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A space for psychology students to read, search for sources and discuss, focused on depression and addiction.

Annotated reading lists by topic

A selected reading list, not a systematic search. Each entry includes purpose, level and access notes.

Depression

To study sensitivity analyses and distinguish no demonstrated difference from established equivalence.

Intermediate/advanced: conceptual and methodological reading · Record/DOI provided. Full-text access and reuse permission are not verified by this list.

P002-ARASTIRMA-002 · v01

Can action begin before mood improves?

Research question: Can action begin before mood improves?
Study type: Cochrane systematic review · 2020 · 53 studies, 5,495 adults
Sample: 53 studies, 5,495 adults.
Comparison: Usual care, other psychotherapies and other controls.
Main finding: Behavioural activation is a structured psychotherapy approach supporting engagement in meaningful activities. The review suggests possible short-term benefit over usual care and no clear difference from CBT. This does not establish definite equivalence.
Limitations: In the full card
DOI / URL: doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013305.pub2
Source check date: 15 October 2026 · Concept Atlas source check

To read PICO, odds ratios and evidence certainty in one example.

Intermediate: meta-analysis reading · Record/DOI provided. Full-text access and reuse permission are not verified by this list.

P002-ARASTIRMA-003 · v01

Can insomnia psychotherapy affect mood?

Research question: Can insomnia psychotherapy affect mood?
Study type: 2024 systematic review and meta-analysis · 19 randomised trials, 4,808 adults
Sample: 19 randomised trials, 4,808 adults.
Comparison: CBT-I and study control conditions.
Main finding: Among adults with depression and insomnia, cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) increased the likelihood of depression response compared with control conditions. Evidence certainty for this outcome was moderate.
Limitations: In the full card
DOI / URL: doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.09.017
Source check date: 15 October 2026 · Concept Atlas source check

To consider anhedonia across wanting, pleasure and learning.

Intermediate/advanced: conceptual and methodological reading · Record/DOI provided. Full-text access and reuse permission are not verified by this list.

P002-ARASTIRMA-004 · v01

Why distinguish wanting from pleasure?

Research question: Why distinguish wanting from pleasure?
Study type: 2025 clinically oriented narrative review
Sample: Narrative review; no single participant sample.
Comparison: No intervention arms; a conceptual synthesis.
Main finding: The review distinguishes wanting, experienced pleasure and learning in reward processing. Anhedonia may involve difficulties in some or several of these processes.
Limitations: In the full card
DOI / URL: doi.org/10.1038/s41398-025-03310-w
Source check date: 15 October 2026 · Concept Atlas source check

Addiction

To discuss assumptions when translating habit constructs from animal experiments to humans.

Intermediate/advanced: conceptual and methodological reading · The atlas lists CC BY 4.0; check the original licence.

P002-ARASTIRMA-001 · v01

Similar mechanisms, the same diagnosis?

Research question: Similar mechanisms, the same diagnosis?
Study type: Meta-analysis of animal experiments and review of human studies
Sample: Animal-experiment meta-analysis; human studies reviewed separately. No combined participant count is supplied in this brief record.
Comparison: Habitual and goal-directed task conditions; experiments differ.
Main finding: This 2024 paper argues against treating habitual and goal-directed behaviour as two rigid categories. It distinguishes habit from compulsivity: automatic responding is not the same construct as persistence despite harmful consequences.
Limitations: In the full card
DOI / URL: doi.org/10.1038/s41398-024-02965-1
Source check date: 15 October 2026 · Concept Atlas source check

To examine wanting and pleasure within a theoretical model.

Intermediate/advanced: conceptual and methodological reading · Record/DOI provided. Full-text access and reuse permission are not verified by this list.

P002-ARASTIRMA-005 · v01

Is wanting a reward the same as enjoying it?

Research question: Is wanting a reward the same as enjoying it?
Study type: 2016 theoretical review · incentive-sensitization account
Sample: Theoretical review; no single participant sample.
Comparison: Wanting and pleasure processes, not a randomised intervention comparison.
Main finding: Berridge and Robinson link dopamine-related motivation systems to wanting. Their account allows intense wanting without increased pleasure.
Limitations: In the full card
DOI / URL: doi.org/10.1037/amp0000059
Source check date: 15 October 2026 · Concept Atlas source check

To examine changing definitions and the historical development of Marlatt’s framework; not a current review replacement.

Intermediate/advanced: conceptual and methodological reading · Record/DOI provided. Full-text access and reuse permission are not verified by this list.

P002-ARASTIRMA-006 · v01

Reading relapse as a process

Research question: Reading relapse as a process
Study type: 2011 narrative review
Sample: Narrative review; no single participant sample.
Comparison: Models and research developments, not one intervention comparison.
Main finding: The review covers Marlatt’s model and later developments, considering context, coping and interpretations together.
Limitations: In the full card
DOI / URL: doi.org/10.1186/1747-597X-6-17
Source check date: 15 October 2026 · Concept Atlas source check

Where depression and addiction meet

Institutional introduction to joint assessment, not a randomised trial or meta-analysis; not presented as a research study. NIMH — Co-occurring disorders (2025)

Paper-reading workshop

Question and design

Sleep example: What are CBT-I outcomes in adults with depression and insomnia? Furukawa’s 2024 meta-analysis includes 19 randomised trials and 4,808 participants.

Interpret the outcome

For depression response: OR 2.28, 95% CI 1.67–3.12; moderate certainty. An odds ratio does not mean everyone improves twice as much.

Find the limit

Searches ended on 27 March 2024. Do not extend findings to every sleep difficulty; the intervention is structured, not general sleep advice.

Discussion question

How would different controls or follow-up change your interpretation? Look beyond the title to methods and limitations.

Guide to searching for sources

Combine concepts

Example starting query: (depression OR "depressive disorder") AND ("substance use disorder" OR addiction). OR combines alternatives; AND intersects concepts. This is not a completed systematic search.

Check MeSH and filters

Inspect query translation using Advanced/Search Details. Consider MeSH alongside free text; newer records may not yet be fully indexed.

Record the search

Record database, date, full query and filters. Distinguish abstract records from full text. A free-access filter narrows selection and is not a quality score.

NLM — PubMed User Guide

Fictional case discussions

Fictional case: Sleep, mood and use

Deniz reports difficulty attending classes, changed sleep and increased alcohol use. Do not diagnose: what is missing about timeline, context and daily impact? Does co-occurrence show causation?

Example discussion response

Onset order and use pattern are unknown. Keep shared factors and alternative explanations open. A brief fictional account is not assessment; consider professional evaluation and coordination when needed.

NIMH — Co-occurring disorders (2025)

Turkish/English glossary

Brief educational definitions, not standalone diagnostic criteria.

Turkish	English	Explanation and source
Uyku	Sleep	One night is not the whole story
Kaçınma	Avoidance	A pause or a recurring withdrawal?
Alışkanlık	Habit	Repetition alone is not addiction
Anhedoni	Anhedonia	Are low mood, wanting and pleasure the same?
Dopamin	Dopamine	Is dopamine simply a happiness chemical?
Sürçme ve nüks	Lapse and relapse	Does one event define the whole process?
Ruminasyon	Rumination	Rumination involves returning repeatedly to distressing concerns. Repetition is not always unhelpful; processing style and context matter. Watkins (2008), Psychological Bulletin
Aşerme	Craving	Craving can be experienced as an intense urge to use a substance. Experiencing an urge and acting on it are different events. US Surgeon General (2016), neurobiology chapter
Pekiştirme	Reinforcement	A consequence increasing the future likelihood of behaviour. OpenStax Psychology 2e, §6.3
İkilem	Ambivalence	Coexisting conflicting wishes or concerns about change. SAMHSA TIP 35 (2019), chapter 5
Eşlik eden bozukluklar	Co-occurring disorders	Conditions occurring together, without assuming one-way causation. NIMH — Co-occurring disorders (2025)
Güven aralığı	Confidence interval	Helps assess uncertainty in an estimate; not clinical importance by itself. Cochrane Handbook, chapter 15

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