The Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders

At this moment, transdiagnostic protocols are gaining a lot of importance in the treatment of different emotional disorders. They’re based on recognizing that different diagnostic categories often share common factors. American psychologist and emeritus psychology professor, David Barlow, designed a very interesting treatment. The name is Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders. With it, he tried to treat a wide spectrum of emotional disorders that share certain characteristics. By doing that, according to him, it’d be possible to benefit from the same techniques and strategies. This cognitive-behavioral treatment incorporates principles of other treatments endorsed for the diagnoses it…