How compulsivity impacts mental health

This Researcher Spotlight episode features Celine Fox discussing her PhD research on compulsivity in mental health.
In this discussion, Celine describes the role of compulsivity in individuals diagnosed with one or many of the following: substance use disorders, depression, eating disorders, excessive behaviours including excessive handwashing and excessive exercise, restrictive behaviours including restrictive eating, obsessive compulsive disorder.
Celine describes how her research helps explain how mental health is much more complex than the discrete diagnostic categories that most people are familiar with.
Celine's research involves using smartphones to conduct ecological momentary assessments. This type of citizen science helps individuals, clinicians, and researchers understand the role of things like compulsivity across mental health diagnoses. Rather than treating clinical populations as homogenous groups, this data-driven approach recognises the unique experience of individuals.
Ultimately, Celine's research lays the foundations for personalised medicine which is precise, and able to predict a person's outcomes based on how they're feeling.
Celine is conducting her research in the Gillan lab at Trinity College Dublin. To learn more about their research, visit
gillanlab.com/
To learn more about the Neureka app, and to download it on Android or IOS, visit
www.neureka.ie/
To follow Celine on Twitter, visit
/ celinefox_

[@SnippetsCutTheBull]

I had the compulsion to like this video 👍

[@BernadetteMcKeown]

A very interesting conversation! I would love to hear how you follow through on the progress people with compulsive disorders make after psychotherapy! Also, it would be interesting research to see what therapy is most effective in the treatment of compulsivity! Thank you both!

[@PatsPsychologyMSc]

Thanks Bernadette! As I understand it, the Neureka app can continue to be used by people struggling with compulsivity post-psychotherapy. Also, many people pursue psychotherapy in an open-ended way, so there may not be an "after psychotherapy" for some people! Consider visiting your GP... do you ever "finish" seeing your GP?
Cognitive behavioural therapy always ranks highly as a treatment for compulsions, but it is difficult to pin down what the most effective therapy will be for a particular individual. Individuals will always respond differently to different forms of therapy, so it can be hard to recommend a specific form of therapy without knowing the specifics about the person seeking treatment.

[@kayleyhadley373]

*Promo SM* 😊