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Colette R. Hirsch is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily belongs to the field of psychology, with a focus on clinical psychology and experimental and cognitive psychology. They have also contributed to social psychology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and psychiatry and mental health.

The scientist's work centers on several main topics, including anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, and cognitive processes. Other significant areas of their research involve child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, mental health research topics, COVID-19 and mental health, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, digital mental health interventions, and obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders.

Colette R. Hirsch has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • "Effects of modifying interpretation bias on transdiagnostic repetitive negative thinking," 2020, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
  • "Internet-delivered interpretation training reduces worry and anxiety in individuals with generalized anxiety disorder: A randomized controlled experiment," 2021, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Additionally, works relevant to their research interests but authored by frequent coauthors include:

  • "Exploring the cognitive, emotional and sensory correlates of social anxiety in autistic and neurotypical adolescents," 2020, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • "Comparison of symptom-based versus self-reported diagnostic measures of anxiety and depression disorders in the GLAD and COPING cohorts," 2021, Journal of Anxiety Disorders
  • "Uncertainty Makes Me Emotional: Uncertainty as an Elicitor and Modulator of Emotional States," 2022, Frontiers in Psychology

The venues where Colette R. Hirsch frequently publishes include:

  • Clinical Psychology in Europe
  • Psychological Medicine
  • Behaviour Research and Therapy
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • BMC Psychiatry

The scientist collaborates with multiple frequent coauthors, notably Molly R. Davies, Gerome Breen, Thalia C. Eley, Alicia J. Peel, and Frances Meeten, each contributing to numerous joint publications.

Best Publications

  • A cognitive model of pathological worry

    Colette R. Hirsch;Andrew Mathews;Andrew Mathews

  • Imagery and interpretations in social phobia: support for the combined cognitive biases hypothesis.

    Colette R. Hirsch;David M. Clark;Andrew Mathews

  • Information-processing bias in social phobia.

    Colette R. Hirsch;David M. Clark

  • Self-images play a causal role in social phobia.

    Colette R Hirsch;David M Clark;Andrew Mathews;Ruth Williams

  • Resolving Ambiguity in Emotional Disorders: The Nature and Role of Interpretation Biases.

    Colette R. Hirsch;Frances Meeten;Charlotte Krahé;Clare Reeder

  • Impaired positive inferential bias in social phobia.

    Colette R. Hirsch;Andrew Mathews

  • Negative self-imagery in social anxiety contaminates social interactions.

    Colette R. Hirsch;Tim Meynen;David M. Clark

  • Facilitating a benign interpretation bias in a high socially anxious population.

    Rebecca Murphy;Colette R. Hirsch;Andrew Mathews;Keren Smith

  • Restriction of working memory capacity during worry.

    Sarra Hayes;Colette Hirsch;Andrew Mathews

  • Mental imagery in anxiety disorders

    Colette R. Hirsch;Emily A. Holmes

  • The effects of modifying interpretation bias on worry in generalized anxiety disorder.

    Sarra Hayes;Colette R. Hirsch;Colette R. Hirsch;Georgina Krebs;Andrew Mathews

  • Interpretative inferences when reading about emotional events.

    Colette Hirsch;Andrew Mathews

  • Looking on the bright side: accessing benign meanings reduces worry.

    Colette R. Hirsch;Sarra Hayes;Andrew Mathews

  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder, worry and attention to threat: A systematic review.

    Huw Goodwin;Jenny Yiend;Colette R. Hirsch

  • Novel methods to help develop healthier eating habits for eating and weight disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Robert Turton;Kiki Bruidegom;Valentina Cardi;Colette R. Hirsch

  • Are attentional control resources reduced by worry in generalized anxiety disorder

    Evgenia Stefanopoulou;Colette R. Hirsch;Sarra Hayes;Anna Adlam

  • The causal role of negative imagery in social anxiety: a test in confident public speakers.

    Colette R. Hirsch;Andrew Mathews;David M. Clark;Ruth Williams

  • The effect of attention modification with explicit vs. minimal instructions on worry

    Georgina Krebs;Colette R. Hirsch;Colette R. Hirsch;Andrew Mathews

  • Worry in imagery and verbal form: Effect on residual working memory capacity

    Eleanor Leigh;Colette R. Hirsch;Colette R. Hirsch

  • A demonstration of the efficacy of two of the components of cognitive therapy for social phobia.

    Freda McManus;David M. Clark;Nick Grey;Jennifer Wild

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Mathews
Andrew Mathews King's College London
David M. Clark
David M. Clark University of Oxford
Elizabeth Kuipers
Elizabeth Kuipers King's College London
Kristin R. Laurens
Kristin R. Laurens Queensland University of Technology
Rona Moss-Morris
Rona Moss-Morris King's College London
Trudie Chalder
Trudie Chalder King's College London
Valentina Cardi
Valentina Cardi University of Padua
Janet Treasure
Janet Treasure King's College London
Jill M. Newby
Jill M. Newby University of New South Wales
Michelle L. Moulds
Michelle L. Moulds University of New South Wales

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