“Clinical Revolution” Driven by Psychological Network Approach: A Narrative Review in the Context of Cognitive Behavioral Therapies

• Kashihara Jun

  Toyo University

• Ito Masaya

  National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 心理ネットワークアプローチがもたらす「臨床革命」—認知行動療法の文脈に基づく展望—

Abstract

The psychological network approach theorizes that psychological constructs (e.g., mental disorders) can be understood as complex interplays (i.e., networks) between variables (e.g., individual symptoms) and offers statistical techniques to estimate such networks using empirical data. This review highlights that the psychological network approach potentially brings considerable innovations (i.e., “clinical revolution” we call here) that make practices of cognitive behavioral therapy more efficient and precise. First, we introduce unique terms used in the psychological network approach and note that both cross-sectional and longitudinal networks can be estimated. Second, we discuss that studies of symptom networks help formulating clinical cases more efficiently. Third, we discuss that network-based interventional studies potentially explore precise treatment processes of psychotherapies and individual therapeutic techniques. Finally, we discuss requirements for the use of the psychological network approach and future directions of the field.

Journal

• Japanese Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies

  Japanese Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 48 (1), 35-45, 2022-01-31

  Japanese Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies( JABCT )

Keywords

• psychological network approach
• cognitive behavioral therapies
• case formulation
• treatment processes
• precision psychiatry

Details

• CRID: 1390010292836479744
• NII Article ID: 130008071122
• DOI: 10.24468/jjbct.20-015
• ISSN: 24339040
• ISSN: 24339075
• Text Lang: ja
• Data Source:
  • JaLC
  • CiNii Articles
  • KAKEN
• Abstract License Flag: Disallowed