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Developing cognitive-emotional training exercises as interventions for mood and anxiety disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

B.M. Iacoviello  and
D.S. Charney
B.M. Iacoviello*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, NY, USA
D.S. Charney
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, NY, USA
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*Corresponding author. One Gustave L Levy Pl, Box 1230, New York, NY 10029, USA. Tel.: +21 2 241 6383; fax: +21 2241 3354. E-mail address:brian.iacoviello@mssm.edu (B.M. Iacoviello).
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Abstract

There is an urgent need for more effective treatments for mood and anxiety disorders. As our understanding of the cognitive and affective neuroscience underlying psychiatric disorders expands, so do opportunities to develop novel interventions that capitalize on the capacity for brain plasticity. Cognitive training is one such strategy. This paper provides the background and rationale for developing cognitive-emotional training exercises as an intervention strategy, and proposes guidelines for the development and evaluation of cognitive training interventions with a specific focus on major depressive disorder as an example.

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CognitiveEmotionalTrainingPlasticityIntervention
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European Psychiatry , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , January 2015 , pp. 75 - 81
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Copyright © Elsevier Masson SAS 2015

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