Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, an Issue of Psychiatric Clinics of North America

In this issue of Psychiatric Clinics, guest editors Drs. Stefan G. Hofmann, Jasper A.J. Smits, and Rianne A. de Kleine bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Top experts in the field cover CBT for anxiety and depression in children and adolescents; cultural adaptions of CBT; psychedelic-assisted CBT; mindfulness-based CBT; scaling up CBT; and more.

• Contains 13 relevant, practice-oriented topics including novel approaches towards studying mechanism, process based; CBT and digital; acceptance and commitment therapy; current status and future directions of CBT; and more.
• Provides in-depth clinical reviews on cognitive behavioral therapy, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
• Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

Stefan G. Hofmann is a Professor of Psychology and Director of the Psychotherapy and Emotion Research Laboratory at Boston University. Dr. Hofmann has served as President of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and the International Association for Cognitive Psychotherapy. His research focuses on the mechanism of treatment change, translating discoveries from neuroscience into clinical applications, emotions, and cultural expressions of psychopathology.

Professor of Psychology at University of Texas Austin. Federally funded investigator of studies testing the efficacy of behavioral and integrative interventions for anxiety and related disorders, and has published over 150 works, 30 of which have focused on anxiety sensitivity. Dr. Smits is a member of the scientific council of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America and serves as associate editor for Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Therapy and Research, and Journal of Anxiety Disorders. He has edited a number of books, including Anxiety in Health Behaviors and Physical Illness; Handbook of Physical Activity and Mental Health, and the Wiley Handbook of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.