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Masa Sakata

@masasakata.bsky.social
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Clinical Psychologist, Jr. Assoc. Prof. at Nagoya City University. Evidence-based practice, behavioral sleep medicine.

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Toshi Furukawa @toshi-frkw.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Component NMA of depression prevention trials find that efficacious interventions can include problem-solving and behavioral activation. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Components of cognitive-behavioral interventions to prevent the onset of depression among the high-risk population: a systematic review and component network meta-analysis
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a promising strategy for preventing onset of depression. This systematic review and component network meta-analy…
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Toshi Furukawa @toshi-frkw.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Relaxation was found, once again and again, to be harmful. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... as in acute treatment www.thelancet.com/journals/lan..., as in insomnia treatment jamanetwork.com/journals/jam..., as in panic disorder www.cambridge.org/core/journal..., and a few more coming.
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Components of cognitive-behavioral interventions to prevent the onset of depression among the high-risk population: a systematic review and component network meta-analysis
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a promising strategy for preventing onset of depression. This systematic review and component network meta-analy…
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Toshi Furukawa @toshi-frkw.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
An apparently fully automated generative AI analysis of our paper on precision psychotherapy (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) popped up in my mailbox. I think I am allowed to cite it here: bgpt.pro?q=Paper%20Re... (if not, pls let me know, BGPT!). It's amazingly accurate.
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Personalised & optimised therapy (POT) algorithm using five cognitive and behavioural skills for subthreshold depression - npj Digital Medicine
npj Digital Medicine - Personalised & optimised therapy (POT) algorithm using five cognitive and behavioural skills for subthreshold depression
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Toshi Furukawa @toshi-frkw.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Evidence-based personalized & optimized CBT skills for depression, based on a trial of 4469 adults. The Resilience Training App will augment the efficacy by 35% overall over the group average best, and by 64% for those whose best option wasn’t this group average best! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Personalised & optimised therapy (POT) algorithm using five cognitive and behavioural skills for subthreshold depression - npj Digital Medicine
npj Digital Medicine - Personalised & optimised therapy (POT) algorithm using five cognitive and behavioural skills for subthreshold depression
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Toshi Furukawa @toshi-frkw.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
All five skills of behavioral activation, cognitive restructuring, problem solving, assertion training and behavior therapy for insomnia worked differentially for depression (primary outcome), anxiety, insomnia and well-being. The follow-up rate was 97% at week 6 and adherence to the app was 84%.
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Toshi Furukawa @toshi-frkw.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
The master protocol design, involving four 2x2 factorial trials, and the digital platform contributed to the successful completion of this RESiLIENT trial. Scalable. Affordable. Global. @wlutzpsyres.bsky.social @pimcuijpers.bsky.social @alexiswhitton.bsky.social @masasakata.bsky.social
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Toshi Furukawa @toshi-frkw.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Published today in Nature Medicine. In one of the world’s largest RCTs of its kind (n=3,936), a smartphone app teaching 5 key cognitive-behavioral therapy skills improved subthreshold depression—and the effects lasted 6 months. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Cognitive behavioral therapy skills via a smartphone app for subthreshold depression among adults in the community: the RESiLIENT randomized controlled trial - Nature Medicine
A trial that used a master randomized design found that the skills commonly found in smartphone-based cognitive behavioral therapy, when tested alone or in combination with behavioral activation, were...
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Masa Sakata @masasakata.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
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Toshi Furukawa @toshi-frkw.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Depression is preventable. Our individual participant data meta-analysis based on >7000 participants proved that psychological interventions reduce the incidence of depression within a year from 10% to 6%. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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