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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) is a structured, time-limited and evidence-based psychotherapy founded on the premise that thoughts, emotions and behaviours are interconnected, so that modifying maladaptive cognitions and behavioural patterns reduces psychological distress. It employs techniques such as cognitiv…

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

Overview

Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) is a structured, time-limited and evidence-based psychotherapy founded on the premise that thoughts, emotions and behaviours are interconnected, so that modifying maladaptive cognitions and behavioural patterns reduces psychological distress. It employs techniques such as cognitive restructuring, behavioural activation, exposure and skills training, typically goal-directed and collaborative, and has been adapted into specialized forms including rumination-focused and cognitive-analytic variants. CBT is applied across depression, anxiety, insomnia, trauma-related and other disorders, and is frequently delivered alongside pharmacological or other interventions within stepped-care models. Work in this area covers psychosocial interventions in bipolar disorder, rumination-focused cognitive-behavioural therapy and caregiver-child co-rumination outcomes, cognitive-analytic therapy in women with breast cancer and post-traumatic stress disorder, a contextual-conceptual approach to suicide prevention and treatment, therapeutic management of dissociative amnesia, and network analysis of depressive symptoms informing targeted intervention. Related work on sleep regulation, positive psychology in ageing, and psychological approaches to chronic pain and social isolation situates CBT within broader behavioural and mental-health practice. The journal publishes peer-reviewed clinical research on cognitive-behavioural and related psychotherapies, their adaptation, delivery and effectiveness across psychiatric and psychosomatic conditions.

Research published in this journal

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

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.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Schizophrenia Disorders And Therapy.

Journal editorial board
Olaoluwa Okusaga · United States Andrea de Bartolomeis · Italy Krzysztof Krysta · Poland

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