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IX
CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL y XIV
NACIONAL
de PSICOLOGÍA CLÍNICA
PALACIO DE
LA MAGDALENA
SANTANDER (ESPAÑA), 17-20 de NOVIEMBRE, 2016 |
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Stefanie J. Schmidt Executive member of the Swiss Association for Behaviour Modificatio (AVM-CH) SUIZA |
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My name is Stefanie J. Schmidt
and I am a member of the executive board of
the Swiss Association for Behaviour
Modification (AVM-CH). I work at the
University Hospital of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry and Psychotherapy in Bern in
Switzerland as a head of the section for
psychotherapy research. After having finished
my Ph.D., which dealt with Cognitive
Remediation Therapy in schizophrenia patients
in group settings, my main research focus is
now on the early detection and intervention of
mental disorders, in particular psychotic
disorders. Moreover, since 2010 I work as a
clinical psychologist at the Early Recognition
and Intervention Centre for mental crisis
(FETZ Bern)..
INVITED SYMPOSIUM ABSTRACT Mechanisms of change in
psychotherapy: Importance of attachment,
sense of control and coping
Considerable
effort has been made to develop and evaluate
psychological treatments over the last five
decades. This resulted in evidence-based
treatments for several psychiatric disorders.
Meta-analyses revealed moderate average
improvements for these interventions compared
to standard care. Nevertheless, we still have
a limited understanding of the mechanisms of
change of these treatments, i.e. through which
processes a treatment leads to changes in
outcomes. Therefore, moving beyond knowing
that a treatment is effective to explaining
how these effects occurred should be another
priority in psychotherapy research. Against
this background this symposium will report
potential mechanisms of change in patients
with depression, anxiety, psychosis, and
nightmares including attachment, sense of
control, and coping.
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