Korean J Biol Psychiatry.  2006 Aug;13(3):144-151.

The Effects of Cognitive Therapy in Major Depressive Disorder

• Lee KJ

Abstract

eatment alone. Most importantly, the addition of cognitive therapy to usual treatment appears to protect against future relapse in individuals known to be at high risk of repeated episodes of depression. In addition, subjects who received cognitive therapy showed significantly greater improvements in chronic depression than receiving antidepressant medication. Pooled data suggests that there is a significant relationship between the therapist's level of training or experience, the type of therapy used and patient outcome. Recent functional imaging studies examining brain changes following cognitive therapy report a variety of regional effects, but there is no consistent pattern across the few published studies.
CONCLUSION
Cognitive therapy has proved beneficial in treating depressive patients. Despite empirical data supporting its efficacy, there are still problems in gaining access to cognitive therapy in clinical practice.

Keyword

Cognitive therapy; Depressive disorder; Antidepressant

MeSH Terms

Brain
Cognitive Therapy*
Depression
Depressive Disorder
Depressive Disorder, Major*
Humans
Recurrence