PSYREFLECT

Issue #37

May 11, 2026

#1Research

Group Schema Therapy Equals Group CBT for Social Anxiety with Avoidant PD — and Patient Profile Doesn't Tell You Which to Pick

When two evidence-based therapies look identical in outcome, identical in attrition, and identical in mediation pathways, the clinical question stops being "which therapy" and starts being "which therapist this patient can actually access and stay with."

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#2Research

ACT for ASD Parents: 8 Weeks That Outlasted the Group

Parental stress in ASD does not regress to baseline on its own — and an 8-week ACT block holds for at least six months, while the mood lift fades.

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#3Research

Group Grief-Focused CBT Matches Individual Format in Older Adults

Grief-focused CBT in groups produces the same six-month outcomes as individual sessions in older bereaved adults — including for PTSD, depression, and anxiety symptoms — which means the question is no longer whether to offer groups, but how to staff them.

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#4Research

Synthetic Cannabinoids in Russia: A Group-Belonging Rehabilitation Model from Tomsk

In synthetic-cannabinoid dependence with paranoid schizophrenia, the addictive peer group is doing psychic work the patient cannot do alone — rehabilitation has to replace that work, not merely remove the group.

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#5Tool

LPFS-BF 2.0 in chronic pain: a 12-item screener you can run in five minutes before the first session

In chronic pain, don't fight to interpret Self vs Interpersonal — the LPFS-BF 2.0 in this population is essentially one number, and that number is enough to change your treatment plan.

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#6Industry

NHS Talking Therapies 2024/25: 670,419 courses completed, recovery still tracks postcode

Stepped-care CBT at population scale converges on about half-recovery — anyone selling higher numbers is either creaming case-mix or counting differently.

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