of Emotions
Can Short-Form Questionnaires Substitute Full-Scale Questionnaires to Evaluate Psychopathology? We all know the importance of measurement. It is important to get the measurement right! However,… Read More »Results From a New Study on the PHQ-2 and GAD-2
I was recently asked to explain avoidant behavior (which can also be thought of as safety-seeking behavior) and want to share this with all of… Read More »What are Safety Behaviors?
Yesterday, I was pleased to be a guest on Yvonne Höller’s podcast, Cognitive Neuroscience @UNAK. She invited me to discuss a study my co-authors and… Read More »Psychedelic Therapy: A Discussion with Yvonne Höller
I attended a workshop on Cognitive Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder with Professor David M. Clark recently. The Clark and Wells social anxiety model, emphasizing self-focused attention and safety behaviors, is the gold-standard treatment intervention for social anxiety disorder.
