Improving prevention of depression and anxiety disorders: Repetitive negative thinking as a promising target

Trait rumination predicts onset of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder through trauma-related cognitive appraisals: A 4-year longitudinal study

“…Moreover, rumination may also be a malleable causal risk factor as previous studies have documented that mindfulness-based and cognitive-behavioral interventions are effective in reducing rumination in clinical, general adult and student samples (Querstret & Cropley, 2013) with a limited number of studies also showing that reducing rumination mediates amelioration of depressive and anxiety symptomatology (Topper, Emmelkamp, & Ehring, 2010).…”

“…Existing interventions for reducing rumination based on a clear theortical rationale such as Rumination-Focused Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (RFCBT) (Watkins et al, 2007), meta-cognitive therapy (Wells & Sembi, 2004) or Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) (Segal, Williams, & Teasdale, 2002) could be adapted as a preventive intervention (Topper et al, 2010). In order to facilitate dissemination and cost-effectiveness, such a targeted intervention should ideally be short in duration and be offered in an internetbased (Dimidjian et al, 2014) or self-help format (Watkins et al, 2012).…”

Metacognitions, intolerance of uncertainty and worry: An investigation in adolescents

“…Worry content in adolescents includes personal matters (e.g., school performance, social relationships) as well as extensive concerns about fundamental issues (e.g., death, global affairs) (Henker, Whalen, & O'Neil, 1995). An identification of processes involved in excessive worry in adolescents points towards promising therapeutic and/ or preventive interventions targeting these phenomenon (Bahramand, 2008;Topper, Emmelkamp, & Ehring, 2010).…”

Psychological treatment of depressive rumination

“…Thus, targeting rumination may enhance treatment outcomes by directly addressing an underlying maintaining mechanism and by better treating co-morbidity between depression and anxiety [20][21][22]. Because rumination involves repetitive negative thought, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), which challenges negative thoughts and increases rewarding behaviors, is indicated to reduce rumination.…”