Breaking the rhythm of depression: Cognitive Behavior Therapy and relapse prevention for depression

A crucial part of the treatment of depression is the prevention of relapse and recurrence. Psychological interventions, especially cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) are helpful in preventing relapse and recurrence in depression. The effectivity of four types of relapse prevention cognitive behavior therapy strategies will be addressed, i.e. acute prophylactic cognitive behavior therapy, continuation cognitive behavior therapy, sequential cognitive behavior therapy and cognitive behavior therapy in partial remission. Specific ingredients of three sequential cognitive behavior therapy programs (well-being cognitive therapy, preventive cognitive therapy, and mindfulnessbased cognitive therapy) will be discussed as applied after remission in patients that experienced previous depressive episodes. Sequential preventive cognitive behavior therapy after acute treatment may be an attractive alternative treatment for many patients who currently use antidepressants for years and years to prevent relapse and recurrence. This is an extremely challenging issue to research thoroughly. Future studies must rule out what intervention for whom is the best protection against relapse and recurrence in depression. Keywords: major depressive disorder, relapse, recurrence, cognitive behavior therapy, prevention, psychological interventions

• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Psychological topics

• Publication date

  2010-12-31

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1037/12082-002
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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