Persisting negative thoughts are considered a hallmark of depression. Recent information-
processing approaches have begun to uncover underlying mechanisms of depressive …

Background: Recent insights into the role of the human microbiota in cognitive and affective
functioning have led to the hypothesis that probiotic supplementation may act as an adjuvant …

This acclaimed work has introduced tens of thousands of clinicians to mindfulness-based
cognitive therapy (MBCT) for depression, an 8-week program with proven effectiveness …

This study evaluated mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), a group intervention
designed to train recovered recurrently depressed patients to disengage from dysphoria …

Emotion dysregulation has long been thought to be a vulnerability factor for mood disorders.
However, there have been few empirical tests of this idea. In this study, we tested the …

Mentalizing, the fundamental human capacity to understand behavior in relation to mental
states such as thoughts and feelings, is the basis of healthy relationships and self …

Of the many conceptual distinctions present in psychology today, the approach-avoidance
distinction stands out as one of, if not the, most fundamental and basic. The distinction …

Essays written by currently-depressed, formerly-depressed, and never-depressed college
students were examined for differences in language that might shed light on the cognitive …

Metacognitive awareness is a cognitive set in which negative thoughts/feelings are
experienced as mental events, rather than as the self. The authors hypothesized that (a) …