Abstract: An overview of how cognitive behaviour therapy is used in the treatment of depression.

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Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)

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Written by: Petros Skapinakis, MD, MPH, PhD, lecturer of Psychiatry in the University of Ioannina Medical School, Greece. Eva Gerasi, postgraduate student in the Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of Ioannina, Greece.
First version: 28 Nov 2006. Latest revision: 16 Jan 2008.

What is CBT and how does it work?

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Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) is a psychological treatment. It is done by a trained therapist either one-to-one or with a group of patients. CBT aims to change relevant thoughts and beliefs. This should then lead to improvement in mood. CBT depends upon collaboration between the therapist and patient, and the patient plays an active role. It is used to treat a wide range of mental and physical illnesses, including anxiety, panic, eating disorders, irritable bowel syndrome, and chronic pain.

CBT is as effective as antidepressants and counselling in the acute treatment of mild-moderate depression in young or old people, and may cause more rapid improvement than antidepressants. It is unclear whether CBT is effective in severe depression. CBT is as effective as the MAOI phenelzine in the treatment of atypical depression.

CBT may also work well in preventing relapse in patients who have had at least one episode of depression. It also improves depression in patients who have not responded fully to antidepressants.

 
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