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Post by healthy11 on Nov 13, 2014 23:51:08 GMT -5
www.nature.com/news/depression-a-change-of-mind-1.16325finance.yahoo.com/news/scientists-tested-therapy-against-antidepressants-222615541.html"Cognitive therapy, commonly known as cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), aims to help people to identify and change negative, self-destructive thought patterns. And although it does not work for everyone with depression, data have been accumulating in its favour. “CBT is one of the clear success stories in psychotherapy,” says Stefan Hofmann, a psychologist at Boston University in Massachusetts. Antidepressant drugs are usually the first-line treatment for depression. They are seen as a quick, inexpensive fix — but clinical trials reveal that only 22–40% of patients emerge from depression with drugs alone. Although there are various approaches to psychotherapy, CBT is the most widely studied; a meta-analysis1 published this year revealed that, depending on how scientists measure outcomes, between 42% and 66% of patients no longer meet the criteria for depression after therapy..."
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Post by healthy11 on Dec 2, 2014 9:20:46 GMT -5
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