Slow down and be critical before using early warning signals in psychopathology

MA Helmich, MJ Schreuder, LF Bringmann… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Early warning signals are considered to be generic indicators of a system's accumulating
instability and 'critical slowing down'prior to substantial and abrupt transitions between …

The exponentially weighted moving average procedure for detecting changes in intensive longitudinal data in psychological research in real-time: A tutorial …

AC Smit, E Schat, E Ceulemans - Assessment, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Affect, behavior, and severity of psychopathological symptoms do not remain static
throughout the life of an individual, but rather they change over time. Since the rise of the …

Monitoring emotional intensity and variability to forecast depression recurrence in real time in remitted adults.

MJ Schreuder, E Schat, AC Smit, E Snippe… - Journal of Consulting …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: Recurrent depressive episodes are preceded by changing mean levels of
repeatedly assessed emotions (eg, feeling restless), which can be detected in real time …

Risk ahead: Actigraphy-based early-warning signals of increases in depressive symptoms during antidepressant discontinuation

YK Kunkels, AC Smit, O Minaeva… - Clinical …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Antidepressant discontinuation increases the risk of experiencing depressive symptoms. In a
repeated single-subject design, we tested whether transitions in depression were preceded …

Individual-specific change points in circadian rest-activity rhythm and sleep in individuals tapering their antidepressant medication: an actigraphy study

O Minaeva, E Schat, E Ceulemans, YK Kunkels… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Group-level studies showed associations between depressive symptoms and circadian
rhythm elements, though whether these associations replicate at the within-person level …

Recurrence of depression can be foreseen by monitoring mental states with statistical process control.

E Snippe, AC Smit, P Kuppens, H Burger… - … and clinical science, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Detecting early signs of recurrence of psychopathology is key for prevention and treatment.
Personalized risk assessment is especially relevant for formerly depressed patients, for …

Introduction to the special section:“Methodologies and considerations for meaningful change”

A Trigg, WR Lenderking, JR Boehnke - Quality of Life Research, 2023 - Springer
The determination of what constitutes a 'meaningful change'on a health outcome measure
remains controversial in both methodological and applied research. Motivated by the …

Monitoring momentary subjective well-being and psychotic experiences during antipsychotic dose reduction: Two single-case time series experience sampling …

PP Oomen, CJP Simons… - Psychiatric …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: Personalized dose optimization is desirable to improve subjective well-being and
support rehabilitation. Therefore, N= 1 trials investigating tools to self-manage functional …

Assessing and accounting for measurement in intensive longitudinal studies: current practices, considerations, and avenues for improvement

LVDE Vogelsmeier, J Jongerling, E Maassen - Quality of Life Research, 2024 - Springer
Purpose Intensive longitudinal studies, in which participants complete questionnaires
multiple times a day over an extended period, are increasingly popular in the social …

[HTML][HTML] The use of Experience Sampling Method in psychopharmacological studies: a systematic review

D Quadackers, F Bos, A Hovenkamp-Hermelink… - Psychiatry …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Experience Sampling Method (ESM) is increasingly used to validate and
assess treatment effects. We conducted a systematic review to update, and extend, the …