cognitive behavioural therapy

Study: To treat depression, therapy alone works better than therapy combined with antidepressants

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Should Com­bined CBT, Phar­ma­cother­a­py Be Recon­sid­ered in MDD? (Psy­chi­a­try Advisor):

“Cog­ni­tive behav­ioral ther­a­py (CBT) alone proved to be supe­ri­or to the com­bi­na­tion of psy­chother­a­py and anti­de­pres­sant med­ica­tion in the treat­ment of major depres­sive dis­or­der (MDD) in a sys­tem­at­ic review and meta-analy­sis pub­lished in Psy­cho­log­i­cal Medicine.

Anti­de­pres­sant med­ica­tion is asso­ci­at­ed with side effects and with­draw­al symp­toms and 23% more expen­sive than psy­cho­log­i­cal inter­ven­tions, [Read more…] about Study: To treat depres­sion, ther­a­py alone works bet­ter than ther­a­py com­bined with antidepressants

Mobile cognitive therapies gain traction as first-line mental health intervention

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thoughtjournalMen­tal health apps let you access ther­a­py from your smart­phone (New Scientist):

“Lie down any­where that suits: the world is now your therapist’s couch. A wide range of apps now deliv­er men­tal-health care straight to your smartphone.

With PTSD Coach, users can dis­creet­ly screen them­selves and learn more about the dis­or­der. Mood­notes keeps track of [Read more…] about Mobile cog­ni­tive ther­a­pies gain trac­tion as first-line men­tal health intervention

Update: Should Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (not antidepressant drugs) be the first-line treatment for depression?

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Time for Sharp­Brains’ Novem­ber e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing a wealth of brain health insights, neu­ro­science and psy­chol­o­gy research reports…and some fun brain teasers. Enjoy!

New think­ing:

New research:

New solu­tions:

 

Final­ly, you may want to try these quick brain teasers to exer­cise your atten­tion and work­ing mem­o­ry.

Enjoy a hap­py Thanks­giv­ing and a great month of December!

- The Sharp­Brains Team

Should Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (not antidepressant drugs) be the first-line treatment for depression?

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Depres­sion: A change of mind (Nature):

“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. [Read more…] about Should Cog­ni­tive Behav­iour­al Ther­a­py (not anti­de­pres­sant drugs) be the first-line treat­ment for depression?

Brain training (cognitive behavioural therapy) seen as most cost-effective treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome

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Pac­ing ‘not cost-effec­tive’ for CFS (NHS Choices):

“Brain train­ing is most cost-effec­tive treat­ment for chron­ic fatigue syn­drome,” BBC News reports, while pac­ing ther­a­pies (learn­ing to live with­in lim­its) “offer lit­tle value”.

“This news is based on research that aimed to deter­mine how cost-effec­tive four treat­ment options were for peo­ple with CFS. These were: [Read more…] about Brain train­ing (cog­ni­tive behav­iour­al ther­a­py) seen as most cost-effec­tive treat­ment for chron­ic fatigue syndrome