Depression is one of the leading causes of disability, and, if left unmanaged, it can increase
the risk for suicide. The evidence base on the determinants of depression is fragmented …

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

Expectations are a central maintaining mechanism in mental disorders and most
psychological treatments aim to directly or indirectly modify clinically relevant expectations …

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 …

Cognitive approaches to depression have benefitted from recent research on belief
updating, examining how new information is used to alter beliefs. This review presents …

Background: The cognitive model of depression was highly stimulating for a better
understanding and development of treatment for depression. However, the concept of …

BackgroundResearch has revealed that negative expectations impact depressive
symptoms. However, research on the change of dysfunctional expectations in depression is …

When people receive feedback from others, this is an opportunity for them to update their
self-views. People with mental health problems (eg, depression), however, often have …

Previous research on expectation updating in relation to psychopathology used to treat
expectation-confirming information and expectation-disconfirming information as binary …