The Affect Regulation Training (ART): a transdiagnostic approach to the prevention and treatment of mental disorders

• Emotion regulation deficits contribute to the development and maintenance of mental health problems.
• Transdiagnostic intervention for coping with undesired emotions or affective states.
• Empirical findings provide support for the efficacy of ART.

Deficits in emotion regulation skills likely contribute to the development and maintenance of various mental health problems. Thus, we developed the Affect Regulation Training (ART) as a transdiagnostic intervention that can be used to enhance such skills whenever a focus on emotion-regulation appears promising in preventing or treating mental health problems. In the present article we introduce the readers to the theoretical background, the aim and scope, and the procedure constituting ART. We will also present some research on the treatment's efficacy as well as perspectives for future treatment development and research.