Transdiagnostic: A New frontier in clinical psychology

Abstract

Recently, transdiagnostic has received considerable interest from psychopathology and cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT), especially with regard to anxiety and depressive disorders. This article provides a review on transdiagnostic as a new perspective in the field of clinical psychology. The conceptual psychopathological fundamentals and their implications for research and clinical interventions are described. Based on concepts emerging from cognitive, emotional and learning data, we identified the main transdiagnostic factors, processes and/or mechanisms across emotional and other mental disorders, which provide a framework for implementing the basic therapeutic principles of transdiagnostic CBT. The article concludes highlighting the theoretical and applied relevance of the transdiagnostic approach and its potential contribution to developments in clinical psychology.