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Neuroimaging for psychotherapy research: current trends.

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Weingarten, Carol P., Strauman, Timothy J.·2015·Psychotherapy Research

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OBJECTIVE: This article reviews neuroimaging studies that inform psychotherapy research. An introduction to neuroimaging methods is provided as background for the increasingly sophisticated breadth of methods and findings appearing in psychotherapy research. METHOD: We compiled and assessed a comprehensive list of neuroimaging studies of psychotherapy outcome, along with selected examples of other types of studies that also are relevant to psychotherapy research. We emphasized magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) since it is the dominant neuroimaging modality in psychological research. RESULTS: We summarize findings from neuroimaging studies of psychotherapy outcome, including treatment for depression, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and schizophrenia. CONCLUSIONS: The increasing use of neuroimaging methods in the study of psychotherapy continues to refine our understanding of both outcome and process. We suggest possible directions for future neuroimaging studies in psychotherapy research.

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  • Psychotherapy research to date has only considered the patient's brain as the locus of therapeutic effects.

    “This is a fundamentally new perspective because psychotherapy research to date has only considered the patient’s brain as the locus of therapeutic effects (Etkin et al., 2005; Beauregard, 2014; Weingarten and Strauman, 2015).”

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    The selective review of psychotherapy effects describes studies measuring brain changes after treatment, and the Future Studies section says almost all earlier brain-imaging studies of interpersonal interactions examined one person alone. But the paper does not establish that all psychotherapy research considered only the patient’s brain as the locus of therapeutic effects; it discusses patient–therapist interactions and proposes imaging both people. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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Authors
Weingarten, C. P., & Strauman, T. J.
Affiliations
Duke University (US)
Corresponding author
Weingarten, Carol P.
Venue
Psychotherapy Research
Published
2014-02-17
Volume
25
Issue
2
Pages
185-213
ISSN
  • 1050-3307 (ISSN-L)
  • 1468-4381
OpenAlex
W2164344705
Cited by
81
References
215
Citations by year
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FWCI
9.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Psychotherapy Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • DukeSpace (Duke University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
National Institutes of Health (R01DA031579, R01-NS074045)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Keywords
neuroimaging, psychotherapy outcome, treatment response, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, schizophrenia, magnetic resonance imaging, treatment process
MeSH terms
Depression, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Psychotherapy, Schizophrenia, Treatment Outcome, Neuroimaging

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