認知療法和研究發表實驗研究;理論、綜述、技術和方法文章;案例研究;和簡短的報告。這是一個廣泛構思的跨學科雜志，刺激和溝通研究和理論的作用，認知過程在人類的適應和調整。貢獻整合了不同的主題，包括臨床、認知、咨詢、發展、實驗、學習、個性和社會心理學。該雜志調查了所有與心理問題有關的主題，包括情感障礙、焦慮障礙、精神分裂癥、飲食失調、物質濫用、兒童和青少年的失調、老化中的心理障礙和個性。該雜志的大部分出版空間致力于實驗研究，以提供關于特定臨床問題的新知識或信息等方式推動該領域的發展。

Cognitive Therapy and Research publishes experimental studies; theoretical, review, technical, and methodological articles; case studies; and brief reports. It is a broadly conceived interdisciplinary journal that stimulates and communicates research and theory on the role of cognitive processes in human adaptation and adjustment.Contributions integrate diverse topics, encompassing clinical, cognitive, counseling, developmental, experimental, learning, personality, and social psychology. The journal examines all topics that pertain to psychological problems, including affective disorders, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, eating disorders, substance abuse, disorders of childhood and adolescence, psychological dysfunction in aging, and personality.Most of the journal’s publication space is devoted to experimental studies that seek to advance the field in such ways as providing new knowledge or information on a particular clinical problem or issue.