- Section 1 The Subject Matter of and Approach to Psychiatry
- 1.3 Psychiatry as a worldwide public health problem
- 1.4 The history of psychiatry as a medical specialty
- 1.5 Ethics and values
- 1.6 The psychiatrist as a manager
- 1.7 Descriptive phenomenology
- 1.8 Assessment
- 1.9 Diagnosis and classification
- 1.10 From science to practice
- Section 2 The Scientific Basis of Psychiatric Aetiology
- 2.3 The contribution of neurosciences
- 2.4 The contribution of genetics
- 2.5 The contribution of psychological science
- 2.6 The contribution of social sciences
- 2.7 The contribution of epidemiology to psychiatric aetiology
- Section 3 Psychodynamic Contributions to Psychiatry
- Section 4 Clinical Syndromes of Adult Psychiatry
- 4.4 Persistent delusional symptoms and disorders
- 4.5 Mood disorders
- 4.6 Stress-related and adjustment disorders
- 4.7 Anxiety disorders
- Section 5 Psychiatry and Medicine
- Section 6 Treatment Methods in Psychiatry
- 6.2 Somatic treatments
- 6.2.1 General principles of drug therapy in psychiatry
- 6.2.2 Anxiolytics and hypnotics
- 6.2.3 Antidepressants
- 6.2.4 Lithium and related mood stabilizers
- 6.2.5 Antipsychotic and anticholinergic drugs
- 6.2.6 Antiepileptic drugs
- 6.2.7 Drugs for cognitive disorders
- 6.2.8 Drugs used in the treatment of the addictions
- 6.2.9 Complementary medicines
- 6.2.10 Non-pharmacological somatic treatments
- 6.3 Psychological treatments
- 6.3.1 Counselling
- 6.3.2 Cognitive behaviour therapy
- 6.3.2.1 Cognitive behaviour therapy for anxiety disorders
- 6.3.2.2 Cognitive behaviour therapy for eating disorders
- 6.3.2.3 Cognitive behaviour therapy for depressive disorders
- 6.3.2.4 Cognitive behaviour therapy for schizophrenia
- 6.3.3 Interpersonal psychotherapy for depression and other disorders
- 6.3.4 Brief individual psychodynamic psychotherapy
- 6.3.5 Psychoanalysis and other long-term dynamic psychotherapies
- 6.3.6 Group methods in adult psychiatry
- 6.3.7 Psychotherapy with couples
- 6.3.8 Family therapy in the adult psychiatric setting
- 6.3.9 Therapeutic communities
- 6.4 Treatment by other professions
- 6.5 Indigenous, folk healing practices
- Section 7 Social Psychiatry and Service Provision
- Section 8 The Psychiatry of Old Age
- Section 9 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Cognitive behaviour therapy for depressive disorders
- Chapter:
- Cognitive behaviour therapy for depressive disorders
- Author(s):
Melanie J. V. Fennell
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780199696758.003.0167
This chapter describes A.T. Beck's cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for depression. Beck's is probably the most fully developed, comprehensively evaluated, and widely disseminated cognitive behavioural approach to depression. Additionally, CBT is an effective treatment for a range of acute psychiatric disorders, shows promise for severe mental illness and personality disorder, and is thus helpful not only with primary depression, but also with a range of comorbid conditions.
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- Section 1 The Subject Matter of and Approach to Psychiatry
- 1.3 Psychiatry as a worldwide public health problem
- 1.4 The history of psychiatry as a medical specialty
- 1.5 Ethics and values
- 1.6 The psychiatrist as a manager
- 1.7 Descriptive phenomenology
- 1.8 Assessment
- 1.9 Diagnosis and classification
- 1.10 From science to practice
- Section 2 The Scientific Basis of Psychiatric Aetiology
- 2.3 The contribution of neurosciences
- 2.4 The contribution of genetics
- 2.5 The contribution of psychological science
- 2.6 The contribution of social sciences
- 2.7 The contribution of epidemiology to psychiatric aetiology
- Section 3 Psychodynamic Contributions to Psychiatry
- Section 4 Clinical Syndromes of Adult Psychiatry
- 4.4 Persistent delusional symptoms and disorders
- 4.5 Mood disorders
- 4.6 Stress-related and adjustment disorders
- 4.7 Anxiety disorders
- Section 5 Psychiatry and Medicine
- Section 6 Treatment Methods in Psychiatry
- 6.2 Somatic treatments
- 6.2.1 General principles of drug therapy in psychiatry
- 6.2.2 Anxiolytics and hypnotics
- 6.2.3 Antidepressants
- 6.2.4 Lithium and related mood stabilizers
- 6.2.5 Antipsychotic and anticholinergic drugs
- 6.2.6 Antiepileptic drugs
- 6.2.7 Drugs for cognitive disorders
- 6.2.8 Drugs used in the treatment of the addictions
- 6.2.9 Complementary medicines
- 6.2.10 Non-pharmacological somatic treatments
- 6.3 Psychological treatments
- 6.3.1 Counselling
- 6.3.2 Cognitive behaviour therapy
- 6.3.2.1 Cognitive behaviour therapy for anxiety disorders
- 6.3.2.2 Cognitive behaviour therapy for eating disorders
- 6.3.2.3 Cognitive behaviour therapy for depressive disorders
- 6.3.2.4 Cognitive behaviour therapy for schizophrenia
- 6.3.3 Interpersonal psychotherapy for depression and other disorders
- 6.3.4 Brief individual psychodynamic psychotherapy
- 6.3.5 Psychoanalysis and other long-term dynamic psychotherapies
- 6.3.6 Group methods in adult psychiatry
- 6.3.7 Psychotherapy with couples
- 6.3.8 Family therapy in the adult psychiatric setting
- 6.3.9 Therapeutic communities
- 6.4 Treatment by other professions
- 6.5 Indigenous, folk healing practices
- Section 7 Social Psychiatry and Service Provision
- Section 8 The Psychiatry of Old Age
- Section 9 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry