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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?