The PATHWAY trial is a research programme led by Professor Adrian Wells, which aimed to evaluate ways to improve mental health outcomes for cardiac rehabilitation patients. The trials evaluated two…
Thingbak et al (2024) recently evaluated if group-Metacognitive Therapy (MCT) is potentially effective in young people with anxiety and depression. In an uncontrolled trial, 97 young people (aged 10-17) received…
It has been established that metacognitive beliefs are associated with anxiety and depression in adults, however less is known on if these associations are also present in children and adolescents.…
A recent study by Krzikalla et al (2024) evaluated the efficacy of worry postponement in patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and hypochondriasis. Participants were randomly allocated to either the…
Have you been interested in becoming and MCTI Registered Therapist? Now is your chance! The next cohort for our International Masterclass has launched. Check out the details below or head…
Congratulations to the MCT-PATHWAY and PATHWAY Beacons teams (led by Prof. Adrian Wells) on their shortlisting for Mental Health Innovation of the Year at the HSJ Awards ! MCT-PATHWAY evaluated…
MCT-Online offers MCT remotely to people with psychological distress such as anxiety, depression, trauma and life difficulties. Our therapists are trained at the MCT Institute® and are registered MCTI therapists.…
Are you interested in becoming an MCT Registered Therapist?? Our Copenhagen masterclass is open for registration. To find out more click here.
One in three patients with cardiovascular disease experiences increased anxiety and/or depression. However current treatments are limited in efficacy in reducing anxiety and depression. Wells et al (2022) evaluated the…
We have three exciting Masterclasses open for registration for 2022 and 2023. Our new International Online Masterclass in MCT begins in September 2022. All sessions will occur online. More details…
Capobianco and Nordahl (2021) recently published an article taking one through the history of Metacognitive Therapy. The article highlights how MCT was developed from cognitive science, backed by a theory…
We are excited to announce a brand new online MCT masterclass training programme! Training will be delivered online (via zoom) by Professor Adrian Wells and Professor Hans Nordahl. For more…
Study of day-to-day experiences published in Psychiatry Research finds that thought control strategies predict the extent of suicidal thinking, supporting application of the metacognitive model to understanding suicide. Get free…
A study, led by Professor Adrian Wells at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) and the University of Manchester (UoM), and funded by the National Institute for Healthcare…
Major new study published in Scientific Reports examines how effective MCT is compared to CBT in treating depression. Read the results here:https://rdcu.be/b3693
Researchers at the University of Manchester and Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust are looking at the mental health impact of coronavirus. They are interested in understanding the nature…
COVID-19: MCTI Statement for Therapists MCTI would like to issue the following statement to registered therapists, supervisors and therapists in training: You must act in the best interests of service…
Operators of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) have various stressors such as cognitive demands and social demands. Dysfunctional metacognitions (i.e. higher negative metacognitive beliefs) may increase stress vulnerability, while factors such…
Schweiger et al (2019) evaluates the barriers to innovation and development of therapeutic methods from evidenced based techniques. The paper highlights how Metacognitive therapies differs from other psychological therapies by…
Preliminary studies highlight that MCT is an effective treatment for PTSD in adults, however less is known on the acceptability, feasibility and efficacy of MCT for PTSD in youth. Simons…
MCT has shown to be an effective treatment for Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) in an individual format, however less is known about the effectiveness of group-MCT. Haset et al (2019)…
Psychological distress is common after completion of cancer treatment. However, current psychological interventions for anxiety and depression in cancer patients is limited in efficacy. Fisher et al (2019) evaluated if…
Trait-Anxiety, Neuroticism and negative affect are constructs that have been associated with psychopathology and psychological vulnerability (i.e. risk factors for developing psychological disorder). However, these risk factors have been criticized…
The attention training technique aims to improve attention control and attention flexibility. Barth et al. (2019) evaluated if the ATT improves attention performance. Participants completed a test battery before and…
Caselli et al (2018) conducted the first case series of Metacognitive Therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD). Five patients received 12 one-hour sessions of individual MCT. At post-treatment all patients…
CBT is commonly recommended for treating OCD however treatment outcomes have not been benchmarked in real world settings. Benchmarking, is a clinical audit that compares outcomes of a routinely delivered…
Treatment outcome in psychological therapy is often based on presence or absence of a disorder or severity of diagnostic symptoms using scores from questionnaires. However less is known about the…
Following a sexual trauma, women commonly report mental contamination (i.e. feelings of dirtiness or distress without physical contact). According to the S-REF model metacognitive beliefs would predict greater mental contamination…
Bardeen & Fergus (2018) evaluated if executive control deficits increase the impact of metacognitive beliefs on post-traumatic stress symptoms. Trauma-exposed adults (n = 469) completed a questionnaire battery. The authors…
