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Toward a unified treatment for emotional disorders: Update on the science and practice

Norton, Peter J., Paulus, Daniel J.·2016·Behavior Therapy

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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.

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Authors
Norton, P. J., & Paulus, D. J.
Affiliations
  • Monash University (AU)
  • University of Houston (US)
Corresponding author
Norton, Peter J.
Venue
Behavior Therapy
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-11
Volume
47
Issue
6
Pages
854-868
ISSN
0005-7894 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1129151716
Cited by
180
References
175
Citations by year
2026: 11 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 21 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 23 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 21 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 2
FWCI
2.02
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Behavior Therapy (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
Keywords
transdiagnostic model, emotional disorders, anxiety disorders, psychopathology, diagnostic classification, evidence-based treatment
MeSH terms
Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Behavior Therapy, Emotions, Humans, Models, Psychological, Mood Disorders, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

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