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Toward a Unified Treatment for Emotional Disorders: Update on the Science and Practice.
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Behavior Therapy . Nov2016, Vol. 47 Issue 6, p854-868. 15p. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Mental health professionals have long been concerned with describing and proscribing a structure around the myriad variations of psychological and emotional distress that are deemed to be disordered. This has frequently been characterized as a conflict between so-called "lumpers" and "splitters"-those who advocate broad categorizations based on overarching commonalities versus those who endeavor toward a highly refined structure emphasizing unique characteristics. Many would argue that with the era of the modern Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III to DSM-5), a splitting ideology has been dominant despite re-emerging concerns that some groups of diagnoses, particularly disorders of anxiety and other emotions, may be more similar than different. As a result of such concerns, transdiagnostic or unified models of psychopathology have burgeoned. In this review, we describe the work of Barlow, Allen, and Choate (2004), whose invited paper "Toward a Unified Treatment for Emotional Disorders" reignited transdiagnostic perspectives of emotional disorders. We provide an update on the scientific models and evidence-based treatments that have followed in the wake of this 2004 publication, including key areas for future study in the advancement of transdiagnostic and unified treatment of emotional disorders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *MENTAL illness treatment
*PSYCHOLOGICAL stress
*PSYCHIATRIC diagnosis
*MENTAL health
*PATHOLOGICAL psychology
*ANXIETY
*ANXIETY disorders treatment
*ANXIETY disorders
*AFFECTIVE disorders
*BEHAVIOR therapy
*EMOTIONS
*CLASSIFICATION of mental disorders
*MATHEMATICAL models of psychology
*PSYCHOLOGICAL factors
*THERAPEUTICS
*PSYCHOLOGY
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00057894
- Volume :
- 47
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Behavior Therapy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 120407680
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2015.07.002