Treatment - CBT
Jazmine A. Mauricio, M.S.
Graduate Professional
Cal Lutheran University
Oxnard, California
After experiencing a global pandemic, civil conflict and political instability, our current social climate has placed the world at a state of unrest, leading to a significant demand for change (Jedwab et.al, 2021). For behavioral health researchers, this has meant continuing to meet societies demand of providing remarkable evidence-based psychotherapies for the treatment of depression, anxiety, substance use, eating disorders, and many other mental illnesses. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is one of the most implemented evidence-based practices, and is arguably one of the most globally conceptualized (Stein et. al, 2022). Consequently, studies examining fidelity, technological advancements, and dissemination, are a part of the most rapid growing topics of research within CBT literature. This is accompanied by an increase in demand for more inclusive, culturally competent, and personalized forms of CBT interventions (Craske, 2022). The goal of the present study is to conduct a systematic review examining marginalized identity reporting within CBT randomized control trials (RCT’s). The results of this systematic review will delineate CBT RCT’s reporting practices of participant’s age, marital status, gender identity, sexual orientation, social economic status (SES), and ethnicity over time. This study will use systematic review reporting practices such as PRISMA, methodology criteria, and ROBIS for risk of bias. Furthermore, the eligibility criteria will include RCT’s conducted within the United States, using the English language, and those with visible reporting of participant demographic information. Databases such as PsychINFO, Scopus, and PubMed will be utilized as information sources. This study will present evidence of how CBT RCT’s have kept pace with population validity, and the increased demand of marginalized identity inclusion and reporting within CBT RCT’s.
