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- Integrated literature review on the relationship between cognitive bias and depression and anxiety in adultsPublication . Poincheval, Paul; Gouveia, Patrícia; Reis, Marta SofiaCognitive psychology deals with mental processes and their impact on the knowledge and behaviour of individuals. Scientific research is the privileged instrument for observing and evaluating these processes. The main objective of this study is to present the state of the art of recent research on the relationship between cognitive biases and anxiety and depressive disorders. Twenty-four studies published between 2020 and 2024 were analysed in order to determine which psychological intervention, based on modifying cognitive biases, is most effective for an adult population suffering from depressive or anxiety symptoms. The results point to the existence of unknown factors, either in the interaction between cognitive biases or simply in the assessment of certain biases that are difficult to measure. Imagery-based group CBT proved to be as effective as individual verbal CBT in modifying the biases analysed. Image-based group CBT had a huge advantage in requiring less therapist time to achieve a result similar to verbal CBT. The intervention of CBM via the Internet still presents many uncertainties and contradictions in the literature. In conclusion, there is a need for further research into the role of cognitive biases in depressive and anxiety symptoms, as well as into the effectiveness of existing psychotherapies, as there are still grey areas in these areas. Moreover, CBT is also an effective therapy which would benefit from continuing to develop new forms or being combined with another approach.