The network approach to psychopathology posits that mental disorders can be
conceptualized and studied as causal systems of mutually reinforcing symptoms. This …

Empirical publications inspired by the network approach to psychopathology have increased
exponentially in the twenty-first century. The central idea that an episode of mental disorder …

For decades, cognitive and behavioral therapies (CBTs) have been tested in randomized
controlled trials for specific psychiatric syndromes that were assumed to represent …

Clinical science seems to have reached a tipping point. It appears that a new paradigm is
beginning to emerge that is questioning the validity and utility of the medical illness model …

An increasing recognition that brain and body are dynamically coupled has enriched our
scientific understanding of mental health conditions. Peripheral signals interact centrally to …

Aberrant emotional processes are evident in various mental disorders. This raises the
question of whether specific difficulties in regulating emotions are a driving factor of …

For half a century, the dominant paradigm in psychotherapy research has been to develop
syndrome-specific treatment protocols for hypothesized but unproved latent disease entities …

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 …

Experimental psychopathology has been the primary path to gaining causal knowledge
about variables maintaining mental disorders. Yet a radically different approach to …

The inadequacy of a categorial approach to mental health diagnosis is now well-recognised,
with many authors, diagnostic manuals and funding bodies advocating a dimensional, trans …