Herziening Besluit Psychotherapeut: kans voor sprong voorwaarts:Antwoord aan Colijn c.s., Lamers, en De Jonghe

Reacties op p. 711-718, Antwoord op p. 718-71

Herziening Besluit Psychotherapeut: kans voor sprong voorwaarts:Antwoord aan Colijn c.s., Lamers, en De Jonghe

Reacties op p. 711-718, Antwoord op p. 718-71

The Time Course of the Influence of Valence and Arousal on the Implicit Processing of Affective Pictures

In the current study, we investigated the time course of the implicit processing of affective pictures with an orthogonal design of valence (negative vs. positive) by arousal (low vs. high). Previous studies with explicit tasks suggested that valence mainly modulates early event-related potential (ERP) components, whereas arousal mainly modulates late components. However, in this study with an implicit task, we observed significant interactions between valence and arousal at both early and late stages over both parietal and frontal sites, which were reflected by three different ERP components: P2a (100–200 ms), N2 (200–300 ms), and P3 (300–400 ms). Furthermore, there was also a significant main effect of arousal on P2b (200–300 ms) over parieto-occipital sites. Our results suggest that valence and arousal effects on implicit affective processing are more complicated than previous ERP studies with explicit tasks have revealed

Internet-Based Interventions for Women's Sexual Dysfunction

The present paper gives an overview of the methodology and results of the first decade of research into Internet-based interventions for women’s sexual dysfunction. The interventions, retrieved in a literature search, were mostly well grounded on common theoretical models of sexual dysfunction and psychological disorders, and most ingredients of the interventions were theory-informed. Most interventions offered Web-based therapeutic content within a more or less preprogrammed structure. Most of these also offered prescheduled and/or participant-initiated contact with a sexual health care professional. Comparative effect studies showed improvements in sexual functioning as well as relational functioning at the point of termination of the intervention period. Improvements at posttreatment were generally maintained for several months after termination of the active intervention period. The results of this review seem to warrant further development of Internet-based interventions for women’s sexual dysfunctions