Invited commentary on … Confusing procedures with process in cognitive bias modification research^†

Ioana A Cristea¹, Robin N Kok², Pim Cuijpers²

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¹ Ioana A. Cristea, PhD, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA; Robin N. Kok, MSc, Department of Psychology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, and Centre for Innovative Medical Technology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, and Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Pim Cuijpers, PhD, Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands ioana.cristea@ubbcluj.ro.
² Ioana A. Cristea, PhD, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA; Robin N. Kok, MSc, Department of Psychology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, and Centre for Innovative Medical Technology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, and Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Pim Cuijpers, PhD, Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

PMID: 29092836
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.117.200972

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Invited commentary on … Confusing procedures with process in cognitive bias modification research^†

Ioana A Cristea et al. Br J Psychiatry. 2017 Nov.

. 2017 Nov;211(5):272-273.

doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.117.200972.

Authors

Ioana A Cristea¹, Robin N Kok², Pim Cuijpers²

Affiliations

¹ Ioana A. Cristea, PhD, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA; Robin N. Kok, MSc, Department of Psychology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, and Centre for Innovative Medical Technology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, and Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Pim Cuijpers, PhD, Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands ioana.cristea@ubbcluj.ro.
² Ioana A. Cristea, PhD, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA; Robin N. Kok, MSc, Department of Psychology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, and Centre for Innovative Medical Technology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, and Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Pim Cuijpers, PhD, Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

PMID: 29092836
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.117.200972

Abstract

The notion that cognitive bias modification should be appraised exclusively on the basis of trials where its postulated mechanisms were successfully changed starkly contradicts the standards of evidence-based psychotherapy. In the laboratory or as a treatment, cognitive bias modification cannot continue to eschew the rigorous scrutiny applied to other interventions.

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Confusing procedures with process when appraising the impact of cognitive bias modification on emotional vulnerability^†.
Grafton B, MacLeod C, Rudaizky D, Holmes EA, Salemink E, Fox E, Notebaert L. Grafton B, et al. Br J Psychiatry. 2017 Nov;211(5):266-271. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.115.176123. Br J Psychiatry. 2017. PMID: 29092835

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