Citation

Luyten P, Blatt SJ, Fonagy P. Int. J. Cogn. Ther. 2013; 6(3): 265-279.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1521/ijct.2013.6.3.265

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This paper discusses the growing convergence among cognitive behavioral and psychodynamic approaches to psychopathology, and to depression and suicide in particular, with a special focus on theoretical models emphasizing (a) the role of cognitive affective schemas or representations of self and others and (b) impairments in mentalizing or meta-cognition. We discuss similarities and differences between these approaches in the conceptualization and the treatment of depression. This review shows that despite continuing convergence, some important differences remain which may provide a particularly fruitful area for clinical practice and future research directed towards uncovering the mutative factors in the treatment of depression. © 2013 International Association for Cognitive Psychotherapy.

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