BackgroundEffective treatments for depression are available, yet many patients do not respond to treatment or experience relapse. Cognitive bias modification aims to ameliorate cognitive biases that contribute to the development and maintenance of the ...
Maximilian Blomberg +5 more
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Effectiveness of two web-based cognitive bias modification interventions targeting approach and attentional bias in gambling problems: study protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial [PDF]
Background Disordered gamblers have phenotypical and pathological similarities to those with substance use disorders (SUD), including exaggerated automatic cognitive processing of motivationally salient gambling cues in the environment (i.e., attentional
Marilisa Boffo +4 more
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Approach bias modification for cannabis use disorder: A proof-of-principle study. [PDF]
More effective treatments for cannabis use disorder (CUD) are needed. Evidence suggests that biases in cognitive processing of drug-related stimuli are central to the development and maintenance of addiction. The current study examined the feasibility and effect of a novel intervention - approach bias modification (ApBM) - on cannabis approach bias and
Sherman BJ +3 more
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Relapse Prevention in Abstinent Alcoholics by Cognitive Bias Modification: Clinical Effects of Combining Approach Bias Modification and Attention Bias Modification [PDF]
Objective: Alcohol-dependent patients show attentional and approach biases for alcohol-related stimuli. Computerized cognitive bias modification (CBM) programs aim to retrain these biases and reduce relapse rates as add-ons to treatment.
M. Rinck +3 more
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Background Alcohol accounts for 5.1% of the global burden of disease and injury, and approximately 1 in 10 people worldwide develop an alcohol use disorder.
Manning V +3 more
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“A tool in a toolbox”: patient engagement with a gamified and personalised approach bias modification app to reduce harmful alcohol consumption – a qualitative study [PDF]
Background Approach Bias Modification (ApBM) is a recommended adjunctive intervention during residential treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), and there are also promising findings for ApBM as an adjunctive intervention for people in outpatient ...
Victoria Manning +9 more
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BackgroundAutomatically activated cognitive motivational processes such as the tendency to attend to or approach smoking-related stimuli (ie, attentional and approach bias) have been related to smoking behaviors.
Wen, Si +6 more
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The ABBA study - approach bias modification in bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. [PDF]
BackgroundThe core symptoms of bulimia nervosa (BN) and binge eating disorder (BED) are recurrent episodes of binge eating. Despite negative psychological and physical consequences, BN/BED patients show uncontrollable approach tendencies towards food ...
Brockmeyer T, Schmidt U, Friederich HC.
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An experimental test of integrating imagery with approach bias modification for alcohol: A cautionary tale. [PDF]
OBJECTIVES In terms of dual process models, behaviour can be conceived of as the outcome of an interplay between reflective, top-down and impulsive, bottom-up processes. Behaviour change interventions may benefit from targeting both types of processes in
E. Fridland +4 more
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Can Cognitive Bias Modification Simultaneously Target Two Behaviors? Approach Bias Retraining for Alcohol and Condom Use [PDF]
This study tested the effectiveness of a cognitive bias modification (CBM) intervention to simultaneously reduce approach biases toward alcohol and increase approach biases toward condoms among high-risk young adults. Participants (N = 102) were randomly
Austin M Hahn +4 more
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