APS
2025 APS Annual Convention
When the Model Meets the Real World: Computational Models That Capture Clinical and Contextual Complexity
This symposium brings together computational investigations of diverse clinical phenomena: anorexia nervosa, insomnia, repetitive negative thinking, and psychotherapy with gay and bisexual men. The presentations converge on the theme of developing rich models—that capture the contexts that shape psychopathology (e.g., state variation, minority stress) and simulate clinically relevant phenomena.
Chairs & Discussants
- Shirley WangChair
Yale University - Peter HitchcockCoChair
Drexel University - Aidan WrightDiscussant
University of Michigan
Presentations
- Repetitive Negative Thinking Naturally Emerges in a Meta-Control Model Trained on Affective ContentPeter Hitchcock
- A Computational Model of the Mechanisms behind Sleep Restriction Therapy for InsomniaJill de Ron
- Model-Based and Model-Free Decision-Making Vary According to Context in Anorexia NervosaAnn Haynos
- Identifying Psychological Processes in Psychotherapy with Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals Using Natural Language ProcessingJulian Burger
