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

By SharpBrains | November 14, 2014

— 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,”…

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

By SharpBrains | August 7, 2012 |

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:

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