Transdiagnostic approaches to emotion regulation: Basic Mechanisms and Treatment Research

Date

2017

Authors

Chu, Brian C
Chen, Junwen
Mele, Christina
Temkin, Andrea
Xue, Justine

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Oxford University Press

Abstract

This chapter delineates the transdiagnostic approach to emotion regulation in children and adolescents in terms of underlying mechanisms and unifying treatment approaches. Transdiagnostic attempts to explain the high incidence of comorbidity among related disorders, whilst enhancing understanding of the underlying mechanisms inferring commonalities in development, propagation, and impairment. Additionally, it seeks to streamline and enhance the impact of evidence-based interventions for psychological disorders. However, differing research designs, assessment tools, and analytic methodologies have made comparisons challenging. Evidence from cross-sectional and longitudinal research has identified commonalties across disorders related to strategy deployment and neurological involvement (amygdala). Interventions targeting emotional functioning have demonstrated efficacy for both primary and secondary issues. Research is limited in exploring the shift in emotion regulation functioning. Nascent research on DBT and ERT has employed robust treatment evaluations, reporting outcomes. These programs have demonstrated efficacy across numerous presenting problems maintaining effects in both short and long-term follow-ups.

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Transdiagnostic approach, neurological involvement (amygdala), emotional functioning, research domain criteria, comorbidity, transdiagnostic emotion regulation processes, dialectical behavior therapy, evidence-based interventions

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Book chapter

Book Title

Emotion Regulation & Psycholpathology in Children and Adolescents

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2099-12-31