Depression treatment

• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy is the most common way of treating depression. It challenges faulty thinking to distrupt the negative triad
• CBT treatment includes

  • Initial assessment [clarify problems]
  • Goal setting
  • Challenging irrational thoughts [putting more effective behaviours in place]
  • Homework to bring the therapy into daily life
• A strength of this kind of treatment is its effectiveness.

  A study showed that 81% of patients symptoms significantly improved after the therapy
• One weakness of this method of therapy is that it takes effort.

  Someone with severe depression may not be motivated enough to see the therapist each week. Therefore, it cannot be used in all cases
• A second weakness of this treatment is that the success may be due to the therapist-patient relationship. Having someone to talk to could be what matters the most