Assessment in clinical psychology typically relies on global retrospective self-reports
collected at research or clinic visits, which are limited by recall bias and are not well suited to …

Scientific interest in “food addiction” is growing, but the topic remains controversial. One
critique of “food addiction” is its high degree of phenotypic overlap with binge eating …

Background Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) assesses individuals' current
experiences, behaviors, and moods as they occur in real time and in their natural …

Dynamic structural equation modeling (DSEM) is a novel, intensive longitudinal data (ILD)
analysis framework. DSEM models intraindividual changes over time on Level 1 and allows …

Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) is particularly suitable for studying substance use,
because use is episodic and thought to be related to mood and context. This article reviews …

BACKGROUND: Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the world,
and long-term abstinence rates remain modest. Mindfulness training (MT) has begun to …

Objective: A strong relation between negative affect and craving has been demonstrated in
laboratory and clinical studies, with depressive symptomatology showing particularly strong …

The relation between emotion and rationality is assessed by reviewing empirical findings
from multiple disciplines. Two types of emotional phenomena are examined—incidental …

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) convened a meeting in September 2005 to
review tobacco use and dependence and smoking cessation among those with mental …

Humans suffer heavily from substance use disorders and other addictions. Despite much
effort that has been put into understanding the mechanisms of the addictive process …