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Psychological Treatment

Psychological treatment refers to structured, evidence-based interventions that use psychological methods, rather than medication alone, to relieve mental and emotional distress and to change thoughts, emotions, and behaviour. It encompasses a range of approaches, including cognitive-behavioural therapy, cognitive-a…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 76× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2574-612X 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Psychological treatment refers to structured, evidence-based interventions that use psychological methods, rather than medication alone, to relieve mental and emotional distress and to change thoughts, emotions, and behaviour. It encompasses a range of approaches, including cognitive-behavioural therapy, cognitive-analytic therapy, behavioural and self-monitoring strategies, and counselling delivered individually, in groups, or in family settings. Treatment is selected according to the presenting problem and may be used alone or combined with usual medical care, as in the management of depression, anxiety, insomnia, post-traumatic stress disorder, and the psychological consequences of physical illness such as cancer and chronic pain. Mechanistically, these therapies work by helping people identify and modify maladaptive thinking and behaviour, build coping and problem-solving skills, regulate emotion, and adapt to illness or crisis, with self-monitoring and behaviour change supporting durable improvement. The field also addresses how care is organised and accessed, including counselling programmes that close gaps in psychosocial provision and culturally sensitive delivery for diverse and migrant populations. Research evaluates the efficacy of specific modalities, their comparison with standard care, and the factors that influence engagement and outcome across clinical and community contexts.

Research published in this journal

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

2018

Dissociative Amnesia – A Challenge to Therapy  

Staniloiu AngelicaCorresponding author
University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
International Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research Cited by 30 doi:10.14302/issn.2574-612X.ijpr-18-2246
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.
International Journal of Pain Management Cited by 2 doi:10.14302/issn.2688-5328.ijp-20-3386

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 76 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 Psychological Treatment, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research (ISSN 2574-612X).

Journal editorial board
Karim Sedky · United States Tullio Scrimali · Italy DAMIANA SCUTERI · Italy

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