The cognitive model of depression has significantly influenced the understanding of
distorted cognitive processes in major depression; however, this model's conception of …

Belief updating is a relatively nascent field of research that examines how people adjust
their beliefs in light of new evidence. So far, belief updating has been investigated in partly …

Background: Previous research has shown that multiple traumatic experiences cumulatively
increase the risk for the development of severe symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder …

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a severe mental disorder, comprised of
heterogeneous psychological and neurobiological pathologies. Here, we propose a …

The ability to represent and respond to uncertainty is fundamental to human cognition and
decision-making. Noradrenaline (NA) is hypothesized to play a key role in coordinating the …

Predictive processing has become a popular framework in neuroscience and computational
psychiatry, where it has provided a new understanding of various mental disorders. Here …

Bodily experiences such as the feeling of touch, pain or inner signals of the body are deeply
emotional and activate brain networks that mediate their perception and higher-order …

Persistent physical symptoms (PPS) are distressing, difficult to treat, and pose a major
challenge to health care providers and systems. In this article, we review two disparate …

Medical situations are hot spots in the life of a patient with potentially long lasting effects
arising from the use of either negative expressions or encouraging statements, or the lack of …

While there are a number of recommended first-line interventions for posttraumatic stress
disorder (PTSD), treatment efficacy has been less than ideal. Generally, PTSD treatment …