It's complicated: The relation between cognitive change procedures, cognitive change, and symptom change in cognitive therapy for depression.

ABSTRACT: Many attempts have been made to discover and characterize the mechanisms of change in psychotherapies for depression, yet no clear, evidence-based account of the relationship between therapeutic procedures, psychological mechanisms, and symptom improvement has emerged. Negatively-biased thinking plays an important role in the phenomenology of depression, and most theorists acknowledge that cognitive changes occur during successful treatments. However, the causal role of cognitive change procedures in promoting cognitive change and alleviating depressive symptoms has been questioned. We describe the methodological and inferential limitations of the relevant empirical investigations and provide recommendations for addressing them. We then develop a framework within which the possible links b

SUBMITTER: Lorenzo-Luaces L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10080251 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature