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Vol. 36 No. 3 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.4081/rp.2025.1109

Review: [Neuroticism: a new framework for emotional disorders and their treatment]

by Shannon Sauer-Zavala and David H. Barlow

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Published: 23 December 2025
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Sara Bui
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University of Florence, Tages Onlus, Florence, Italy.

Nevroticismo. Un nuovo quadro di riferimento per i disturbi emotivi e il loro trattamento is the Italian edition, edited by Simone Cheli for Giovanni Fioriti Editore, of the book Neuroticism: a new framework for emotional disorders and their treatment by Shannon Sauer-Zavala and David H. Barlow. The book sits at the center of the debate between categorical and dimensional perspectives, proposing the usefulness of a transdiagnostic approach that, specifically, identifies neuroticism as the central factor both for the conceptualization and the treatment of a wide range of disorders. [...]

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Review: [Neuroticism: a new framework for emotional disorders and their treatment]: by Shannon Sauer-Zavala and David H. Barlow. (2025). Ricerca Psicoanalitica, 36(3). https://doi.org/10.4081/rp.2025.1109
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