Research published in International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHP

Investigating the acceptability and validity of a novel VR paradigm that simulates auditory hallucinations.

International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHP 2026 Donagh Seaver O'Leary, Pat Mulvaney, Laura Moore et al.

There is a growing use of Virtual Reality (VR) technologies in psychosis research and intervention. Validated VR simulations of psychotic-like experience have the potential to allow controlled manipulation of stimuli, reproducibility, and to isolate mechanisms of change in an ethical research framework. Although initial developments appear to be safe, qualitative reporting of participants'...

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2026.100694 Full text Acceptability Auditory hallucinations Heart rate variability Mixed-methods +4

Imagery Rehearsal Therapy (IRT) is associated with reduced nightmare severity and depressive, anxiety and suicidal symptoms in adults with Major Depressive Episode.

International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHP 2026 Julia Maruani, Nathan Martins, Emmanuelle Clerici et al.

Nightmare Disorder characterized by recurrent dysphoric dreams is strongly associated with major depressive episodes (MDE) and suicidal risk. Imagery rehearsal therapy (IRT) is the standard treatment for nightmares, but its effectiveness in individuals with MDE remain understudied. This study evaluated whether IRT is associated with greater improvement in nightmare symptoms compared to sleep...

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100658 Full text Controlled study Suicidal ideation

Effects of mindfulness-based interventions on cognitive impairment in patients with cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHP 2025 Shuqin Jiang, Yaoyao Sun, Lixiang Yu et al. 9 citations

Cognitive impairment has been widely reported among cancer survivors, significantly impacting their quality of life. Mindfulness interventions are increasingly used to alleviate cognitive impairment in patients with cancer. This study aimed to assess the effects of mindfulness interventions on cognitive impairment in patients with cancer post-intervention and at follow-up. Up until February...

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100576 Full text Cognitive impairment Meta-analysis Mindfulness interventions Quality of life +8

A qualitative examination of sanctification: Sources and varieties of appraisals of sacredness.

International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHP 2025 Elizabeth J Krumrei-Mancuso, Janet P Trammell, Jennifer A Harriger et al.

Most mental health professionals are expected to have some basic competency in religious and spiritual issues. Such competency includes knowledge about the role of religion/spirituality in people's lives, particularly as it relates to mental health. The current research explored people's cognitive appraisals of sanctification, by which individuals interpret stimuli to be sacred. To gain a...

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100578 Full text Cognitive appraisal Emotion Religion Sacred +3

A randomized clinical trial of mindfulness training versus a health promotion program: Impact on cognitive and mental health in older immigrants.

International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHP 2025 Ana C Teixeira-Santos, Leandro Gomes, Diana R Pereira et al.

Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) has shown benefits for cognition and stress relief. Enhancing these functions may have a protective role in vulnerable populations, particularly older immigrants who face a higher risk of neurodegenerative disease. However, whether MBSR can have positive effects on cognitive and affective functions in these populations remains understudied. This trial...

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100642 Full text Cognition Health promotion program Immigrant health Mental health +2

Distress tolerance as a mediator of mindfulness-based intervention for anxiety and depression: Evidence from two randomized controlled trials.

International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHP 2024 Yanjuan Li, Mengyao He, Zhenzhen Wang et al. 18 citations

We aimed to investigate whether distress tolerance mediated the effects of mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) on anxiety and depression with two randomized controlled studies. In Study 1, 374 participants with at least moderate emotional distress were randomized to an intervention group (N = 174) and a waitlist control group (N = 173). Mindfulness, distress tolerance, anxiety, and depression...

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2024.100445 Full text Anxiety Depression Distress tolerance Mechanism +1

Mindfulness-based intervention reduce interference of negative stimuli to working memory in individuals with subclinical depression: A randomized controlled fMRI study.

International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHP 2024 Chengjin Hong, Cody Ding, Yiwen Chen et al. 6 citations

Individuals with subclinical depression are prone to major depression and experience emotional responses and attentional biases to negative stimuli. In a randomized controlled study (N = 42) using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), we examined the neurocognitive mechanisms behind mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) combining loving-kindness meditation (LKM) on a group with...

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2024.100459 Full text Executive function Loving kindness meditation Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy Negative stimuli +1

Phenomenological memory characteristics and impact of near-death experience in critically ill survivors: Observations at discharge and after a 1-year follow-up.

International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHP 2024 Charlotte Martial, Pauline Fritz, Héléna Cassol et al. 3 citations

It is not rare that intensive care unit (ICU) patients report unusual subjective experiences, ranging from a feeling of harmony with the environment to complex phenomena such as near-death experience (NDE). This 1-year follow-up study investigates the characteristics and potential global impact of the NDE memories recalled by ICU survivors. We prospectively enrolled 126 adult survivors of a...

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2024.100478 Full text Near-death experience Phenomenology Critical illness Haut du formulaire +2

Examining efficacy and potential mechanisms of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for anxiety and stress reduction among college students in a cluster-randomized controlled trial.

International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHP 2024 Oksana K Ellison, Lauren E Bullard, Gloria K Lee et al.

The pervasiveness of anxiety and stress among college students necessitates the investigation of potential alternative and accessible interventions which can be implemented into existing curricular and student-support programming to improve students' mental health. Mindfulness based cognitive therapy (MBCT) smartphone applications have shown promising outcomes in alleviating anxiety and stress....

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2024.100514 Full text Cognitive restructuring Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy Negative automatic thoughts

The (In)flexible self: Psychopathology, mindfulness, and neuroscience.

International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHP 2023 Fabio Giommi, Prisca R. Bauer, Aviva Berkovich-Ohana et al. 70 citations

Clinical and neuroscientific evidence indicates that transdiagnostic processes contribute to the generation and maintenance of psychopathological symptoms and disorders. Rigidity (inflexibility) appears a core feature of most transdiagnostic pathological processes. Decreasing rigidity may prove important to restore and maintain mental health. One of the primary domains in which rigidity and...

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2023.100381 Full text Cognitive neuroscience Neuroimaging Rigidity Transdiagnostic processes

Seeking the Psilocybiome: Psychedelics meet the microbiota-gut-brain axis.

International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHP 2023 John R. Kelly, Gerard Clarke, Andrew Harkin et al. 33 citations

Moving towards a systems psychiatry paradigm embraces the inherent complex interactions across all levels from micro to macro and necessitates an integrated approach to treatment. Cortical 5-HT2A receptors are key primary targets for the effects of serotonergic psychedelics. However, the therapeutic mechanisms underlying psychedelic therapy are complex and traverse molecular, cellular, and...

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2022.100349 Full text Psilocybin LSD Dimethyltryptamine DMT Microbiota-gut-brain axis +7

Dreaming during a pandemic: Low incorporation of COVID-19-specific themes and lucidity in dreams of psychiatric patients and healthy controls.

International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHP 2023 Judith Koppehele-Gossel, Lena-Marie Weinmann, Ansgar Klimke et al. 5 citations

The present study examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the emotional quality of dreams, the incorporation of pandemic-related themes, and the occurrence of lucid dreaming. Dream reports and lucidity ratings of psychiatric outpatients (n = 30) and healthy controls (n = 81) during two lockdowns in Germany were compared to those of healthy controls (n = 33) before the pandemic. Results...

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2022.100364 Full text Dreaming Covid-19 Dream incorporation Loneliness +1

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