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Studie om behandling för patologiskt samlande/hoarding

Våra vänner från  Columbia University har startat en ny studie om vilken typ av behandling personer med patologiskt samlande/hoarding skulle kunna tänka sig att ta emot. Även personer med patologiskt samlande från Sverige kan delta. Läs gärna texten nedan för att se om du kan delta i studien eller tipsa gärna någon du känner om studien.

Tell us what type of treatments and services you find most acceptable for your difficulties with clutter. A Web-Based Study from Columbia Psychiatry

Do you have difficulty discarding or parting with possessions, excessive collecting, or clutter in your home? If so, you may be eligible to participate in an anonymous online survey (Columbia Psychiatry, IRB #6677) to help us better understand what kinds of treatments and services are acceptable to you. The entire study will take you approximately 30 minutes to complete. After completing the survey, you can enter for a chance to win a $100 Amazon.com gift card. Click here to take the survey.

For further information, please visit our website:

Columbia Psychiatry Hoarding Research Program http://www.columbiapsychiatry.org/hoarding/

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Rücklab’s podcast on Columbia Psychiatry’s media page

Curious about hoarding? Take some time to listen to Dr. Carolyn Rodriguez from Columbia University discuss hoarding and housing with Rücklab’s Volen Ivanov here. Several other great articles, podcasts and videos on hoarding can also be found here.

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Watch David Nutt’s Stockholm Psychiatry Lecture on drugs

David Nutt’s Stockholm Psychiatry Lecture on the safety and harm of drugs and why psychiatry should wake up and study these compounds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDo09IBVHZw&feature=youtu.be …

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New study out: mediators of change in CBT for health anxiety

A new study is out with lead author Erik Hedman. If you wonder why we call him “pekmaskinen” (Swedish for “the manuscript machine”, check Pubmed.

The study is the first to investigate mechanisms of improvement in Internet-based cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for severe health anxiety. We assessed mediators as well as outcome on a weekly basis throughout treatment among participants receiving Internet-based CBT in a randomized controlled trial. The results showed that reduced perceived risk of disease, less attention to bodily symptoms, and reduced intolerance of uncertainty significantly mediated improvement in health anxiety.The findings have theoretical and clinical implications as they indicate processes that may be causally related to the improvements observed after CBT for health anxiety.

Click the link for the full text:

Hedman E, Andersson E, Andersson G, Lindefors N, Lekander M, Rück C, Ljótsson B. (2013) Mediators in Internet-Based Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Severe Health Anxiety. PLoS ONE 8(10): e77752. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0077752

Erik "Pekmaskinen" Hedman, PhD.
Erik “Pekmaskinen” Hedman, PhD.
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Interesting Karolinska OCD Master Class coming up: The neurobiology of fear learning and extinction

Kerry ResslerOn December 2nd:  a workshop by Prof Kerry Ressler, Emory University on the neurobiology of fear learning and extinction, including
1) Current psychotherapy and pharmacology treatment approaches to OCD
2) Translational human research on extinction processes to understanding CBT
3) Mouse behavioral/genetic research approaches to OCD and Extinction
4) Molecular neurobiology of extinction and future directions to enhancing treatment and CBT

More info and how to register at: https://www.facebook.com/events/571586239534400/

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Winners of our first Student Award are…

We had two great nominations and choosing the winner was hard, in fact so hard that we had to find an additional extrernal reviewer to make the descision.

The winners are:

Gustaf Brander and Per Söderholm, graduates of Stockholm University for their Master Thesis: “Tilläggsbehandling som återfallsprevention efter internetadministrerad KBT vid tvångssyndrom- en randomiserad kontrollerad studie” (Adding a booster to internetbased CBT – a RCT). Supervisor: Jan Bergström.

The runners-up:

Henrik Engelmark and Niclas Stagnér, graduates of Uppsala University. Master Thesis: “Exponering med responsprevention för tvångssyndrom i ett kliniskt sammanhang – en behandlingsutvärdering på OCD-Centret i Uppsala”. (ERP for OCD – evaluated in a clinical setting”. Supervisors: Timo Hursti and Sandra Bates.

We wish to thank our review board (David Mataix-Cols, Tord Ivarsson and Susanne Bejerot).

Per Söderholm and Gustaf Brander.
Did we really win? Per Söderholm and Gustaf Brander.
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OMG: Student Award, the reviews are in, it is a tie!

The two nominations for our Student Award have been reviewed by Professors Mataix-Cols and Ivarsson and the result is: 1-1! In hindsight maybe not such a clever idea to have an even number of reviewers… Anyway, the nominations are now reviewed by a third reviewer and the final result will be presented tomorrow.

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Nominations for the 2013 Rücklab Student Award

2 strong nominations for our student award are in and currently the external reviewers are evaluating the proposals. The reviewers are Professor David Mataix-Cols (just moved from KCL to KI) and Assoc Professor Tord Ivarsson, University of Gothenburg  and R-BUP Öst og Sör. The nominees are:

  • Gustaf Brander and Per Söderholm, graduates of Stockholm University.
  • Henrik Engelmark and Niclas Stagnér, graduates of Uppsala University.

The winners will be presented on this webpage in due time.