验证网络理论在短期住院治疗中的应用

Importance. Network theory is increasingly used to inform targeted and personalized treatment by identifying symptoms and interactions that maintain psychopathology. Yet, its prediction that successful treatment should weaken symptom interactions remains insufficiently tested. Objective. To examine whether temporal interactions among depression and anxiety symptoms and global network connectivity decrease during short, intensive inpatient/day-clinic treatment, as predicted by network theory. Design. Preregistered secondary analysis of OPTIMA, a randomized controlled trial conducted September 2