[HTML][HTML] Virtual reality in the diagnostic and therapy for mental disorders: A systematic review

A Wiebe, K Kannen, B Selaskowski, A Mehren… - Clinical Psychology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Virtual reality (VR) technologies are playing an increasingly important role in
the diagnostics and treatment of mental disorders. Objective To systematically review the …

Monocyte trafficking to the brain with stress and inflammation: a novel axis of immune-to-brain communication that influences mood and behavior

ES Wohleb, DB McKim, JF Sheridan… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
HIGHLIGHTS Psychological stress activates neuroendocrine pathways that alter immune
responses. Stress-induced alterations in microglia phenotype and monocyte priming leads …

The revised Green et al., Paranoid Thoughts Scale (R-GPTS): psychometric properties, severity ranges, and clinical cut-offs

D Freeman, BS Loe, D Kingdon, H Startup… - Psychological …, 2021 - cambridge.org
BackgroundThe Green et al., Paranoid Thoughts Scale (GPTS)–comprising two 16-item
scales assessing ideas of reference (Part A) and ideas of persecution (Part B)–was …

Persecutory delusions: a cognitive perspective on understanding and treatment

D Freeman - The Lancet Psychiatry, 2016 - thelancet.com
A spectrum of severity of paranoia (unfounded thoughts that others are deliberately
intending to cause harm) exists within the general population. This is unsurprising: deciding …

Advances in understanding and treating persecutory delusions: a review

D Freeman, P Garety - Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 2014 - Springer
Purpose Persecutory delusions are a central psychotic experience, at the severe end of a
paranoia spectrum in the general population. The aim of the review is to provide an …

Effects of cognitive behaviour therapy for worry on persecutory delusions in patients with psychosis (WIT): a parallel, single-blind, randomised controlled trial with a …

D Freeman, G Dunn, H Startup, K Pugh… - The Lancet …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Background Worry might be a contributory causal factor in the occurrence of persecutory
delusions in patients with psychotic disorders. Therefore we postulated that reducing worry …

The AURORA Study: a longitudinal, multimodal library of brain biology and function after traumatic stress exposure

SA McLean, K Ressler, KC Koenen, T Neylan… - Molecular …, 2020 - nature.com
Adverse posttraumatic neuropsychiatric sequelae (APNS) are common among civilian
trauma survivors and military veterans. These APNS, as traditionally classified, include …

[HTML][HTML] The role of sleep dysfunction in the occurrence of delusions and hallucinations: a systematic review

S Reeve, B Sheaves, D Freeman - Clinical psychology review, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Sleep dysfunction is extremely common in patients with schizophrenia. Recent
research indicates that sleep dysfunction may contribute to psychotic experiences such as …

Efficacy of cognitive behavioural therapy for sleep improvement in patients with persistent delusions and hallucinations (BEST): a prospective, assessor-blind …

D Freeman, F Waite, H Startup, E Myers… - The Lancet …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Background Sleep disturbance occurs in most patients with delusions or hallucinations and
should be treated as a clinical problem in its own right. However, cognitive behavioural …

Peripheral and central effects of repeated social defeat stress: monocyte trafficking, microglial activation, and anxiety

BF Reader, BL Jarrett, DB McKim, ES Wohleb… - Neuroscience, 2015 - Elsevier
The development and exacerbation of depression and anxiety are associated with exposure
to repeated psychosocial stress. Stress is known to affect the bidirectional communication …