Table 2.

Evidence‐based psychological interventions (Level I and Level II) for common mental disorders in adulthood

Mental disorder	Level I*	Level II*
Depression	CBT, IPT, MBCT, PST, psychodynamic therapy, psychoeducation	ACT, DBT, EFT, EMDR, FI, Schema therapy, SFT
Anxiety disorders
Generalized anxiety disorder	CBT	ACT, MCT, MBCT, MBSR, psychodynamic therapy, psychoeducation
Specific phobia	CBT	–
Social anxiety disorder	CBT	ACT, IPT, MBSR, psychodynamic therapy
Obsessive‐compulsive disorder	CBT	ACT, FI, MBCT, MCT
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)	CBT, EMDR	DBT, EFT, MCT, MBSR
Eating disorders
Anorexia nervosa	–	CBT, FI, psychodynamic therapy
Bulimia nervosa	CBT	DBT
Binge eating disorder	CBT	DBT, IPT, MBSR, psychoeducation

Abbreviations: ACT, acceptance and commitment therapy; CBT, cognitive behavior therapy; DBT, dialectical behavior therapy; EFT, emotion focussed therapy; EMDR, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing; FI, family (based) interventions; IPT, interpersonal psychotherapy; MBCT, mindfulness‐based cognitive therapy; MBSR, mindfulness‐based stress reduction; MCT, metacognitive therapy; PST, problem solving therapy; SFT, solution focussed therapy.

^*Adapted from Australian Psychological Society (2018).