In my literary research review, I will look at articles presenting research on the effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on those who are suffering from depression. The articles will be discussing Cognitive Behavioral Therapies effectiveness on those of different ages and genders. The literature will research and review quantitative and qualitative studies and what their outcomes revealed. Research on the effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for those who are suffering from depression shows that in the short term, the effectiveness is similar in results to medical interventions. However, in treating depression for a long time, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is shown to be successful. The additional information learned from these studies is that use of both Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with pharmaceutical intervention has shown some of the better results. There are also the depth of the depression, and other mental health issues to consider before recommending Cognitive Behavioral Therapy first. The type and extent of the depression and other factors will greatly affect how successful the therapy will be. The articles have empirical research discussing Cognitive Behavioral Therapies effectiveness on those with different variables such as age, gender, and socioeconomic status. What is depression? According to the American Psychological Association (2014), “Depression is more than just sadness. People with depression may experience a lack of interest and pleasure in daily activities, significant weight loss or gain, insomnia or excessive sleeping, lack of energy, inability to concentrate, feelings of worthlessness or excessive guilt and recurrent thoughts of death or suicide. Depression is the most common menta... ... middle of paper ... ...currently little empirical support for cognitive mediation.” While many of these studies show that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is an effective treatment for depression, there are other issues to look at. One of these issues is the severity of the depression and if it is in conjunction with other mental health disorders. If there is a minor depression, then most of the studies indicate that there is definite improvement from the use of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. However, when there are more issues going on and the depression is severe then other forms of treatment may be necessary such as the use of medications in combination with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or other therapies. In addition, the individual may not be responsive to this type of treatment and would then need to be assessed to see what other types of treatment would be most effective for them.
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I have chosen to look into the effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy(CBT) on treating depression in primary care. I am interested in this particular area of counselling as my impression is that it is currently the favoured form of counselling that is offered when people approach their GP for help. Currently the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom recommend CBT as the best talking therapy for treating a wide range of conditions (Barret, 2009). As part of the UK government’s Improving Access to Pyschological Therapies (IAPT) scheme there is an emphasis on using CBT to help(Barrett, 2009).
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The goal of cognitive-behavioral treatment is to adapt the patient’s thoughts; as Riley is thinking of how she is failing to deal with the present situation she is in, this treatment will help her change this thinking. In this treatment, Riley’s patterns of thinking would be recognized over a series of appointments, and the clinician would then identify different ways of viewing the same situations Riley has been dealing with, making them not as dysfunctional for her. As well as cognitive-behavioral treatment, physical activity can also combat depression because it releases endorphins; this treatment would be accessible to Riley, and it is something that can be self-initiated as well as encouraged by her parents. These treatments would be ideal for Riley as they encourage her to better her illness without antidepressants since she is so
Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy has been known to be the most efficient type of therapy when treating this mental problem. Cognitive therapy is a specific type of therapy that teaches people more, new adaptive ways to think and act. The treatment was involved in ...
The first psychological treatment of depression is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Multiple studies indicate that the advantages of CBT are unquestionable.
Cognitive behavioral therapy helps patients to understand the thoughts and feelings that influence behaviors. Cognitive behavioral therapy is used to treat many different types of disorders. Some of the common disorders that can be treated with cognitive behavioral therapy are depression, phobias, anxiety as well as addictions. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps patients deal with a specific problem. During treatment, a patient will potentially learn how to identify destructive behavior within them selves. Long term, a patient will learn how to change the thought patterns that lead to the destructive behavior.
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“Cognitive-behavior therapy refers to those approaches inspired by the work of Albert Ellis (1962) and Aaron Beck (1976) that emphasize the need for attitude change to promote and maintain behavior modification” (Nichols, 2013, p.185). A fictitious case study will next be presented in order to describe ways in which cognitive behavioral therapy can be used to treat the family members given their presenting problems.
Cognitive-behavioural therapy, or as it is commonly referred throughout literature CBT is an integration of Ellis’ (1996) Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) and Becks’ Cognitive Therapy (1976). CBT regards a variety of interventions that share the same basic assumption that mental disorders and psychological distress are sustained by cognitive factors. The central idea of this psychotherapy approach is that maladaptive cognitions contribute to the maintenance of emotional distress and consequently behavioural problems (Beck, 1970; Eliis, 1962). We, as humans, gather information in our brain in certain patterns or schemas that contain general knowledge about that world and the person themselves and these schemas are used to interpret, select and reduce
All approaches or theories has their weaknesses and strengths. The important things about these therapy interventions is that a therapist can combine more than one intervention to help families, groups or individuals. Cognitive behavior therapy is one of the most effective treatments for conditions where anxiety or depression is the main problem. It is the most effective psychological treatment for moderate and severe depression. It is as effective as antidepressants for many types of depression. However, cognitive behavior therapy is not a quick fix. A therapist is like a personal trainer or any other consultants that advises and encourages a person but cannot 'do' it for the him/her. It is up to the person, group or family to utilize the
The most effective therapy to treat depression is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. (CBT) was coined in the 1960’s by Dr. Aaron T. Beck. Beck was a psychiatrist at the University of Pennsylvania where he studied and practiced psychoanalysis. His main goal was to carry out experiments to test psychoanalytic concepts of depression. In his finding he came across patients experiencing steams of negative thoughts. These thoughts usually happened spontaneously and where then named- automatic thoughts. Everyone suffers from these thoughts, some more than others. The more he studied the more he realized these thoughts could easily be put into three categories: thoughts about themselves, the world, or the future. His goal was to help patients realize
Moreover, according to the report, the benefits of the therapy concept are also showing to last beyond termination of the therapeutic process. In many ways one can appreciate that this report can validate Shelder’s (2010) eight meta- analyses as well as his nine meta-analyses of other psychological therapies with the use of antidepressant prescriptions. These reported meta-analyses can show that psychodynamic therapy can have substantial treatment