INTRODUCTION Worry and rumination are two forms of repetitive thinking characterised by their negative content and apparently uncontrollable nature. Although worry and rumination share common features and have been conceptualised as part of a transdiagnostic repetitive negative thinking (RNT) process, it remains unclear whether they share the same underlying cognitive mechanisms. This multisess...

INTRODUCTION The current randomised controlled trial will evaluate the efficacy of an internet-delivered positive imagery cognitive bias modification (CBM) intervention for depression when compared with an active control condition and help establish the additive benefit of positive imagery CBM when delivered in combination with internet cognitive behavioural therapy for depression. METHODS AN...

Abstract The purpose of the present study was to examine vulnerability factors in expecting parents that might lead mental illness perinatal period. Specifically, we studied how parental early adversity, attentional bias infant faces, repetitive negative thinking, and demographic factors, were associated with pre- postnatal depressive symptoms parenting stress. Participants taking part Northern...

OBJECTIVE To explore if self-reported presence of thinking about tics or body-focused repetitive behaviours (BFRBs; gests) are direct triggers of tic or gest onset in 3 groups: Tourette syndrome (TS; n =18), persistent chronic tic disorders (TDs; n = 42), and a comparison group with BFRB (n = 36). METHOD The 3 groups completed a thinking about tics inventory, listing 22 items derived from cli...