Neuroticism and Disorders of Emotion: A New Synthesis

We describe an approach to anxiety, depressive, trauma-related, and other disorders, which we conceptualize as “emotional disorders” because of shared underlying dimensions uncovered by the study of traits or temperaments. We then explicate a functional model of emotional disorders based largely, bu...

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Published in:Current directions in psychological science : a journal of the American Psychological Society 2021-10, Vol.30 (5), p.410-417
Main Authors: Barlow, David H., Curreri, Andrew J., Woodard, Lauren S.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Emotional disorders
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Summary:We describe an approach to anxiety, depressive, trauma-related, and other disorders, which we conceptualize as “emotional disorders” because of shared underlying dimensions uncovered by the study of traits or temperaments. We then explicate a functional model of emotional disorders based largely, but not exclusively, on the temperament of neuroticism and describe common factors that account for the development and maintenance of these conditions. We conclude by describing, and presenting supporting data for, a unified transdiagnostic approach to the treatment of emotional disorders that directly targets the underlying temperament of neuroticism and associated temperamental characteristics.
ISSN:0963-7214
1467-8721
DOI:10.1177/09637214211030253