@article{377,
  keywords = {Emotions, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, Primary care, cognitive-behavioural techniques, evidence-based practic},
  author = {Antonio Cano-Vindel},
  title = {Theoretical and empirically supported psychological interventions for emotional disorders in primary care: An update},
  abstract = {Emotional disorders (ED), including anxiety, mood and adaptive disorders, and somatization share common pathways with psychosocial factors, such as stress, high levels of anxiety or negative emotionality, and are very common in primary care (PC). The frequency of PC visits made by these patients and the low efficacy of non-established evidence-based usual treatments have promoted the implementation of psychological intervention programmes of a cognitive-behavioural type to help improve the effectiveness and efficiency rates, following the recommendations of high-quality clinical guidelines. This paper proposes an integrative approach for ED and somatization based on emotional regulation problems (elevated cognitive biases and unadaptive emotional learning) that defends the possibility of reversing the cognitive-emotional processes involved in the onset of these disorders, using cognitive-behavioural techniques, especially cognitive restructuring and exposure. In addition, we analyse and discuss the theoretical foundations of these techniques (which can act as the psychological support of collaborative programmes), according to the principles of proper emotion regulation (cognitive bias reduction and adaptive emotional learning). Finally, the dissemination of these effective psychological treatments is recommended, with a transdiagnostic focus and Internet-based homework, through the implementation of collaborative stepped programmes in PC.},
  year = {2011},
  journal = {Ansiedad y Estrés},
  volume = {17},
  number = {2-3},
  pages = {157-184},
  month = {06/2011},
  issn = {1134-7937},
  isbn = {2174-0437},
}