ATOPIC-DERMATITIS - EXPRESSED EMOTION AND INTERACTION WITH RELATIVES by Ehlers, A, Krayer, W, Gieler, U

Social anxiety and attention away from emotional faces by Mansell, W, Clark, D, Ehlers, A, Chen, Y

“…The results indicated that, compared to low socially anxious individuals, high socially anxious individuals show an attentional bias away from emotional (positive and negative) faces but this effect is only observed under conditions of social-evaluative threat. …”

Intrusive memories in perpetrators of violent crime: emotions and cognitions. by Evans, C, Ehlers, A, Mezey, G, Clark, D

“…In a logistic regression analysis, the cognitive and emotional variables explained substantial variance over and above demographic factors. …”

Does rumination mediate the relationship between emotion regulation ability and posttraumatic stress disorder? by Ehring, T, Ehlers, A

“…The current study aimed to explore the hypothesis that low emotion regulation ability underlies trauma-related rumination. …”

A randomized controlled trial of 7-day intensive and standard weekly cognitive therapy for PTSD and emotion-focused supportive therapy. by Ehlers, A, Hackmann, A, Grey, N, Wild, J, Liness, S, Albert, I, Deale, A, Stott, R, Clark, D

“…METHOD: Patients with chronic PTSD (N=121) were randomly allocated to 7-day intensive cognitive therapy for PTSD, 3 months of standard weekly cognitive therapy, 3 months of weekly emotion-focused supportive therapy, or a 14-week waiting list condition. …”

Mindsets in social anxiety: a new look at selective information processing. by Hiemisch, A, Ehlers, A, Westermann, R

“…Gollwitzer, 1996), Motivation, volition, and action, Enzyclopedia of psychology, series "motivation and emotion", Vol. 4, Hogrefe, Göttingen, 1996, pp. 531-582), different stages in goal pursuit are accompanied by different mindsets that enhance processing of mindset-congruous information. …”

Effects of psychotherapies for posttraumatic stress disorder on sleep disturbances: Results from a randomized clinical trial. by Woodward, E, Hackmann, A, Wild, J, Grey, N, Clark, DM, Ehlers, A

“…Self-reported sleep was assessed during a randomized controlled trial (Ehlers et al., 2014) comparing CT-PTSD (delivered weekly or intensively over 7-days) with emotion-focused supportive therapy, and a waitlist. …”

A new perspective and assessment measure for common dissociative experiences: ‘Felt Sense of Anomaly’ by Cernis, E, Beierl, E, Molodynski, A, Ehlers, A, Freeman, D

“…Factor analysis of online responses found that FSA-dissociation manifested in seven ways: anomalous experiences of the self, body, and emotion, and altered senses of familiarity, connection, agency, and reality (Χ2(553)=4989.435, p<0.001, CFI=0.929, TLI=0.924, RMSEA=0.052, SRMR=0.047). …”

The nature of intrusive memories after trauma: the warning signal hypothesis. by Ehlers, A, Hackmann, A, Steil, R, Clohessy, S, Wenninger, K, Winter, H

“…Intrusive memories commonly consisted of stimuli that were present immediately before the traumatic event happened or shortly before the moments that had the largest emotional impact (i.e., when the meaning of the event became more traumatic). …”

Psychological predictors of chronic posttraumatic stress disorder after motor vehicle accidents. by Ehlers, A, Mayou, R, Bryant, B

“…Rumination, anger cognitions, injury severity, and prior emotional problems identified cases of delayed onset.…”

Do acute psychological and psychobiological responses to trauma predict subsequent symptom severities of PTSD and depression? by Ehring, T, Ehlers, A, Cleare, A, Glucksman, E

“…Lower levels of salivary cortisol measured in the emergency room predicted greater symptom levels of PTSD and depression 6 months later, and lower diastolic blood pressure, past emotional problems, greater dissociation and data-driven processing predicted greater PTSD symptoms. …”

Maintenance of intrusive memories in posttraumatic stress disorder: a cognitive approach. by Ehlers, A, Steil, R

“…Intrusive recollections are very common immediately after traumatic events and are considered necessary aspects of emotional processing. However, if these intrusive recollections persist over a long time, they are linked to long-term psychiatric disorder, especially Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). …”

Does Early Psychological Intervention Promote Recovery From Posttraumatic Stress? by McNally, R, Bryant, R, Ehlers, A

“…Typically developing in response to horrific, life-threatening events, such as combat, rape, and earthquakes, PTSD is characterized by reexperiencing symptoms (e.g., intrusive recollections of the trauma, nightmares), emotional numbing and avoidance of reminders of the trauma, and hyperarousal (e.g., exaggerated startle, difficulty sleeping). …”

Patients with generalized social phobia direct their attention away from faces. by Chen, Y, Ehlers, A, Clark, D, Mansell, W

“…The experiment tested whether patients with social phobia direct their attention to or away from faces with a range of emotional expressions. A modified dot probe paradigm (J. …”

Amnesia for violent crime among young offenders. by Evans, C, Mezey, G, Ehlers, A

“…Amnesia was associated with high alcohol intake, emotional ties to the victim, and cognitive processing during the assault. …”

Ten misconceptions about trauma-focused CBT for PTSD by Murray, H, Grey, N, Warnock-Parkes, E, Kerr, A, Wild, J, Clark, D, Ehlers, A

“…These included misconceptions about the suitability of the treatment for some types of trauma and/or emotions, the need for stabilisation prior to memory work, the danger of ‘retraumatising’ patients with memory-focused work, the risks of using memory-focused techniques with patients who dissociate, the remote use of trauma-focused techniques, and the perception of trauma-focused CBT as inflexible. …”

Rumination in posttraumatic stress disorder. by Michael, T, Halligan, S, Clark, D, Ehlers, A

“…Certain characteristics of rumination, such as compulsion to continue ruminating, occurrence of unproductive thoughts, and "why" and "what if" type questions, as well as negative emotions before and after rumination, were significantly associated with PTSD, concurrently and prospectively. …”

Characteristics and content of intrusive memories in PTSD and their changes with treatment. by Hackmann, A, Ehlers, A, Speckens, A, Clark, D

“…s (2002) hypothesis that intrusive memories are usually of warning stimuli that signalled the moments with the greatest emotional impact. The results were consistent with this hypothesis.…”

Low Recognition of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Primary Care. by Ehlers, A, Gene-Cos, N, Perrin, S

“…Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common and disabling disorder that develops as a consequence of traumatic events and is characterised by distressing re-experiencing of parts of the trauma, avoidance of reminders, emotional numbing and hyperarousal. The NICE guidelines for PTSD (2005) recommend trauma-focused psychological therapy as the first-line treatment. …”

The role of rumination and reduced concreteness in the maintenance of posttraumatic stress disorder and depression following trauma by Ehring, T, Frank, S, Ehlers, A

“…The results support the view that rumination is an important maintaining factor of trauma-related emotional disorders. © 2007 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.…”