Cognitive behavioural psychotherapy

The nice thing about the neural-plasticity hypothesis is that it seems to explain so much. In fact, it is a better explanation of the effects of psychotherapy than of drugs. If recovery from depression depends on learning new ways of thinking, then psychotherapy - and especially cognitive behavioural psychotherapy - ought to be effective, and indeed it is, as we shall see in Chapter 7. The... 

I However, success rates for cognitive behavioural psychotherapy are 70-80% so significant numbers of children require further intervention. 

Hamlin, M. (1988) An integrated cognitive behavioural approach to withdrawal from tranquillisers , in Dryden, W. and Trower, P. (eds) Developments in Cognitive Psychotherapy, London Sage Publications. 

Two forms of psychological treatment have been shown to be effective in the treatment of BN cognitive behavioural therapy and interpersonal psychotherapy. Both have been found to be superior to traditional psychodynamic based therapy (Hay and Bacaltchuk 2003). 

In this form of therapy, a range of cognitive behavioural procedures are used in a specific sequence of tasks and experiments set within the context of a personalised version of cognitive-behavioural theory of the maintenance of bulimia nervosa. Treatment is out-patient based and involves 15-20 sessions over about five months. CBT has been shown to be effective in a number of controlled clinical trials (Jones et al. 1993 Hay and Bacaltchuk 2003). It is either significantly more effective or at least as effective as any alternative form of psychotherapy (Hay and Bacaltchuk 2003). However, for some patients it is unnecessarily intensive, while for others it is not sufficient. This approach of guided self-help can be delivered solely using written materials, without any direct human involvement at all. Several studies have established the potential efficacy of... 

Drug therapy is not the only possibility. Psychotherapy therapy techniques such as relaxation, cognitive behavioural therapy and counselling can benefit some patients. 

Power, K. G. et al (1989). A controlled comparison of cognitive behavioural therapy, diazepam and placebo in the management of generalized anxiety. Behavioural Psychotherapy 17 1-14. 

Salkovskis, P M. (1991). The importance of behaviour in the maintenance of anxiety and panic A cognitive account. Behavioural Psychotherapy 9 6-19. 

Clinical psychologist / / Provide psychotherapy (group/l l) e.g. cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), family therapy, cognitive analytic therapy Run groups, e.g. mindfulness, self-... 

Hackmann, A. et al. (1998). Seeing yourself through others eyes A study of spontaneously occurring images in social phobia. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 26 3-12. 

James, I. (2001). Schema therapy The next generation, but should it carry a health warning Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 29 401-7. 

Perris, C. (2000). PersonaUty related disorders of interpersonal behaviour A developmental-constructivist cognitive therapy approach to treatment based on attachment theory. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy 1 97-117. 

Poole, A. D. et al (1990). Power therapies Evidence versus emotion. A reply to Rosen, Lohr, McNally and Herbert. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 27 3-8. 

Richards, D. (1999). The eye movement desensitization and reprocessing debate Commentary on Rosen and Poole et al. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 27 13-7. 

Rosen, G. et al. (1999). Power therapies, miraculous claims and cures that fail. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 26 99-101. 

Thwaite, R. and Freeston, M. H. (2005). Safety-seeking behaviours Fact or function Flow can we clinically differentiate between safety behaviours and adaptive coping strategies across anxiety disorders Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 33 177-88. 

British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (all qualified CBT therapists)... 

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