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A Descriptive Review (2000 to July 2016) of all the papers published in the journal Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
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Background: The Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy (BCP) Journal is the main academic publication of the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies. It publishes empirical studies, reviews and theoretical papers, brief reports and single cases. Aim: To describe the main areas of interest and focus in BCP papers. Method: All the papers published in BCP from 2001 to July 2016 were analysed. A categorization procedure was followed with 813 contributions in six main areas: main author country; main author sex; kind of contribution; kind of therapeutic approaches; kind of samples; kind of focus/topic. Results: Although the journal’s scope is international, first authors tend to come from English-speaking countries. Since 2009, females contribute more than males. Empirical studies surpass theoretical studies and reviews, while the main therapy denomination is cognitive behavioural therapy. Variability of samples is wide, and ranges from analogues to main disorders. Finally, the main focus of papers is to study change and psychopathology, therapists’ training and improvement of CBT. Conclusion: Given the total number of categorized papers, it can be tentatively assumed that they could exemplify some main areas of interest and evolvement in the cognitive and behavioural field.
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This is an interesting manuscript which describes the present state-of-the-art in cognitive and behavioural field as it is exemplifies by the analysis of more than 800 published papers (from 2000 to mid-july, 2016). This paper opens a window to reflect about what is going on this field, from theoretical till empirical and clinical studies and international contributions.
Isabel Caro Gabalda
Universitat de Valencia Biblioteca de Ciencies Eduard Bosca
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This page is a summary of: Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy: A Descriptive Review (2000 to July 2016), Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, March 2017, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s1352465817000121.
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