ABSTRACT

'A clear, rigorous account of cognitive behavioural methods for treating depression.' - British Journal of Psychiatry


The use of behavioural and cognitive techniques for treating depression has yielded exciting results. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) is as effective in the short term as anti-depressant drugs and has longer-lasting effects than medication. This book brings together assessment and treatment techniques of proven efficacy, describing them in usable detail and setting them in the context of current psychological theories of depression. It is an invaluable guide to practitioners wishing to make use of CBT.

chapter Chapter 1|10 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter 2|15 pages

Psychological models of depression I

The behavioural background

chapter Chapter 3|18 pages

Psychological models of depression II

The cognitive foreground

chapter Chapter 4|33 pages

Psychological treatment of depression

Outcome studies

chapter Chapter 5|33 pages

The assessment of depression

Some representative procedures

chapter Chapter 6|33 pages

Treatment techniques I

Overview, basic behavioural techniques and symptom management

chapter Chapter 7|35 pages

Treatment techniques II

Cognitive strategies

chapter Chapter 8|23 pages

Treatment techniques III

Behavioural and cognitive therapy for chronic and unremitting depression

chapter Chapter 9|17 pages

Training exercises

chapter Chapter 10|31 pages

The cognitive theory of depression revisited

chapter Chapter 11|19 pages

Cognitive-behavioural therapy and the process of change