Background Psychological treatments occupy an important place in evidence-based mental
health treatments. Now is an exciting time to fuel treatment research: a pressing demand for …

The movement towards evidence-based practice in psychotherapy has recently provoked a
backlash. In the past few years, some authors have raised questions concerning the validity …

Do psychotherapies work primarily through the specific factors described in treatment
manuals, or do they work through common factors? In attempting to unpack this ongoing …

In The Lancet today, David Kessler and colleagues evaluate the acceptability and clinical
effectiveness of an internet-based psychotherapy programme for depression. 1 Nearly two …

Effective mental health promotion, prevention, and treatment approaches exist but are not
widely delivered at-scale to large groups or populations. Most people who could benefit from …

Depressive disorders are common, costly, have a strong effect on quality of life, and are
associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. Effective treatments are available …

Treatment of psychiatric disorders with psychedelic substances represents one of the most
promising current treatment approaches in psychiatry. Since its inception in the 1950s …

In The Lancet Psychiatry, Lucy Livingston and colleagues1 amply demonstrate the rich
potential of qualitative methods to provide insight into the lifeworlds of patients and analysis …

4 years ago, The Lancet published a Series of articles highlighting the global health crisis
due to an astonishingly large treatment gap: up to nine of ten people with a mental health …

Background This Commission addresses several priority areas for psychiatry over the next
decade, and into the 21st century. These represent challenges and opportunities for the …