The effect of cognitive behavioral therapy on future thinking in patients with major depressive disorder: A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pessimistic thinking about the future is one of the cardinal symptoms of major depression. Few studies have assessed changes in pessimistic thinking after undergoing cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). A randomized clinical trial (RCT) was conducted with patients diagnosed with major depressive disorder (MDD) to determine whether receiving a course of CBT affects pessimistic future thinking using a future thinking task.

Methods

Thirty-one patients with MDD were randomly assigned to either CBT (n = 16) or a talking control (TC) (n = 15) for a 16-week intervention. The main outcomes were the change in response time (RT) and the ratio of the responses for positive valence, measured by the future thinking task. Secondary outcomes included the GRID-Hamilt

SUBMITTER: Amano M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9905738 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature