Interventions for Depression and Anxiety: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Dear Colleagues, 

Since its development in the 20th century, cognitive behavioral therapy has become the most mainstream psychotherapy of our time. It has a wide range of applications and is used to address a wide variety of problems, including eating disorders, personality disorders, addictions, and physical illnesses, as well as depression, anxiety, and other problems that show relatively early effects.

Similarly, the means of delivering cognitive behavioral therapy continue to expand, moving beyond self-help books, telephone, and email to the active use of new technologies such as videoconferencing systems or social networking services.

In addition to this expansion of targets and means, the focus of cognitive behavioral therapy itself has continued to change. Recently developed techniques such as schema therapy, mindfulness, and compassion-focused therapy are representative of this trend.

We invite papers on cognitive behavioral therapy interventions for depression and anxiety. As psychological problems change over our lifetime and with the state of the world, cognitive behavioral therapy must also continue to evolve.

We look forward to receiving your contributions to this Special Issue.

Dr. Kenichi Asano
Dr. Hiroko Fujisato
Guest Editors

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• cognitive behavioral therapy
• acceptance and commitment therapy
• schema therapy
• mindfulness
• compassion-focused therapy
• depression
• anxiety