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Featured article: Chronic fatigue syndrome treatment may not be efficacious

This study reanalyzed data from the PACE trial which used cognitive behavioral therapy and graded exercise therapy to treat chronic fatigue syndrome. Reanalyses of these data found that the beneficial effects shown in the original study may not be as effective as originally thought.

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Openness and transparency are the pillars of scientific progress. However, there is a bias towards publishing positive results, distorting the evidence base and undermining the reproducibility of research. Results-free review offers a solution to this problem, focusing editorial decisions on the rationale and methods alone. If you submit your research to BMC Psychology, you can simply opt-in to results-free review at the click of a button, adding credibility to your published results via inclusion in our special article collection.

Content type: Research article
| 20 July 2018

Why is this happening to me? – a comparison of illness representations between Iranian and German people with mental illness

Authors: Judith Reichardt, Amrollah Ebrahimi, Hamid Nasiri Dehsorkhi, Ricarda Mewes, Cornelia Weise, Hamid Afshar, Peyman Adibi, Said Moshref Dehkordy, Gholamreza Yeganeh, Hanna Reich and Winfried Rief
Content type: Research article
| 17 July 2018

Social support in the general population: standardization of the Oslo social support scale (OSSS-3)

Authors: Rüya-Daniela Kocalevent, Lorenz Berg, Manfred E. Beutel, Andreas Hinz, Markus Zenger, Martin Härter, Urs Nater and Elmar Brähler
Content type: Research article
| 17 July 2018

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for schizophrenia - outcomes for functioning, distress and quality of life: a meta-analysis

Authors: Keith R. Laws, Nicole Darlington, Tejinder K. Kondel, Peter J. McKenna and Sameer Jauhar
Content type: Research article
| 5 July 2018

Systematic review of resilience-enhancing, universal, primary school-based mental health promotion programs

Authors: Amanda Fenwick-Smith, Emma E. Dahlberg and Sandra C. Thompson
Content type: Study protocol
| 19 June 2018

A protocol for a three-arm cluster randomized controlled superiority trial investigating the effects of two pedagogical methodologies in Swedish preschool settings on language and communication, executive functions, auditive selective attention, socioemotional skills and early maths skills

Authors: Tove Gerholm, Thomas Hörberg, Signe Tonér, Petter Kallioinen, Sofia Frankenberg, Susanne Kjällander, Anna Palmer and Hillevi Lenz Taguchi

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Content type: Research article
| 28 October 2013

Evidence-based treatment for Depersonalisation-derealisation Disorder (DPRD)

Authors: Eli Somer, Taryn Amos-Williams and Dan J Stein
Content type: Research article
| 24 October 2013

Are women better than men at multi-tasking?

Authors: Gijsbert Stoet, Daryl B O’Connor, Mark Conner and Keith R Laws
Content type: Research article
| 11 December 2014

Subliminal versus supraliminal stimuli activate neural responses in anterior cingulate cortex, fusiform gyrus and insula: a meta-analysis of fMRI studies

Authors: Paolo Meneguzzo, Manos Tsakiris, Helgi B Schioth, Dan J Stein and Samantha J Brooks
Content type: Debate
| 16 September 2015

An introduction to implementation science for the non-specialist

Authors: Mark S. Bauer, Laura Damschroder, Hildi Hagedorn, Jeffrey Smith and Amy M. Kilbourne
Content type: Research article
| 12 September 2014

Student-teacher relationship trajectories and mental health problems in young children

Authors: Lauren R Miller-Lewis, Alyssa CP Sawyer, Amelia K Searle, Murthy N Mittinty, Michael G Sawyer and John W Lynch

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BMC Psychology is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers manuscripts on all aspects of psychology, human behavior and the mind, including developmental, clinical, cognitive, experimental, health and social psychology, as well as personality and individual differences. The journal welcomes quantitative and qualitative research methods, including animal studies.

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Benjamin Ragen, BioMed Central

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Johanna Kissler, University of Bielefeld
Keith R Laws, University of Hertfordshire

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Dorothy Bishop, University of Oxford
Irismar Reis de Oliveira, Federal University of Bahia
Rosemary Tannock, The Hospital for Sick Children

Keith Laws, Section Editor

Keith Laws is Professor of Cognitive Neuropsychology in the School of Life and Medical Sciences at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. He is a Chartered Psychologist, an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Fellow of the Institute of Learning and Teaching. He joined to Editorial Board of BMC Psychology as a Section Editor in 2013

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Why is this happening to me? – a comparison of illness representations between Iranian and German people with mental illness

Social support in the general population: standardization of the Oslo social support scale (OSSS-3)

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for schizophrenia - outcomes for functioning, distress and quality of life: a meta-analysis

Systematic review of resilience-enhancing, universal, primary school-based mental health promotion programs

A protocol for a three-arm cluster randomized controlled superiority trial investigating the effects of two pedagogical methodologies in Swedish preschool settings on language and communication, executive functions, auditive selective attention, socioemotional skills and early maths skills

Evidence-based treatment for Depersonalisation-derealisation Disorder (DPRD)

Are women better than men at multi-tasking?

Subliminal versus supraliminal stimuli activate neural responses in anterior cingulate cortex, fusiform gyrus and insula: a meta-analysis of fMRI studies

An introduction to implementation science for the non-specialist

Student-teacher relationship trajectories and mental health problems in young children

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Keith Laws, Section Editor

Data Support Services pilot

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Empowering women from low socioeconomic backgrounds to combat obesity: MyBFF@home study

ToxiLatin 2018: The Exciting Frontier of Toxicology Research in Brazil and the World

Chronic sleep deprivation could be an important driver of depression in young women

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