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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a structured, time-limited, evidence-based psychotherapy founded on the premise that thoughts, emotions, and behaviours are interconnected and that modifying maladaptive cognitions and behaviour patterns can relieve psychological distress. Drawing on cognitive and behavioural t…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 39× across the literature 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a structured, time-limited, evidence-based psychotherapy founded on the premise that thoughts, emotions, and behaviours are interconnected and that modifying maladaptive cognitions and behaviour patterns can relieve psychological distress. Drawing on cognitive and behavioural theory, it uses techniques such as cognitive restructuring, behavioural activation, exposure, problem-solving, and skills training, typically delivered through collaborative goal-setting, guided discovery, and structured between-session practice. CBT has a substantial evidence base across depression, anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and addictive behaviours, and has given rise to specialised adaptations including rumination-focused, cognitive-analytic, and third-wave acceptance- and mindfulness-based approaches. Its emphasis on measurable outcomes and transferable coping skills supports relapse prevention and application across age groups and settings. Research published in this area by the journal reflects this scope, including rumination-focused cognitive-behavioural therapy and caregiver-child dynamics in a randomised trial, cognitive-analytic therapy in women with breast cancer and post-traumatic stress disorder, psychosocial interventions in bipolar disorder, an innovative contextual-conceptual approach to suicide prevention, therapeutic interventions in chronic illness, and network-analysis studies of depressive symptoms. These contributions span the application, adaptation, and evaluation of cognitive and behavioural therapies across mood, anxiety, trauma, and behavioural disorders, as well as their integration with broader psychosocial care.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2020

Pain between Psyche and Soma in Uro-Andrology

Pruneti CarloCorresponding author
Dept. of Medicine and Surgery, Clinical Psychology, Clinical Psychophysiology and Clinical Neuropsychology Labs., University of Parma, Italy.
Exact topic International Journal of Pain Management Cited by 2 doi:10.14302/issn.2688-5328.ijp-20-3386
2018

Dissociative Amnesia – A Challenge to Therapy  

Staniloiu AngelicaCorresponding author
University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
Exact topic International Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research Cited by 30 doi:10.14302/issn.2574-612X.ijpr-18-2246
2021

Aging and Positive Psychology

Marks RayCorresponding author
Department of Health and Behavior Studies, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
Exact topic Aging Research And Healthcare Cited by 6 doi:10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-21-3979

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 39 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Addiction Disorder and Rehabilitation.

Journal editorial board
Michael Klein · United States Bahadir Bozoglan · United States Lingyong Li · United States

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