A self-help behavioral activation treatment for geriatric depressive symptoms

Self-help interventions for depressive disorders and depressive symptoms: a systematic review

BACKGROUND Research suggests that depressive disorders exist on a continuum, with subthreshold symptoms causing considerable population burden and increasing individual risk of developing major depressive disorder. An alternative strategy to professional treatment of subthreshold depression is population promotion of effective self-help interventions that can be easily applied by an individual ...

Behavioral Activation Treatment for Major Depressive Disorder: A Pilot Investigation

Behavioral activation (BA) has emerged as an effective intervention for major depressive disorder. Previous research has indicated that it is as effective as the full cognitive behavioral treatment package (CBT). Conceptualized to consume fewer participant sessions, BA may be more efficient and cost-effective than CBT. With depression among the most common diagnoses in practice settings, NIMH's...

Self-Guided Psychological Treatment for Depressive Symptoms: A Meta-Analysis

BACKGROUND A number of trials have examined the effects of self-guided psychological intervention, without any contact between the participants and a therapist or coach. The results and sizes of these trials have been mixed. This is the first quantitative meta-analysis, aimed at organizing and evaluating the literature, and estimating effect size. METHOD We conducted systematic literature sea...

Randomized controlled trial of behavioral activation smoking cessation treatment for smokers with elevated depressive symptoms.

OBJECTIVE Depressive symptoms are associated with poor smoking cessation outcomes, and there remains continued interest in behavioral interventions that simultaneously target smoking and depressive symptomatology. In this pilot study, we examined whether a behavioral activation treatment for smoking (BATS) can enhance cessation outcomes. METHOD A sample of 68 adult smokers with mildly elevate...

Behavioral Treatment for Geriatric Syndrome