Integrating Psychotherapy into Multidisciplinary Mental Illness Treatment
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032). This special issue belongs to the section "Mental Health and Psychosocial Well-being".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 81
Special Issue Editor
Interests: applied cognitive psychology; systems engineering approaches to mental health; clinical and forensic psychology; digital wellbeing; psychotherapy integration; psychological intervention; organizational psychology; deception detection; psychometric analysis; multidisciplinary treatment models
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Dear Colleagues,
Mental illness treatment increasingly demands integrated, evidence-based approaches that move beyond traditional single-discipline practices. Psychotherapy provides essential cognitive, emotional, and behavioral mechanisms of change, yet its full therapeutic potential is best realized when embedded in multidisciplinary clinical and organizational systems. This Special Issue invites theoretical, empirical, and applied contributions that examine how psychotherapy aligns with complementary expertise from psychiatry, primary care, neurocognitive sciences, social work, community mental health, digital health, and systems engineering.
We particularly welcome research that strengthens links between individualized interventions (e.g., CBT, trauma-informed therapy, interpersonal approaches) and systemic treatment frameworks such as multidisciplinary clinical teams, integrated care pathways, digital decision support tools, and psychotherapeutic processes informed by cognitive systems analysis. Both qualitative and quantitative studies, psychometric validations, multi-level evaluations, and clinically oriented case studies are invited.
The overarching goal of this Special Issue is to enhance therapeutic outcomes in mental health by translating psychotherapeutic mechanisms into real-world multidisciplinary contexts. We encourage submissions that demonstrate innovation, rigor, and clinical relevance, ultimately contributing to improved quality of care and patient well-being.
Dr. Dana Rad
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- psychotherapy integration
- multidisciplinary mental health treatment
- cognitive and behavioral intervention
- trauma-informed psychotherapy
- interdisciplinary clinical care
- systems-based approaches to treatment
- evidence-based practice in psychotherapy
- digital mental wellbeing
- psychometric evaluation
- applied cognitive psychology
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