title: The neuroscience of psychological treatments.
abstract: The series of articles in this issue of Behavior Research and Therapy presages a new field of translational research that could be called "the neuroscience of psychological treatments". After a brief retrospective on the origins and promise of this focus of study several cautions are adumbrated. As in any new field of scientific endeavor, close collaboration among stakeholders with interest in this field and the integration of a healthy scientific skepticism will best ensure the continued development of ever more powerful psychological treatments.
authors.affiliation: Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University, 648 Beacon Street - 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02215-2013, USA. Electronic address: dhbarlow@bu.edu.
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Barlow
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D009488:Neurosciences; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Neuroscience; Psychological treatments; Translational research