Cognitive Therapy Skills Predict Cognitive Reactivity to Sad Mood Following Cognitive Therapy for Depression

Cognitive therapy for depression.

Cognitive therapy is a treatment process that enables patients to correct false self-beliefs that can lead to negative moods and behaviors. The fundamental assumption is that a thought precedes a mood; therefore, learning to substitute healthy thoughts for negative thoughts will improve a person's mood, self-concept, behavior, and physical state. Studies have shown that cognitive therapy is an ...

Compare Effectiveness of Positive Mindfulness Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy on Social Anxiety and Communication Skills of Female Students with Depression

Introduction: Depressed female students suffer many problems such as social anxiety and poor communication skills. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of positive directed mindfulness therapy(PDMT), mindfulness-based cognitive therapy(MBCT) and cognitive-behavioral therapy(CBT) on social anxiety and communication skills of female students with depression. Methods: This was a ...

Cognitive–Behavioral Therapy for Mood Disorders

It is well established that individuals with intellectual disabilities (IDs) suffer from mood disorders. Individuals with IDs present with a similar set of depressive behaviors, including dysfunctional cognitive deficits similar to individuals without IDs such as having a low self-concept, attending to negative features of an event, and making negative causal attributions for stressful events (...

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression.

Cognitive behavioral therapy for depression in youth.

Without question, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is the most studied non-pharmacological intervention for the treatment of depression in youth, with over 80% of published psychotherapy trials testing the effects of CBT protocols. Until quite recently, CBT also was widely proclaimed to be a highly effective intervention for youth depression, albeit with stronger data for adolescent than for ...