Methodological and Statistical Practices of Using Symptom Networks to Evaluate Mental Health Interventions: A Review and Reflections

L Schumacher, J Burger, J Echterhoff… - Multivariate Behavioral …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The network approach to psychopathology, which assesses associations between individual
symptoms, has recently been applied to evaluate treatments for mental disorders. While …

Predicting the outcome of psychotherapy for chronic depression by person‐specific symptom networks

L Schumacher, JP Klein, M Hautzinger… - World …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Psychotherapies are efficacious in the treatment of depression, albeit only with a moderate
effect size. It is hoped that personalization of treatment can lead to better outcomes. The …

[HTML][HTML] Network analyses of ecological momentary emotion and avoidance assessments before and after cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders

LE Meine, M Müller-Bardorff, D Recher… - Journal of anxiety …, 2024 - Elsevier
Negative emotions and associated avoidance behaviors are core symptoms of anxiety.
Current treatments aim to resolve dysfunctional coupling between them. However, precise …

What time-varying network models based on functional analysis tell us about the course of a patient's problem

S Scholten, JA Rubel, JA Glombiewski… - Psychotherapy …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Relations among psychological variables are assumed to be complex and to
vary over time. Personalized networks can model multivariate complex interactions. The …

Temporal Dynamics Between Depression and Anxiety Symptoms During Internet-Based Therapy and in the General Population

J Tammilehto, SE Saarni, JH Stenberg… - Clinical …, 2025 - journals.sagepub.com
Symptoms of depression and anxiety frequently co-occur, but traditional discrete-time
models fail to capture their causal interactions. To explore the dynamic relationship between …

[PDF][PDF] Time-varying continuous-time models

M Hecht, J Lohmann, S Zitzmann - Manuscript Submitted for …, 2024 - researchgate.net
Continuous-time modeling has become a cornerstone in psychological research for
analyzing longitudinal data, traditionally focusing on time-stable dynamics. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] Early change in specific depression symptoms and later outcome in internet-delivered psychotherapy for depression: A cohort study and cross-lagged network …

F Johansson, O Flygare, J Bäckman… - Journal of Affective …, 2025 - Elsevier
Background Symptom reduction occurring early in depression treatment is associated with
favourable post-treatment outcome, but it is not known how early reduction in specific …

Network structure of functional somatic symptoms

A Litzenburger, Y Rothacher, KU Hanusch… - Journal of …, 2025 - Elsevier
Objective The overlap among functional somatic syndromes (FSS) is substantial, which is
why various empirical attempts at an improved understanding of related symptoms have …

Features and Differences in Core Symptom Clusters in Home‐Based Hospice Patients With Advanced Cancer: A Network Analysis

Y Wei, W Cheng, Y Lu, Z Zhu, G Xu, H Wu… - Cancer …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Patients with terminal‐stage cancer frequently experience multiple symptoms
simultaneously. Little is known about how core symptom clusters differ in advanced‐cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Network analysis of fatigue symptoms in Chinese patients with advanced cancer

H Hu, Y Zhao, H Luo, Y Hao, P Wang, L Yu… - Asia-Pacific Journal of …, 2025 - Elsevier
Objective This study was aimed at investigating the network structures of fatigue symptoms
in patients with advanced cancer, with a focus on identifying the central symptom—an …