The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on psychological treatments research in tomorrow's science

EA Holmes, A Ghaderi, CJ Harmer… - The Lancet …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Psychological treatments occupy an important place in evidence-based mental
health treatments. Now is an exciting time to fuel treatment research: a pressing demand for …

On doing relevant and rigorous experiments: Review and recommendations

S Lonati, BF Quiroga, C Zehnder, J Antonakis - Journal of Operations …, 2018 - Elsevier
Although experiments are the gold standard for establishing causality, several threats can
undermine the internal validity of experimental findings. In this article, we first discuss these …

Regression-based statistical mediation and moderation analysis in clinical research: Observations, recommendations, and implementation

AF Hayes, NJ Rockwood - Behaviour research and therapy, 2017 - Elsevier
There have been numerous treatments in the clinical research literature about various
design, analysis, and interpretation considerations when testing hypotheses about …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of improving sleep on mental health (OASIS): a randomised controlled trial with mediation analysis

D Freeman, B Sheaves, GM Goodwin, LM Yu… - The Lancet …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background Sleep difficulties might be a contributory causal factor in the occurrence of
mental health problems. If this is true, improving sleep should benefit psychological health …

Common methodological mistakes

JN Wulff, GB Sajons, G Pogrebna, S Lonati… - The Leadership …, 2023 - Elsevier
For scientific discoveries to be valid—whether in theory or empirically—a phenomenon must
be accurately described: The scientist must use appropriate counterfactuals and eliminate …

Advances in mediation analysis: A survey and synthesis of new developments

KJ Preacher - Annual review of psychology, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Mediation processes are fundamental to many classic and emerging theoretical paradigms
within psychology. Innovative methods continue to be developed to address the diverse …

Beyond linear mediation: Toward a dynamic network approach to study treatment processes

SG Hofmann, JE Curtiss, SC Hayes - Clinical Psychology Review, 2020 - Elsevier
Few clinical scientists would disagree that more research is needed on the underlying
mechanisms and processes of change in psychological therapies. In the dominant current …

[BUCH][B] Mendelian randomization: methods for using genetic variants in causal estimation

S Burgess, SG Thompson - 2015 - books.google.com
Presents the Terminology and Methods of Mendelian Randomization for Epidemiological
StudiesMendelian randomization uses genetic instrumental variables to make inferences …

[BUCH][B] Planning health promotion programs: an intervention map** approach

LKB Eldredge, CM Markham, RAC Ruiter… - 2016 - books.google.com
The Intervention Map** bible, updated with new theory, trends, and cases Planning
Health Promotion Programs is the" bible" of the field, guiding students and practitioners …

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 …