International News

April 2012

Actress Amanda Seyfried reports she has been undergoing CBT for panic attacks, calling it a "great tool": http://www.contactmusic.com/news/amanda-seyfried-undergoing-therapy-for-panic-attacks_1248238

Dr. Robert Leahy has a new article about the role of beliefs about money in financial worry: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-leahy-phd/money-happiness_b_1396605.html?ref=tw

The New York Times reports on the development of therapeutic apps for smartphones: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/14/health/feeling-anxious-soon-there-will-be-an-app-for-that.html?_r=2

March 2012

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has a new resource on "moral injury" and PTSD treatment of veterans: http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/pages/moral_injury_at_war.asp

New research indicates "fear of anxiety, experiential avoidance, and intolerance of uncertainty [make] significant and unique contributions to the prediction of worry" and GAD criteria: http://guilfordjournals.com/doi/abs/10.1521/ijct.2012.5.1.1

UCLA researchers find evidence that meditation increases cortical folding in the brain: http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/evidence-builds-that-meditation-230237.aspx

An EEG study finds that Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy improves the information processing and attentional readiness of individuals with bipolar disorder: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/12/15/abstract

February 2012

New research from the UK links benzodiazepines to risk of cancer, early death, and more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/9111217/Are-sleeping-pills-really-that-bad-for-your-health.html

A study in the Netherlands finds that a CBT focused on helping clients return to work was more effective at accomplishing this goal than standard CBT: http://psychcentral.com/news/2012/02/28/work-focused-therapy-speeds-return-to-job/35339.html

The Beck Institute is offering its first on-site CBT training in Spanish. The training will be held on April 2-4, 2012, and focused on CBT for depression and anxiety. For additional information, visit the Beck Institute's website: http://www.beckinstitute.org/cbt-workshops/depresion-y-ansiedad-terapia-cognitiva/

Watch this video of Dr. Aaron Beck discussing the evolution of research on CBT for schizophrenia and psychosis: http://www.beckinstituteblog.org/2012/02/2710/