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Cognitive Therapy

Cognitive therapy, pioneered by Aaron T. Beck in the 1960s, is a structured approach to addressing psychological distress by focusing on the influence of thoughts on emotions and behaviors. All cognitive therapies involve the basic assumption that human beings have control over their feelings, and that how individuals feel about something depends on how they think about it. Unlike psychoanalytic methods that delve into unconscious processes or humanistic approaches emphasizing...
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Beck's Cognitive Therapy

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Bipolar Disorder

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Cognitive therapy in bipolar disorder.

Jan Scott1

  • 1Division of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, DeCrespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK. j.scott@iop.kcl.ac.uk

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics
|October 9, 2009
PubMed
Summary
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Cognitive therapy shows promise in reducing symptoms and relapses for bipolar disorder patients when combined with medication. Further large-scale trials are needed to fully establish its role in managing severe affective disorders.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychiatry
  • Clinical Psychology

Background:

  • Severe affective disorders, like bipolar disorder, are often explained by stress-vulnerability models.
  • There is growing interest in psychological interventions as adjuncts to medication for bipolar disorder.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review outcome studies on combined psychological and medication treatments for bipolar disorder.
  • To evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive therapy as an adjunct to medication.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing outcome studies on combined treatment approaches.
  • Analysis of preliminary findings regarding cognitive therapy's impact.

Main Results:

  • Preliminary data suggest cognitive therapy can reduce symptoms, improve social functioning, and decrease relapse rates and hospitalizations in bipolar disorder patients.
  • Evidence indicates potential benefits for social adjustment and overall functioning.

Conclusions:

  • Cognitive therapy may be a valuable adjunct treatment for bipolar disorder, offering symptomatic and functional improvements.
  • The role of cognitive therapy requires further investigation through large-scale randomized controlled trials due to limited current data and an incomplete psychological model of manic relapse.