cbt

Have You Ever Had CBT (Counseling)

As many of you know I have just come out of an abusive relationship which lasted 4.5 years, I am now much happier and safer, however after a visit to the doctor today, he has put a referral in for me...

Holistic approaches that may be helpful for anxiety

Reducing exposure to stressful situations can help decrease anxiety. In some cases, meditation, counseling, or group therapy can greatly facilitate this process.21 Acupuncture has been the...

Intensive cognitive behavioural treatment has slight edge as OCD treatment

By Jill SteinST. LOUIS, MO — April 4, 2007 — While both intensive and weekly cognitive-behavioural treatment (CBT) eventually provide similar extent of improvement for...

Technology in clinical practice

By John Luo, M.D.The role of technology in health care has taken a prominent role in many different specialties including psychiatry. Psychotherapists are using virtual reality to treat posttraumatic...

Nobel Laureate Eric Kandel on CBT & the neuroscience of psychiatric disease

ERIC R. KANDEL is University Professor at Columbia University in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics and in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia and a Senior Investigator at...

Less-severe side effects reported when CBT added to medication

Eve BenderMedication side effects may not only be an annoyance for patients but an obstacle to successful treatment. A dose of psychotherapy may make it easier for people with panic disorder to...

You can mind your own Depression

By A. B. Curtiss Depressed people are inclined toward certain kinds of habitual and automatic thinking. They are not often aware that they have this tendency. You can't control what you are not aware...

[UK] Call for reform of psychological therapies

A mental health expert at the University of York is calling for the radical reform of psychological therapies in the UK. Professor David Richards, of the University's Department of Health Sciences,...

Fear 'extinction' antibiotic moves closer to commercialization

Atlanta-based Tikvah Therapeutics, Inc. has signed a licensing agreement with Therapade Technologies LLC, a drug development company founded by researchers at the Emory University School of Medicine...

Psychotherapy and antidepressant for panic disorder

Panic disorder, with or without agoraphobia, is usually treated with psychotherapy, with or without antidepressants. Deciding which is best is made difficult by trials being generally small, testing...