Distortions in the recollection of autobiographical memories are a transdiagnostic feature of
multiple mental health difficulties including mood, anxiety, stressor-related, eating and …

Several decades of research have established reduced autobiographical memory
specificity, or overgeneral memory, as an important cognitive factor associated with the risk …

Background A growing body of research highlights the limitations of traditional methods for
studying the process of change in psychotherapy. The science of complex systems offers a …

Depression is the major cause of disability globally. Apart from lowered mood and
accompanying symptoms, it leads to cognitive impairment that altogether predicts …

Abstract Memory Specificity Training (MeST) is an intervention developed from basic
science that has found clinical utility. MeST uses cued recall exercises to target the difficulty …

In mentally healthy individuals, autobiographical memory is typically biased toward positive
events, which may help to maintain psychological well-being. Our aim was to assess a …

Background Treatment innovation for depressive symptoms in adolescence is urgently
needed. Adult research suggests interventions targeting underlying cognitive mechanisms …

Brief, evidence-based interventions for adolescent depression are urgently required,
particularly for school-settings. Cognitive mechanisms research suggests dysfunctional …

Background Increasing an individual's ability to focus on concrete, specific detail, thus
reducing the tendency toward overly broad, decontextualised generalisations about the self …

Autobiographical memory distortions are a key feature of posttraumatic stress disorder
(PTSD). In this proof-of-concept randomized controlled trial (N= 43), we evaluated an …