The publication of the book Psychotherapy by Reciprocal Inhibition (1958) by the co-founding editor of this Journal, Joseph Wolpe,
marked a major change in the understanding and treatment of mental disorders. The book used principles from empirical behavioral science
to explain psychopathological phenomena and the ... click here for full Aims & Scope
The publication of the book Psychotherapy by Reciprocal Inhibition (1958) by the co-founding editor of this Journal, Joseph Wolpe,
marked a major change in the understanding and treatment of mental disorders. The book used principles from empirical behavioral science
to explain psychopathological phenomena and the resulting explanations were critically tested and used to derive effective treatments.
The second half of the 20th century saw this rigorous scientific approach come to fruition. Experimental approaches to psychopathology,
in particular those used to test conditioning theories and cognitive theories, have steadily expanded, and experimental analysis of processes
characterising and maintaining mental disorders have become an established research area.
It is in this scientific tradition that
the journal welcomes empirical contributions to the understanding and treatment of psychopathology. Such contributions may stem from
various theoretical perspectives, such as learning theory, cognitive science, social psychology, developmental psychology, etc. The Journal
primarily focuses on experimental tests of psychological approaches to mental disorders, though contributions from biology and / or non-experimental
disciplines like epidemiology may be occasionally published. Papers to be published generally focus on:
• Differences between
specific patient groups and other groups;
• Mechanisms that cause or perpetuate disorders; and finally;
• Diagnostic
and therapeutical procedures;
Participants in the studies may be patients, healthy subjects or animals, depending on the relevance
of the subject characteristics for the question to be answered.
Innovative case studies, and especially case series, and the results
of pilot and interim tests will continue to be welcomed by the journal.
To emphasise the Aims and Scope of the Journal, a new
subtitle will be used from 2000 onwards: "A Journal of Experimental Psychopathology". This indicates that the study of mental
disorders is a multidisciplinary enterprise that draws on medical, behavioral and social approaches. It also expresses the importance
of the use of experimental methods in the field of psychopathology.
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A. Arntz
M. van den Hout
Addictions 2010
28 - 31 October 2010, Sheraton National, Arlington, USA
Abstract submission deadline 26 March, 2006
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