I regularly tweet new and interesting papers relevant to clinical psychology and my interests. These are the cool papers and links from August 2014. Follow me on Twitter for a daily update!

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, RFT, CBS etc

• “ACT is not yet a well-established treatment for any disorder” Öst 2014, updated meta-analysis http://j.mp/1pju8UW
• Physiological & behavioral indices of emotion dysregulation as outcome predictors from #CBT & ACT for anxiety http://j.mp/1qf10hQ @babcp
• Does the AAQ-II measure psychological flexibility… or distress? http://j.mp/1ov4APa
• The Dark-Side of Rule Governed Behavior: experiment of problematic rule-following in adolescents with depressive Sx http://j.mp/1o99kyc
• Experiential avoidance & borderline personality disorder features in adolescents: a prospective relation http://j.mp/1kx4Xy4
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Individuals With Problematic Emotional Eating: A Case-Series Study http://j.mp/1pt3oRU
• Do counselor techniques predict quitting during #smoking cessation treatment? Component analysis: phone-delivered ACT http://j.mp/1l7Evvc
• Using acceptance and commitment therapy with people with psychosis: A case study (PDF) http://j.mp/1yp1qCo
• A longitudinal study of experiential avoidance in emotional disorders http://j.mp/1nXGi4F
• Relational Frame Theory for clinical use: The example of metaphor http://j.mp/1tqoiRQ
• Psychological Flexibility: a framework for understanding & improving family reintegration after #military deployment http://j.mp/YavxC
• Measuring the Role of Psychological Inflexibility in Trichotillomania http://j.mp/1oyvJH7
• Psychological interventions for patients with cancer: psychological flexibility & the potential utility of ACT http://j.mp/XYnI2R
• Evaluation of multiple exemplar instruction to teach perspective-taking skills to adolescents with Asperger Syndrome http://j.mp/1vM28xJ
• Work stressors & distress in intellectual disability support staff: mediating role of psychological inflexibility http://j.mp/1soweBI
• An Exploration of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Chronic Pain in Multiple Sclerosis http://j.mp/1ov3piE
• The Development of the Functional Analytic Psychotherapy Intimacy Scale – http://j.mp/1vcFrmb
• Initial evidence for the efficacy of acceptance and commitment therapy in primary insomnia http://j.mp/1oIZCTs
• Internet-based vs face-to-face? A RCT of two ways to deliver ACT for depressive symptoms: 18-month follow-up http://j.mp/1puB2VZ

CBT

• Mediators of #CBT for Anxiety-Disordered Children and Adolescents: Cognition, Perceived Control, and Coping http://j.mp/1nrKzKh
• Shifting the Focus of One’s Attention Mediates Improvement in Cognitive Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder http://j.mp/1nrKI0d #CBT
• Behavioral versus cognitive treatment of #OCD: An examination of outcome and mediators of change http://j.mp/1mFxEEm
• Treatment failure in CBT: therapy alliance as a precondition for adherent & competent implementation of techniques. http://j.mp/1rXF0WR

Transdiagnostic Processes

• Positive beliefs about rumination associated with ruminative thinking & affect in daily life… metacog & depression http://j.mp/1vcUs6o
• Dispositional coping in individuals with anxiety disorder symptomatology: Avoidance predicts distress http://j.mp/1u3n2qm
• Reductions in negative repetitive thinking & metacognitive beliefs during internet CBT for mixed anxiety & depression http://j.mp/1pjMqUD

Psychosis

• Psychometrics of 2 Brief Versions of the Voices Acceptance & Action Scale http://j.mp/1n9aje6 similar results to http://anp.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/05/16/0004867414535671.abstract
• Metacognitive group training for #schizophrenia spectrum patients with delusions: RCT [no effect on delusions] http://j.mp/1n3Sa1D
• Understanding jumping to conclusions in pts with persecutory delusions: working memory & intolerance of uncertainty http://j.mp/1sQfYcp
• Long-term mortality of persons with severe mental illness and diabetes: a population-based cohort study in Denmark http://j.mp/1vVj4hD
• An experience sampling study of worry and rumination in psychosis http://j.mp/1kH6l0X
• Cognitive emotion regulation strategies, alexithymia and dissociation in schizophrenia, a review and meta-analysis http://j.mp/1rNGTc5

Mindfulness

• Implementation of Mindfulness Training for Mental Health Staff: Organizational Context and Stakeholder Perspectives http://j.mp/Y84GXZ
• Mindfulness-Based Approaches in the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder: Potential Mechanisms and Effects http://j.mp/1kYzODS
• Mindfulness training may potentiate the therapeutic effect of non-judgment of inner experience on smoking cessation http://j.mp/1yNaKjX
• A Qualitative Analysis of Experiential Challenges Associated with Meditation Practice http://j.mp/1t2seIb
• Immediate effects of a brief mindfulness-based body scan on patients with chronic pain http://j.mp/V66Zc0