Research

Stay ahead of the research without drowning in it. bridge distills the latest mental health theory and research into concise, clinician-friendly summaries — so you get what matters, fast.

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How to help clients reduce anger in therapy

A longstanding belief stemming from the days of Freud contends that venting about deeply repressed emotions provides a sense of...
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How to help clients reduce anger in therapy

Happiness research studies: Can we be happy about them?

How can we not be happy about happiness research studies? This research finds all sorts of benefits from happiness and...
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Happiness research studies: Can we be happy about them?

Case conceptualization: How to choose which therapy, when.

There’s a tendency for many therapy theories to claim they work for all types of suffering. A number of evidence-based...
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Case conceptualization: How to choose which therapy, when.

Does the body really keep the score? Sort of, but not really.

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The body “keeping score” of traumatic reactions has become a popular idea. The idea is that reactions to traumatic events...
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Does the body really keep the score? Sort of, but not really.

How to regulate emotion: Why we can’t tell people to feel less

We certainly can regulate our emotions. Mountains of research from the last 30 years finds that this is indeed possible...
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How to regulate emotion: Why we can’t tell people to feel less

New positive emotions treatment: Less anxiety and depression

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We often think of positive emotions as helping psychological health or wellness in a general sense. Who doesn’t want to...
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New positive emotions treatment: Less anxiety and depression

Why are people so convinced they are right?

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I’m sure we have all seen it in life and in the therapy room: people just dead set and convinced...
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Why are people so convinced they are right?

Thought suppression is not the same as emotion suppression

David Wegner’s famous “White Bear” experiment is arguably one of the most intriguing findings in all of psychology and mental...
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Thought suppression is not the same as emotion suppression

Research Findings in Mental Health

One T for trauma?

Some have started to use the terms “Big T” vs “little t” to describe traumatic stress reactions like PTSD vs...
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One T for trauma?

Attentional bias: A big culprit

Many of us have a tendency to focus more on negative experiences than positive or neutral ones. Researchers have consistently...
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Attentional bias: A big culprit

Good vs bad: Bad is stronger than good

When it comes good vs bad, we are not saying that negative experiences are “better” or that evil wins over...
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Good vs bad: Bad is stronger than good

“I think I have early-onset Alzheimer’s.”

“I can’t remember anything these days! I must have early-onset Alzheimer’s….” It is not uncommon to hear clients wonder whether...
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“I think I have early-onset Alzheimer’s.”

Is Adult ADHD real? Controversies and pitfalls

ADHD has affected many adults. But the concept of adult ADHD is actually controversial among researchers and neuropsychologists. This is...
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Is Adult ADHD real? Controversies and pitfalls

Never suppress?? Suppressing emotion and context

Never suppress your emotions? Giving clients the maxim “never suppress” is a behavior we may need to suppress. A lot...
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Never suppress?? Suppressing emotion and context

Processing grief: Prolonged grief disorder and DSM-5-TR

Prolonged grief disorder is now a diagnosis in the new DSM-5-TR. So how cool are you to get to be...
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Processing grief: Prolonged grief disorder and DSM-5-TR

Myths of catharsis and emotional venting

The modern conceptualization of catharsis originated from Freud, Breuer, and their other colleagues. They described the process of “abreation” (the...
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Myths of catharsis and emotional venting

Prolonged exposure therapy training for PTSD

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Trauma and PTSD following a discrete traumatic event(s) is something the mental health field does well in treating. Mountains of...
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Prolonged exposure therapy training for PTSD

Types of narcissism: It’s not so cut and dry.

Narcissism has become a popular framework to explain behavior that appears dominant in workplaces and maladaptive or harmful in relationships...
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Types of narcissism: It’s not so cut and dry.

Bloody Depression! A blood test for depression??

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Researchers at Indiana University have developed a blood test to identify depression and bipolar disorders. It is thought to have...
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Bloody Depression! A blood test for depression??

“Trauma-informed care”: Roots and directions

Many now refer to “trauma-informed care” as any assessment or intervention that acknowledges the possibility of a traumatic event(s). It...
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“Trauma-informed care”: Roots and directions

Psychedelic assisted therapy: All the rage.

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There is no doubt that people who experience depression, anxiety, PTSD, and a number of other conditions can feel trapped...
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Psychedelic assisted therapy: All the rage.

VR shows promise for pain psychology

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Continued research has led chronic pain psychology and treatment to focus increasingly on cognitive-behavioral methods for managing pain (e.g., cognitive...
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VR shows promise for pain psychology

Brain inflammation and depression

Recent research has found that depression may constitute a response to inflammation in the brain. Inflammation happens when you get...
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Brain inflammation and depression

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