TITLE:
An Exploration into New Approaches in the Treatment of Mental Health: Understanding and Possible Optimization in the Implementation of Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)
AUTHORS:
Ziyu Su
KEYWORDS:
New Approaches, Mental Health
JOURNAL NAME:
Psychology,
Vol.14 No.2,
February
28,
2023
ABSTRACT: This paper aims to discuss the need for novel forms of therapy beyond traditional treatment programs. Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy, or AEDP, has increased acceptance and maintains a promising long-term outcome for patients compared to standard treatment protocols. This paper will review traditional mental health assessments and treatment types and their limitations. Then, traditional pre-and-post therapy success measures will be described along with their inherent limitations to assess treatment outcomes adequately. This will be the basis for considering AEDP as a promising, neuroscience-backed clinical field. The author will make a case for the pairing of AEDP with new psychotropic treatments recently and soon to be approved for use in the treatment of mental health. Finally, we will consider the use of applied neuroscientific tools for new forms of mental health assessments.