title: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: Nature and Relation to Non-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
abstract: Since the introduction of Beck's cognitive theory of emotional disorders, and their treatment with psychotherapy, cognitive-behavioral approaches have become the most extensively researched psychological treatment for a wide variety of disorders. Despite this, the relative contribution of cognitive to behavioral approaches to treatment are poorly understood and the mechanistic role of cognitive change in therapy is widely debated. We critically review this literature, focusing on the mechanistic role of cognitive change across cognitive and behavioral therapies for depressive and anxiety disorders.
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania. Electronic address: lorenzl@sas.upenn.edu.
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lorenzo-Luaces
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Keefe
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: DeRubeis
mesh_terms: D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011582:Psychological Theory
keywords: anxiety; cognitive theory; cognitive-behavioral therapy; depression; psychotherapy processes