Group rumination-focused cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) v. group CBT for depression: phase II trial

Rumination-focused cognitive-behavioural therapy for residual depression: phase II randomised controlled trial.

BACKGROUND About 20% of major depressive episodes become chronic and medication-refractory and also appear to be less responsive to standard cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT). AIMS To test whether CBT developed from behavioural activation principles that explicitly and exclusively targets depressive rumination enhances treatment as usual (TAU) in reducing residual depression. METHOD Forty...

The Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Treatment Group on Self-concept Among Adolescents

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Treatment Group (CBT) on self-concept among adolescents with low self-concept through a combinatory approach of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Multidimensional Self-concept Model (MSCM). The measurement of the effectiveness of CBT intervention was conducted to measure the increase of self-concept and ...

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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy ( CBT ) for Stuttering Disorder . A Case Study

This paper examines the benefits of using CBT-techniques as a therapeutic tool within the treatment of stuttering. Stuttering is a complex disorder that involves not only speech disfluencies but also psychological and interpersonal problems as a consequence of the interaction of thoughts, emotions and behaviour. This case study describes CBT carried out with a young woman with stuttering diffic...

Effects of group intervention based on the Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (CBT) on Job Stress

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of group intervention based on the Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (CBT) on job stress among personnel of judicature in Tehran. Methods: Thirty personnel of judicature in Tehran were selected by available volunteer sampling method and assigned randomly to experimental and control groups. During eight 1.5 hour sessions, the experimental...