Advancing psychotherapy and evidence-based psychological interventions

Knappe S, Ollendick T, Hermans D, Riper H, Colom F, Essau C, Botella C, Andersson G, Berking M, Carlbring P, Lutz W, Banos Rivera R, Barkham M, Rief W, Araya R, Berger T, Raes F, Beckers T, Hofmann S, Muris P, Emmelkamp P, David D, Cuijpers P, Vervliet B, Van der Oord S (2014)

Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2014

Journal

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Book Volume: 23

Pages Range: 58 - 91

Journal Issue: 1

DOI: 10.1002/mpr.1411

Abstract

Psychological models of mental disorders guide research into psychological and environmental factors that elicit and maintain mental disorders as well as interventions to reduce them. This paper addresses four areas. (1) Psychological models of mental disorders have become increasingly transdiagnostic, focusing on core cognitive endophenotypes of psychopathology from an integrative cognitive psychology perspective rather than offering explanations for unitary mental disorders. It is argued that psychological interventions for mental disorders will increasingly target specific cognitive dysfunctions rather than symptom-based mental disorders as a result. (2) Psychotherapy research still lacks a comprehensive conceptual framework that brings together the wide variety of findings, models and perspectives. Analysing the state-of-the-art in psychotherapy treatment research, “component analyses” aiming at an optimal identification of core ingredients and the mechanisms of change is highlighted as the core need towards improved efficacy and effectiveness of psychotherapy, and improved translation to routine care. (3) In order to provide more effective psychological interventions to children and adolescents, there is a need to develop new and/or improved psychotherapeutic interventions on the basis of developmental psychopathology research taking into account knowledge of mediators and moderators. Developmental neuroscience research might be instrumental to uncover associated aberrant brain processes in children and adolescents with mental health problems and to better examine mechanisms of their correction by means of psychotherapy and psychological interventions. (4) Psychotherapy research needs to broaden in terms of adoption of large-scale public health strategies and treatments that can be applied to more patients in a simpler and cost-effective way. Increased research on efficacy and moderators of Internet-based treatments and e-mental health tools (e.g. to support “real time” clinical decision-making to prevent treatment failure or relapse) might be one promising way forward. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Technische Universität Dresden Germany (DE) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VirginiaTech) United States (USA) (US) Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL) / Catholic University of Leuven Belgium (BE) Leuphana Universität Lüneburg Germany (DE) Universitat de Barcelona (UB) / University of Barcelona Spain (ES) Universitat Jaume I (UJI) Spain (ES) Stockholm University / Stockholms universitet Sweden (SE) Universität Trier Germany (DE) University of València / Universitat de València Spain (ES) University of Sheffield United Kingdom (GB) Philipps-Universität Marburg Germany (DE) University of Bristol United Kingdom (GB) Universität Bern Switzerland (CH) Boston University United States (USA) (US) Maastricht University Netherlands (NL) University of Amsterdam Netherlands (NL) Babeș-Bolyai University / Babeș–Bolyai Tudományegyetem / Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai (UBB) Romania (RO) King Abdulaziz University (KAU) / جامعة الملك عبد العزيز Saudi Arabia (SA) Linköpings universitet / Linköping University Sweden (SE)

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APA:

Knappe, S., Ollendick, T., Hermans, D., Riper, H., Colom, F., Essau, C.,... Van der Oord, S. (2014). Advancing psychotherapy and evidence-based psychological interventions. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 23(1), 58 - 91. https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.1411

MLA:

Knappe, Susanne, et al. "Advancing psychotherapy and evidence-based psychological interventions." International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research 23.1 (2014): 58 - 91.

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