The Effects of Cognitive Therapy in Major Depressive Disorder.
- Author:
Kang Joon LEE
1
Author Information
1. Department of Neuropsychiatry, Inje University, College of Medicine, Ilsanpaik Hospital, Goyang, Korea. lkj@ilsanpaik.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Cognitive therapy;
Depressive disorder;
Antidepressant
- MeSH:
Brain;
Cognitive Therapy*;
Depression;
Depressive Disorder;
Depressive Disorder, Major*;
Humans;
Recurrence
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Biological Psychiatry
2006;13(3):144-151
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
eatment alone. Most importantly, the addition of cognitive therapy to usual treatment appears to protect against future relapse in individuals known to be at high risk of repeated episodes of depression. In addition, subjects who received cognitive therapy showed significantly greater improvements in chronic depression than receiving antidepressant medication. Pooled data suggests that there is a significant relationship between the therapist's level of training or experience, the type of therapy used and patient outcome. Recent functional imaging studies examining brain changes following cognitive therapy report a variety of regional effects, but there is no consistent pattern across the few published studies. CONCLUSION: Cognitive therapy has proved beneficial in treating depressive patients. Despite empirical data supporting its efficacy, there are still problems in gaining access to cognitive therapy in clinical practice.
