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SUMMARY:Targeting negative repetitive thought as a transdiagnostic mechani
 sm: translating cognitive science into innovative treatment  - Professor E
 dward Watkins\,  Professor of Experimental and Applied Clinical Psychology
 \, University of Exeter
DTSTART:20170223T123000Z
DTEND:20170223T133000Z
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CONTACT:Nicholas Morgan
DESCRIPTION:Rumination contributes to the maintenance and onset of depress
 ion and anxiety\, acts as a final common pathway for multiple vulnerabilit
 ies\, and is identified as a transdiagnostic mechanism (Nolen-Hoeksema & W
 atkins\, 2011). Thus\, understanding and targeting it is a potential way t
 o improve the effectiveness and efficacy of psychotherapy. This talk revie
 ws the application of cognitive science principles to understanding rumina
 tion and its translation to innovations in CBT (Watkins\, 2015)\, providin
 g proof-of-principle of how psychological science can enhance intervention
 s (Holmes et al.\, 2014). Cognitive science research using lab-based exper
 imental manipulations has explored what underlies pathological rumination\
 , suggesting (a) rumination can be usefully conceived as a mental habit (W
 atkins & Nolen-Hoeksema\; 2014\; Hertel\, 2004) with particular patterns o
 f selective information processing implicated in its development (e.g.\, K
 oster et al.\, 2011\; Hertel et al.\, 2011)\; (b) the consequences of repe
 titive thinking about negative content depend upon the thinking style adop
 ted\, with an abstract\, decontextualized thinking style\, characteristic 
 of rumination\, causally implicated in increased negative emotional reacti
 vity and impaired problem solving\, relative to concrete and contextualise
 d processing (Watkins\, 2008).  This led to Rumination-focused CBT (RFCBT)
 \, which explicitly uses functional analysis to target rumination-as-habit
 \, and uses exercises and experiments to shift thinking style\, instead of
  challenging thought content. In clinical trials\, RFCBT is efficacious fo
 r difficult-to-treat residual depression (Watkins et al.\, 2010)\, outperf
 orms standard CBT in treating major depression (Hvennegard et al.\, submit
 ted) and prevents anxiety and depression in high risk young adults via an 
 e-technology variant (Topper et al.\, in press).  
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, Herchel Smith Building\, Forvie Site.
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