Cognitive approach to treating depression

What did March’s comparison of CBT to antidepressants and a combination of both find?

After 36 weeks:

81% CBT group or antidepressants group, 86% of CBT AND antidepressants group significantly improved

What did Cujiper’s meta analysis of 115 studies find?

Mean effect size 0.71 for CBT compared to control group

What did Ali find about the relapse rate after CBT?

42% clients relapse into depression within 6 months after treatment ends

53% relapsed within a year

How can the mental effort needed for CBT make it an inappropriate treatment?

For some depression can be so severe that they can’t motivate themselves to engage with the cognitive work of CBT, and not pay attention to the session so can’t be treated properly