title: Current Definitions of "Transdiagnostic" in Treatment Development: A Search for Consensus.
abstract: Research in psychopathology has identified psychological processes that are relevant across a range of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) mental disorders, and these efforts have begun to produce treatment principles and protocols that can be applied transdiagnostically. However, review of recent work suggests that there has been great variability in conceptions of the term "transdiagnostic" in the treatment development literature. We believe that there is value in arriving at a common understanding of the term "transdiagnostic." The purpose of the current paper is to outline three principal ways in which the term "transdiagnostic" is currently used, to delineate treatment approaches that fall into these three categories, and to consider potential advantages and disadvantages of each approach.
authors.affiliation: Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University. Electronic address: shannonesauer@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Shannon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sauer-Zavala
authors.affiliation: Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University.
authors.forename: Cassidy A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Gutner
authors.affiliation: Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University.
authors.forename: Todd J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Farchione
authors.affiliation: Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University.
authors.forename: Hannah T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Boettcher
authors.affiliation: Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University.
authors.forename: Jacqueline R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Bullis
authors.affiliation: Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University.
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Barlow
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D032921:Consensus; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008960:Models, Psychological
keywords: mechanisms; psychopathology; transdiagnostic; treatment