國際多學科期刊行為研究和治療的主要焦點是一種實驗性的精神病理學方法，用于理解情緒和行為障礙及其預防和治療，使用認知、行為和心理生理(包括神經)方法和模型。這包括以實驗室為基礎的實驗研究，對象包括健康、高危和亞臨床個體，這些研究為臨床應用提供了信息，也包括臨床嚴重樣本的研究。鼓勵提交下列類型的報告:對有助于精神病理學和提供新的治療目標的機制的理論審查;新穎的、機械性的心理干預測試，特別是包括理論驅動或實驗推導的預測因子、調節因子和中介因子的測試;以及將基于證據的實踐傳播和實施到心理學和相關領域的臨床實踐中的創新，特別是那些以潛在機制為目標或側重于提供治療的新方法的實踐。除了傳統的心理障礙，該雜志的范圍還包括行為醫學(例如，慢性疼痛)。該雜志不會考慮主要涉及測量、心理測量分析和性格評估的手稿。編輯和副編輯將初步決定提交的稿件是否屬于期刊的范圍和/或是否具有足夠的價值和重要性，值得進行全面審查。

An International Multi-Disciplinary JournalThe major focus of Behaviour Research and Therapy is an experimental psychopathology approach to understanding emotional and behavioral disorders and their prevention and treatment, using cognitive, behavioral, and psychophysiological (including neural) methods and models. This includes laboratory-based experimental studies with healthy, at risk and subclinical individuals that inform clinical application as well as studies with clinically severe samples. The following types of submissions are encouraged: theoretical reviews of mechanisms that contribute to psychopathology and that offer new treatment targets; tests of novel, mechanistically focused psychological interventions, especially ones that include theory-driven or experimentally-derived predictors, moderators and mediators; and innovations in dissemination and implementation of evidence-based practices into clinical practice in psychology and associated fields, especially those that target underlying mechanisms or focus on novel approaches to treatment delivery. In addition to traditional psychological disorders, the scope of the journal includes behavioural medicine (e.g., chronic pain). The journal will not consider manuscripts dealing primarily with measurement, psychometric analyses, and personality assessment.The Editor and Associate Editors will make an initial determination of whether or not submissions fall within the scope of the journal and/or are of sufficient merit and importance to warrant full review.