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Aug 2026
Podcast: Hadar was a guest on the Hebrew-language podcast קצר ולעניין (Short and to the Point), on brief relational psychodynamic therapy (season 2, episode 12). The conversation covers the place of emotion in psychotherapy, how change unfolds in short-term dynamic treatment, and the research behind it. Listen on Spotify
Jul 2026
The CARED Lab website is live! Welcome! More news soon.
2026
Our systematic review and meta-analysis of language-based detection of depression with machine learning is out in npj Digital Medicine. Read the paper
2026
New piece in Nature Reviews Psychology: The hidden costs of being in sync. Read
2025
Two papers on affect dynamics and risk for adolescent depression: emotion rigidity prospectively predicts depressive symptoms (Behaviour Research and Therapy) and are all affective equilibria worth returning to? (Emotion)
2025
Correspondence in Nature on emotional AI: shape it, not shun it. Read

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