Saskia Scholten
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Saskia Scholten
@saskiascholten.bsky.social
postdoc interested in n-of-1 psychotherapy processes, inparticular clinical decision-making and personalizing psychotherapy @rptu_kl_ld | licensed psychotherapist | loving mother of three | social democrat with all the ups and downs
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🙏🏾 Huge thanks to wonderful co-authors: @julianburger.bsky.social, @larsklintwall.bsky.social, Julia Glombiewski; editorial handling: @aidangcw.bsky.social and signed review: @cherilev.bsky.social
April 16, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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🔍 Tested with 12 patients and their therapists, the approach showed:
✔️ Feasible, relevant, and useful in practice
✔️ Highest face validity for the posterior - updated - network

➡️ Next: Tightening the loop between theory and data.
April 16, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Reposted by Saskia Scholten
Here you go. Curious if you think this is helpful (I tried very hard to make exactly the point you're suggesting to make).

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Studying Mental Health Problems as Systems, Not Syndromes - Eiko I. Fried, 2022
Despite decades of clinical, sociopolitical, and research efforts, progress in understanding and treating mental health problems remains disappointing. I discus...
journals.sagepub.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
4/ 📊 Effects are tracked with Tau-U, Hedges’ g, and pain disability measures at baseline, post-treatment, and 3-month follow-up. Dive into the full complexity of the design, here 👉 bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/1... and let us know what you think! 🙋🏿‍♂️🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏽🙋🏾‍♀️
How to personalise cognitive–behavioural therapy for chronic primary pain using network analysis: study protocol for a single-case experimental design with multiple baselines
Introduction Cognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT) is an effective treatment for chronic primary pain (CPP), but effect sizes are small to moderate. Process orientation, personalisation, and data-driven...
bmjopen.bmj.com
December 4, 2024 at 7:31 AM
3/ 📝 A single-case experimental design is combined with 21 days of ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to capture processes of pain. Treatment targets are identified with personalized networks.
December 4, 2024 at 7:31 AM
2/ 🕸️ CPP is complex and varies widely. Network analysis maps individual patterns—showing how physical, emotional, and social factors interact. Process-oriented individualized network-based therapy (POINT-Pain) is cutting-edge project using network analysis to guide personalized interventions.
December 4, 2024 at 7:31 AM
Well done! Could you add me please.
November 12, 2024 at 7:51 AM
It would be great if you could add me to the starter pack. This is such an important movement to connect researchers on bluesky, thanks a lot for this!
November 12, 2024 at 7:48 AM
Thanks for putting together this starter pack. Could you add me? I am doing n-of-1 research using longitudinal data because I am interested in clinical decision making and personalization of psychotherapy. Thanks!
November 12, 2024 at 7:46 AM
Dear Zsuzsanna, thanks for initiating and managing this amazing starter pack. I am doing mental health research on clinical decision making, personalizing psychotherapy, in particular chronic pain, and it would be great if you could add me to the starter pack. Thanks in advance!
November 12, 2024 at 7:41 AM