BACKGROUND Recent studies provide evidence for the effectiveness of Internet-based maintenance treatments for mental disorders. However, it is still unclear which participants might or might not profit from this particular kind of treatment delivery. OBJECTIVE The study aimed to identify moderators of treatment outcome in a transdiagnostic Internet-based maintenance treatment (TIMT) offered t...

Individual responses to behavioral treatment of anxiety disorders vary considerably, which requires a better understanding underlying processes. In this study, we examined the violation and change threat beliefs during exposure. From 8,484 standardized exposure records 605 patients with different disorders, learning indicators were derived: expectancy as mismatch between before occurrence, diff...

Mood instability is common, and an important feature of several psychiatric disorders. We discuss the definition and measurement of mood instability, and review its prevalence, characteristics, neurobiological correlates and clinical implications. We suggest that mood instability has underappreciated transdiagnostic potential as an investigational and therapeutic target.

OBJECTIVE Cognitive deficits are a common feature of psychiatric disorders. The authors investigated the nature of disruptions in neural circuitry underlying cognitive control capacities across psychiatric disorders through a transdiagnostic neuroimaging meta-analysis. METHOD A PubMed search was conducted for whole-brain functional neuroimaging articles published through June 2015 that compar...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to assess the attitudes of chairs of psychiatry departments, psychiatrists, and psychiatry trainees toward neuroscience education in residency programs and beyond in order to inform future neuroscience education approaches. METHOD This multi-stakeholder survey captured data on demographics, self-assessments of neuroscience knowledge, attitudes toward n...