Cognitive and behavior therapy in chronic depression

Behavior TherapyPublished 1 May 1975

A. John Rush, M. Khatami, Aaron T. Beck

DOI10.1016/s0005-7894(75)80116-x

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Abstract

Three patients with chronic relapsing depression were treated with a combination of cognitive and behavioral techniques. The main behavioral modality consisted of the use of activity schedules. The cognitive approach was directed at exposing and correcting the patients' negative distortions of the activities undertaken. These patients, although not substantially helped by drug therapy, showed prompt and sustained improvement with cognitive-behavioral therapy as reflected by their scores with the Hamilton and Beck Depression measures.

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