Behavioral Activation for Depression

Kanter, Jonathan W.; Bowe, William M.; Baruch, David E.; Busch, Andrew M.

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“…The greater impact of positive memories might be particularly pronounced in healthy individuals (as in our sample) because they tend to have a positively biased view of themselves and their past, favoring the retrieval of positive memories (Hitchcock, Rees, & Dalgleish, 2017). Furthermore, sad or depressed affective states might be symptomatic for behavioral deactivation (Dimidjian, Martell, Addis, & Herman-Dunn, 2008) and therefore elicit weaker action tendencies or even decrease motivational drive. These ideas challenge the common tendency of psychological research that regard negative emotions as a more potent motivator while positive emotions are often regarded as less important for cognitive processes and behavior (Fredrickson, 1998).…”

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Reliving emotional memories: Episodic recollection elicits affective psychophysiological responses

Duken¹,

Neumayer²,

Kindt³

et al. 2021

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Episodic recollection allows people to vividly re-experience past events. The remembered information can then inform and guide behavior in the present, especially in the case of emotional events. One way to fulfill this adaptive memory function might be through psychophysiological responses that signal desirable and undesirable outcomes and thereby motivate behavior. However, it remains unknown whether the recollection of past emotional experiences can indeed re-elicit corresponding affective psychophysiological responses. We addressed this question in two experiments (N1 = 48, N2 = 41). Young adults watched positive, negative, and neutral movie clips. One day later, they were instructed to remember these episodes. To index the psychophysiological expression of positive and negative affect, we measured smiling (zygomaticus major) and frowning (corrugator supercilii) responses, respectively. Results revealed that participants smiled more when remembering positive compared to neutral and negative memories. Moreover, they frowned more when remembering negative compared to positive but not neutral memories. Interestingly, the intensity of smiling or frowning during remembering was not related to the intensity during the original experience. Our results suggest that affective psychophysiological responses might play a crucial role in the adaptive function of episodic memories. Therefore, future studies on emotional episodic memory could benefit from incorporating psychophysiological indices.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 86%

Reliving emotional memories: Episodic recollection elicits affective psychophysiological responses

Duken¹,

Neumayer²,

Kindt³

et al. 2021

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“…Behavioural activation will be practised according to Kanter’s Behavioral Activation for Depression . 42 Behavioural activation as the core intervention allows for uniformity across participants yet enough flexibility for the actual components of behavioural activation to be individually adapted based on patient preferences. In addition to the core components of behavioural activation ( table 1 ), study participants in collaboration with their perioperative wellness partner will be able to adapt the intervention by choosing activities, per their preference, with demonstrated benefit in improving depression and anxiety symptoms in older surgical patients.…”

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“…Figure 2 presents a model of behavioural activation for surgery. Behavioural activation will be practised according to Kanter’s Behavioral Activation for Depression 42. Behavioural activation as the core intervention allows for uniformity across participants yet enough flexibility for the actual components of behavioural activation to be individually adapted based on patient preferences.…”

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Perioperative mental health intervention bundle for older surgical patients: protocol for an intervention development and feasibility study

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IntroductionThe perioperative period is high risk for older adults. Depression and anxiety are common perioperative problems, frequently coexisting with cognitive impairment. Older patients with these conditions are more likely than younger patients to experience postoperative delirium, long hospital stays, poor quality of life and rehospitalisation. These experiences can, in turn, exacerbate anxiety and depressive symptoms. Despite these risks, little is known about how to treat perioperative anxiety and depression among older adults.Methods and analysisWe designed a feasibility study of a perioperative mental health intervention bundle to improve perioperative mental health, specifically depression and anxiety. The overarching goals of this study are twofold: first, to adapt and refine an intervention bundle comprised of behavioural activation and medication optimisation to meet the needs of older adults within three surgical patient populations (ie, orthopaedic, oncological and cardiac); and second, to test the feasibility of study procedures and intervention bundle implementation. Quantitative data on clinical outcomes such as depression, anxiety, quality of life, delirium, falls, length of stay, hospitalisation and pain will be collected and tabulated for descriptive purposes. A hybrid inductive–deductive thematic approach will be employed to analyse qualitative feedback from key stakeholders.Ethics and disseminationThe study received approval from the Washington University Institutional Review Board. Results of this study will be presented in peer-reviewed journals, at professional conferences, and to our perioperative mental health advisory board.Trial registration numberNCT05110690.

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Applying a Process-Oriented Model of Cultural Competence to Behavioral Activation for Depression

Santos

Nagy

Kanter

et al. 2021

Cognitive and Behavioral Practice

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Behavioral Activation for Depression

Cited by 4 publications

References 28 publications

Reliving emotional memories: Episodic recollection elicits affective psychophysiological responses

Reliving emotional memories: Episodic recollection elicits affective psychophysiological responses

Perioperative mental health intervention bundle for older surgical patients: protocol for an intervention development and feasibility study

Applying a Process-Oriented Model of Cultural Competence to Behavioral Activation for Depression

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