A benchmarked feasibility study of a self-hypnosis treatment for depression in primary care

A Dobbin, M Maxwell, R Elton - Intl. Journal of Clinical and …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
This investigation assessed the effectiveness of a self-help, self-hypnosis treatment in a
primary-care setting in Edinburgh, UK. A partially randomized preference (PRP) study design …

Training in positivity for stroke? A qualitative study of acceptability of use of Positive Mental Training (PosMT) as a tool to assist stroke survivors with post-stroke …

N Mavaddat, S Ross, A Dobbin, K Williams… - …, 2017 - content.iospress.com
BACKGROUND: Post-stroke psychological problems predict poor recovery, while positive
affect enables patients to focus on rehabilitation and may improve functional outcomes. …

Resilience facilitates positive emotionality and integration of negative memories in need satisfying memory networks: An experimental study

FL Philippe, AE Dobbin, S Ross… - The Journal of Positive …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Resilience has been associated with the capacity to experience positive emotions in the
midst of negative life events or following the recall of such events. Apparently, resilient people …

Economic evaluation of audio based resilience training for depression in primary care

L Koeser, A Dobbin, S Ross, P McCrone - Journal of affective disorders, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Although there is some evidence on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness
of computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (CCBT) for treating anxiety and depression …

Impact on health status of a hypnosis clinic in general practice

A Dobbin, S Faulkner, D Heaney… - Contemporary …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
The impact on health status of hypnosis was investigated in a primary care NHS GP surgery
clinic, with referrals from a Local Health Care Cooperative (LHCC) with 85,000 patients. The …

Burnt out or fired up? Helping recovery in distressed patients can increase our own resilience

A Dobbin - British Journal of General Practice, 2014 - bjgp.org
498 British Journal of General Practice, October 2014 relevance to all fields. 9 Thus we end
up with thousands of graduates who can (hopefully) recognise a medulloblastoma (…

[PDF][PDF] Lars‐Eric Uneståhl and mental training: an appreciation

A Dobbin - Contemporary Hypnosis, 2006 - siu.nu
I first met Lars-Eric in 1999 at a training weekend in Crieff in Perthshire. His research was
very much sport based. He talked about trials in sport, and the experiment that stuck in my …

[HTML][HTML] How memory structures influence distress and recovery

A Dobbin, S Ross - Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The treatment of emotional distress has stalled. There has been no improvement in depression
outcomes for 30 years, and recent opinions have highlighted the lack of clear validity for …

Memory matters: how recall can build resilience

A Dobbin, S Ross - British Journal of General Practice, 2018 - bjgp.org
Alastair Dobbin and Sheila Ross are shareholders in Positive Rewards Limited, a company
that produces materials related to the therapeutic programme, Positive Mental Training. …

Optimism, resilience and compassion in the health service: What works and what doesn't, and can we afford it?

A Dobbin - Journal of Holistic Healthcare, 2013 - search.ebscohost.com
I work for a mental health charity in Scotland that helps build mental resilience by taking an
approach of building access to positive emotions. I learned hypnotherapy 25 years ago, and …