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Commentary: Information‐processing in anxiety and depression – novel targets for translational research, a reflection on Lau and Waters (2017)
Author(s) -
Arad Gal,
BarHaim Yair
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/jcpp.12717
Subject(s) - neurocognitive , psychology , anxiety , psychopathology , cognition , context (archaeology) , developmental psychopathology , depression (economics) , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , neuroscience , clinical psychology , psychiatry , paleontology , macroeconomics , economics , biology
Understanding psychopathology in the context of a developmental cognitive neuroscience approach entails the notion that specific individual differences in information processing can serve as both etiologic and maintaining factors in the development of specific disorders. It is posited that such mechanistic understanding of neurocognitive aberrations during development can then serve focused translational efforts in the form of cognitive bias modification treatments. In the review by Lau and Waters (this issue), an astute developmental model is suggested regarding the role of potential neurocognitive mechanisms in depression and anxiety in youth.