Repetitive
negative
thinking
(RNT)
is
a
transdiagnostic
construct
that
encompasses
rumination
and
worry,
yet
what
precisely
shared
between
worry
unclear.
To
clarify
this,
we
develop
meta-control
account
of
RNT.
Meta-control
refers
to
the
reinforcement
control
mental
behavior
via
similar
computations
as
reinforce
motor
behavior.
We
propose
are
coarse
terms
for
failure
in
meta-control,
just
tripping
falling
control.
delineate
four
stages
risk
factors
increasing
chance
at
each,
including
open-ended
thoughts
(stage
1),
individual
differences
influencing
subgoal
execution
2)
switching
3),
challenges
inherent
learning
adaptive
4).
Distinguishing
these
therefore
elucidates
diverse
processes
lead
same
excessive
Our
also
subsumes
prominent
clinical
accounts
RNT
into
computational
cognitive
neuroscience
framework.
Trends in Cognitive Sciences,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
28(6), P. 541 - 553
Published: Feb. 28, 2024
Anhedonia
is
a
reduction
in
enjoyment,
motivation,
or
interest.
It
common
across
mental
health
disorders
and
harbinger
of
poor
treatment
outcomes.
The
enjoyment
aspect,
termed
'consummatory
anhedonia',
particular
poses
fundamental
questions
about
how
the
brain
constructs
rewards:
what
processes
determine
intensely
reward
experienced?
Here,
we
outline
limitations
existing
computational
conceptualisations
consummatory
anhedonia.
We
then
suggest
richer
reinforcement
learning
(RL)
account
anhedonia
with
reconceptualisation
subjective
hedonic
experience
terms
goal
progress.
This
accounts
qualitatively
for
impact
stress,
dysfunctional
cognitions,
maladaptive
beliefs
on
experience.
model
also
offers
new
views
treatments
Frontiers in Psychiatry,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
14
Published: Dec. 22, 2023
We
found
that
neuroticism
may
be
identified
as
a
subclinical
manifestation
of
the
phenome
depression,
comprising
depressive
and
anxiety
symptoms,
suicidal
behaviors.
Rumination
is
positively
associated
with
depression
mediate
effects
on
depression.
This
study
aimed
to
determine
whether
rumination
or
its
components,
including
brooding
reflection,
or,
alternatively,
both
are
manifestations
Neuroscience Applied,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
3, P. 104064 - 104064
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Stress,
encompassing
psychological,
physical,
and
physiological
challenges,
is
an
important
factor
affecting
individual's
well-being
potentially
leading
to
psychiatric,
neurodegenerative,
immune,
metabolic
disorders.
However,
not
everyone
exposed
stress
develops
these
conditions,
highlighting
the
concept
of
resilience.
Resilience
a
dynamic
process
categorized
into
four
dimensions:
pre-existing
resilience
capacity,
ongoing
processes,
post-stress
outcomes,
recovery
from
psychopathologies.
These
dimensions
involve
genomic,
cellular,
systemic
interactions
influenced
by
genetic
factors,
early
life
experiences,
adult
experiences
in
addition
community/environmental
health
behaviors.
The
biological
response
encompasses
endocrine,
autonomic,
immunological,
behavioral
components,
modulated
stressor
characteristics
individual
traits.
Due
limitations
studying
humans,
translational
models
using
rodents
cell
cultures
are
essential.
Rodent
include
acute,
chronic,
traumatic
paradigms,
aiding
study
stress-related
molecular
outcomes.
Additionally,
models,
such
as
prenatal
maternal
separation,
provide
insights
developmental
impacts.
In
this
review,
first,
rodent
for
lifelong
exposure
will
be
summarized
considering
their
validity,
advantages,
limitations.
Subsequently,
overview
designed
enhance
capacity
rodents,
later
employed
outcomes
given.
Lastly,
focus
shifted
culture
iPSCs
models.
Finally,
future
considerations
focused
on
improving
used
discussed.
It
aimed
designs
access
more
effective
biomarkers
associated
with
Stress
complex
phenomena
various
spanning
levels.
Integrating
data
across
remains
crucial
unraveling
complexities
disorders
Cognitive Therapy and Research,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
48(5), P. 791 - 807
Published: June 24, 2024
Abstract
Background
Despite
impressive
dissemination
programs
of
best-practice
therapies,
clinical
psychology
faces
obstacles
in
developing
more
efficacious
treatments
for
mental
disorders.
In
contrast
to
other
medical
disciplines,
psychotherapy
has
made
only
slow
progress
improving
treatment
outcomes.
Improvements
the
classification
disorders
could
enhance
tailoring
improve
effectiveness.
We
introduce
a
multimodal
dynamical
network
approach,
address
some
challenges
faced
by
research.
These
include
absence
comprehensive
meta-theory,
comorbidity,
substantial
diagnostic
heterogeneity,
violations
ergodicity
assumptions,
and
limited
understanding
causal
processes.
Methods
Through
application
analysis,
we
describe
how
advance
research
addressing
central
problems
field.
By
utilizing
dynamic
analysis
techniques
(e.g.,
Group
Iterative
Multiple
Model
Estimation,
multivariate
Granger
causality),
measurements
(i.e.,
psychological,
psychopathological,
neurobiological
data),
intensive
longitudinal
data
collection
Ecological
Momentary
Assessment),
inference
methods
GIMME),
our
approach
comprehension
Under
umbrella
systems
e.g.,
graph
theory
control
theory,
aim
integrate
from
longitudinal,
measurements.
Results
The
enables
as
networks
interconnected
symptoms.
It
dismantles
artificial
boundaries,
facilitating
transdiagnostic
view
psychopathology.
integration
enhances
ability
identify
influential
nodes,
prioritize
interventions,
predict
impact
therapeutic
strategies.
Conclusion
proposed
psychological
providing
individualized
models
psychopathology
suggesting
individual
angles.
Psychological Medicine,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
55
Published: Jan. 1, 2025
Abstract
Repetitive
negative
thinking
(RNT)
is
a
transdiagnostic
process
associated
with
the
onset,
maintenance,
and
risk
of
relapse
various
mental
disorders.
However,
previous
research
syntheses
addressing
effect
cognitive
behavioral
therapy
(CBT)
on
RNT
are
limited
to
specific
diagnoses,
treatments,
or
constructs
(transdiagnostic
RNT,
worry,
rumination).
In
present
meta-analysis,
we
integrate
findings
from
randomized
controlled
trials
(RCTs)
CBT
across
intervention
types,
constructs.
We
investigate
following
questions:
What
overall
efficacy
interventions
all
post-treatment
outcomes?
Which
construct
addressed
most
effectively?
Are
RNT-specific
treatments
superior
in
reducing
than
less
approaches?
Inclusion
criteria
were
met
by
55
studies
total
4,970
participants.
The
compared
respective
control
groups
was
moderate
favor
(
g
=
−0.67).
Treatment
did
not
differ
significantly
construct.
−0.99)
more
efficacious
approaches
−0.56).
enhanced
individual
in-person
settings.
Our
results
advocate
dissemination
practice
general
improvement
focusing
relevant
processes
such
as
RNT.
BMC Psychology,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
13(1)
Published: March 7, 2025
Various
studies
have
suggested
that
perseverative
cognitions
play
an
important
role
in
the
occurrence
of
suicide.
However,
mediating
mechanisms
underlying
relationship
between
and
suicidality
remain
largely
unknown.
Accordingly,
present
study
aimed
to
investigate
whether
positive
negative
valence
systems
social
disconnection
temporally
mediated
association
suicidal
behaviors.
256
university
students
participated
this
study.
The
data
were
collected
using
Perseverative
Cognitions
Questionnaire
(PCQ),
Approach-Avoidance
Temperament
(ATQ),
Social
Connectedness
Scale-Revised
(SCS-R),
Suicidal
Behaviors
Questionnaire-Revised
(SBQ-R).
results
showed
had
a
direct
significant
effect
on
suicide
(p
<.001).
Positive
significantly
Our
findings
multiple
factors
including
cognitions,
systems,
may
among
students.
Frontiers in Psychology,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
16
Published: March 19, 2025
The
Iowa
Gambling
Task
(IGT)
is
a
widely
used
tool
for
assessing
decision-making
in
clinical
populations.
In
each
trial
of
the
task,
participants
freely
select
from
different
playing
card
decks
that
vary
magnitude
and
frequency
rewards
punishments.
Good
offer
relatively
smaller
on
yielding
greater
overall
winnings
while
bad
result
net
loss
over
time
as
high
penalties
negate
any
earned.
Comparing
participants’
rate
selecting
good
to
can
provide
insight
into
learning
uncertain
conditions
across
time.
However,
inconsistent
patterns
deficits
within
control
populations
are
often
observed
task
(eg.,
depression).
Thus,
clearer
mechanistic
understanding
IGT
needed
fully
understand
process.
goal
current
review
synthesize
predominant
empirical
theoretical
literature
using
event-related
potentials
(ERPs)
derived
electroencephalogram
(EEG).
then
explores
how
modifications
allow
be
captured
at
stage
decision-making.
Lastly,
discusses
modified
version
with
ERPs
further
applied
directly
assess
impact
emotion
processing
decision-making,
findings
depression
research
an
example.
BMC Psychiatry,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
25(1)
Published: April 21, 2025
Difficulties
in
cognitive
control
over
negative
emotional
stimuli
are
a
key
characteristic
of
depression.
The
Expected
Value
Control
(EVC)
provides
framework
for
understanding
how
is
allocated,
focusing
on
the
motivational
factors
efficacy
and
reward.
Efficacy
likelihood
that
an
effort
will
result
specific
result,
while
reward
value
assigned
to
outcome.
However,
impact
emotion
estimation
EVC
has
not
been
explored.
We
investigated
interplay
between
motivation,
using
theoretical
framework,
utilized
within-between-subject
design.
subjects
were
healthy
controls
(n
=
31)
those
with
depression
36),
who
underwent
clinical
diagnostic
interview,
completed
General
Health
Questionnaire-12,
Beck
Depression
Inventory-II,
participated
incentivized
Emotional
Stroop
Paradigm,
whereby
participants
received
cues
indicating
different
levels
(low
vs.
high)
prior
targeted
stimuli.
Significant
interactions
detected
a)
group
×
valence
efficacy,
b)
regarding
accuracy
rates
Task.
Follow-up
analyses
revealed
during
high-efficacy
trials,
demonstrated
significantly
greater
than
Depressed
both
positive
neutral
In
low-efficacy
Controls
also
more
accurate
when
responding
Additionally,
performed
worse
high-reward
no
significant
difference
was
two
groups
low-reward
trials.
can
influence
assessment
individuals
may
have
difficulties
cues.
Further
research
necessary
incorporate
into
framework.