Applications of the Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders

Edited by David H. Barlow and Todd Farchione

ABCT Clinical Practice Series

Illustrates how the UP can effectively be applied across a broad range of clinical diagnoses and cases
Each chapter presents a case and provides research supporting transdiagnostic processes as it relates to the specific disorder
Most chapters are authored by current or former UP team members, and they write about cases they themselves have treated
Each chapter concludes with a reflection on treatment outcome and recommendations for future application of the protocol

Applications of the Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders

Edited by David H. Barlow and Todd Farchione

Description

Recent conceptualization of anxiety, depressive, and related "emotional" disorders emphasize their similarities rather than their differences. In response, there has been a movement in recent years away from traditional disorder-specific manuals for the treatment of these disorders and toward treatment approaches that focus on addressing psychological processes that appear to cut across disorders. These "transdiagnostic" evidence-based treatments may prove to be more cost efficient and have the potential to increase availability of evidence-based treatments to meet a significant public health need. Among clinicians, the Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders (UP), developed by Dr. David Barlow and colleagues, is the most recognizable and widely used transdiagnostic treatment protocol with empirical support for its use.

Applications of the Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders provides clinicians with a "how to" guide for using the UP to treat a broad range of commonly encountered psychological disorders in adults. Each chapter covers a specific anxiety, depressive, or related "emotional" disorder, and important transdiagnostic processes are highlighted and discussed in relation to treatment. Case studies are employed throughout to illustrate the real-world application of this unique cognitive behavioral protocol and to instruct clinicians in the nuts and bolts of assessment, case formulation, and treatment in accordance with a transdiagnostic perspective.

Applications of the Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders

Edited by David H. Barlow and Todd Farchione

ABCT Clinical Practice Series

Series Foreword
Preface
About the Editors
Contributors
Chapter 1 The Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders: An Introduction
Katherine A. Kennedy and David H. Barlow
Chapter 2 Transdiagnostic Assessment and Case Formulation: Rationale and Application with the Unified Protocol
Hannah Boettcher and Laren R. Conklin
Chapter 3 The Unified Protocol for Anxiety Disorders
Laren R. Conklin, Todd J Farchione, and Steven Dufour
Chapter 4 The Unified Protocol for Obsessive-compulsive and Related Disorders
Johanna Thompson-Hollands
Chapter 5 The Unified Protocol for Major Depressive Disorder
James F. Boswell, Laren R. Conklin, Jennifer M. Oswald, and Matteo Bugatti
Chapter 6 The Unified Protocol for Bipolar and Comorbid Disorders
Kristen K. Ellard, Emily Bernstein, Andrew A. Nierenberg, and Thilo Deckersbac
Chapter 7 The Unified Protocol for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Matthew W. Gallagher
Chapter 8 The Unified Protocol for Comorbid Alcohol Use and Anxiety Disorders
Todd J Farchione, Tracie M. Goodness, and Katelyn M. E. Williams
Chapter 9 The Unified Protocol for Eating Disorders
Christina L. Boisseau and James F. Boswell
Chapter 10 The Unified Protocol for Insomnia Disorder
Jacqueline R. Bullis and Shannon Sauer-Zavala
Chapter 11 The Unified Protocol for Nonsuicidal and Suicidal Self-Injury
Kate H. Bentley, Shannon Sauer-Zavala, Clair Cassiello-Robbins, and Stephanie Vento
Chapter 12 The Unified Protocol for Borderline Personality Disorder
Shannon Sauer-Zavala, Kate H. Bentley and Julianne G. Wilner
Chapter 13 The Unified Protocol for Chronic Pain
Laura A. Payne
Chapter 14 The Unified Protocol for Complex, Highly Comorbid Cases
Heather Murray Latin and Clair Cassiello-Robbins
Chapter 15 Group Treatment Applications of the Unified Protocol
Jacqueline R. Bullis, Kate H. Bentley and Katherine A. Kennedy
Chapter 16 Cross-cultural Applications of the Unified Protocol: Examples from Japan and Colombia
Amantia Ametaj, Nina Wong Sarver, Obianujunwa Anakwenze, Masaya Ito, Michel Ratner and Ramya Potluri
Chapter 17 The Unified Protocol: Future Directions
Clair Cassiello-Robbins, Heather Murray Latin, and Shannon Sauer-Zavala
References
Index

Applications of the Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders

Edited by David H. Barlow and Todd Farchione

ABCT Clinical Practice Series

Author Information

Edited by David H. Barlow, Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry Emeritus, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University, and Edited by Todd Farchione, Research Associate Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University

David H. Barlow, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry Emeritus and Founder of the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University. Dr. Barlow has published over 600 articles and chapters and over 75 books and clinical manuals, mostly in the area of the nature and treatment of emotional disorders and clinical research methodology.

Todd Farchione, PhD, is Research Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Boston University. Dr. Farchione's research interests are focused on the psychological factors associated with the development of anxiety, depressive, and related disorders. In particular, he is interested in the development and dissemination of more effective treatments for these disorders.

Contributors:

Amantia Ametaj, M.A., Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts

Obianujunwa Anakwenze, B.A. Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts

David H. Barlow, Ph.D., Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts

Kate H. Bentley, M.A., Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Emily Bernstein, M.A., Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts

Hannah Boettcher, M.A., Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts

Christina L. Boisseau, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

James F. Boswell, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York

Matteo Bugatti, M.A., Department of Psychology, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York

Jacqueline R. Bullis, Ph.D., Division of Depression and Anxiety Disorder, McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Belmont, Massachusetts

Clair Cassiello-Robbins M.A., Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts

Laren R. Conklin, Ph.D., Department of Behavioral Health, Chalmers P. Wylie VA Ambulatory Care Center, Columbus, Ohio

Thilo Deckersbach, Ph.D., Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Steven Dufour B.A., Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Kristen K. Ellard, Ph.D., Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Todd J Farchione, Ph.D., Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts

Matthew W. Gallagher Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Texas Institute for Measurement Evaluation and Statistics University of Houston, Houston, Texas

Tracie M. Goodness, Ph.D., Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts

Masaya Ito, Ph.D., National Center for Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Research, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan

Katherine A. Kennedy, B.S., Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx, New York

Heather Murray Latin, Ph.D., Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts

Andrew A. Nierenberg, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Jennifer M. Oswald, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York

Laura A. Payne, Ph.D., Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Pain and Palliative Care Program, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California

Ramya Potluri, B.A., Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts

Michel Ratner, M.A., Department of Psychology, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia

Shannon Sauer-Zavala, Ph.D., Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts

Johanna Thompson-Hollands, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts

Stephanie Vento, B.S., Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts

Katelyn M. E. Williams, M.A., Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts

Julianne G. Wilner, B.A., Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts

Nina Wong Sarver, Ph.D., Department of Pediatrics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi