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Welcome to Maastricht University! Can imagery rescripting reduce avoidance in panic disorder? In this PhD project, you will join an interdisciplinary team and use therapeutic techniques and fundamental learning procedures to tackle distressing images related to aversive memories. The aim is to generate insights with direct impact on clinical practice and patient wellbeing. PhD Candidate Reducing avoidance by altering threat imagery in panic disorder - Our goal: This interdisciplinary project targets distressing flashbacks and flashforwards linked to panic disorder using imagery rescripting techniques. The project will combine experimental and clinical research to advance theory-driven treatment improvements. - Your colleagues: You will work within a highly collaborative and interdisciplinary team across the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (FPN, Maastricht), Mondriaan Mental Health Center (Maastricht), and Utrecht University (Clinical Psychology). The supervisory team consists of Prof. Dr. Iris Engelhard, Dr. Pauline Dibbets, Prof. Dr. Koen Schruers, and Dr. Angelos Krypotos. Together with experts from Oxford University and KU Leuven, this team provides an international, productive, collaborative, and interactive environment. The candidate will join the Dutch-Flemish Postgraduate School 'Experimental Psychopathology' (http://epp-research.eu), which will provide additional training and facilitate networking and collaboration with other researchers in the field of experimental psychopathology. This PhD position is strategically positioned at the intersection of mental health research and treatment innovation. Your work will directly contribute to advancing mechanistic understanding and improving interventions for anxiety-related disorders and more specifically, for panic disorder. What you do - Design and execute qualitative and quantitative studies using a CO2 inhalation procedure; - Implement the findings of these studies...



