{"id":1139,"date":"2016-08-06T13:12:40","date_gmt":"2016-08-06T19:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/vim\/?p=1139"},"modified":"2016-08-06T13:36:32","modified_gmt":"2016-08-06T19:36:32","slug":"cognitive-behavioral-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vim.nrvana.com\/demo\/cognitive-behavioral-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Cognitive Behavioral Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<\/a><\/p>\n

Cognitive behavioral therapy<\/b> (CBT<\/b>) is a psychosocial intervention<\/a>[1]<\/a><\/sup>[2]<\/a><\/sup> that is the most widely used evidence-based practice<\/a> for treating mental disorders<\/a>.[3]<\/a><\/sup> Guided by empirical research, CBT focuses on the development of personal coping strategies<\/a> that target solving current problems and changing unhelpful patterns in cognitions<\/a> (e.g., thoughts, beliefs, and attitudes), behaviors, and emotional regulation<\/a>.[2]<\/a><\/sup>[4]<\/a><\/sup> It was originally designed to treat depression<\/a>, and is now used for a number of mental health conditions.[5]<\/a><\/sup>[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

The CBT model is based on a combination of the basic principles from behavioral<\/a> and cognitive psychology<\/a>.[2]<\/a><\/sup> It is different from historical approaches to psychotherapy, such as the psychoanalytic<\/a> approach where the therapist looks for the unconscious meaning behind behaviors and then formulates a diagnosis. Instead, CBT is “problem-focused” and “action-oriented”, meaning it is used to treat specific problems related to a diagnosed mental disorder and the therapist’s role is to assist the client in finding and practicing effective strategies to address the identified goals and decrease symptoms of the disorder.[7]<\/a><\/sup> CBT is based on the belief that thought distortions<\/a> and maladaptive behaviors play a role in the development and maintenance of psychological disorders,[3]<\/a><\/sup> and that symptoms and associated distress can be reduced by teaching new information-processing skills and coping mechanisms.[1]<\/a><\/sup>[7]<\/a><\/sup>[8]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

When compared to psychotropic medications<\/a>, review studies have found CBT-alone to be as effective for treating less severe forms of depression and anxiety<\/a>, posttraumatic stress disorder<\/a> (PTSD), tics<\/a>, substance abuse<\/a> (with the exception of opioid use disorder<\/a>), eating disorders<\/a>, and borderline personality disorder<\/a>, and it is often recommended in combination with medications for treating other conditions, such as severeobsessive compulsive disorder<\/a> (OCD) and major depression, opioid addiction, bipolar<\/a>, and psychotic disorders<\/a>.[1]<\/a><\/sup> In addition, CBT is recommended as the first line of treatment for the majority of psychological disorders in children and adolescents, including aggression and conduct disorder<\/a>.[1]<\/a><\/sup>[4]<\/a><\/sup> Researchers have found that other bona fide<\/a><\/i> therapeutic interventions were equally as effective for treating certain conditions in adults,[9]<\/a><\/sup>[10]<\/a><\/sup> but CBT was found to be superior in treating most disorders.[1]<\/a><\/sup> Along with interpersonal psychotherapy<\/a> (IPT), CBT is recommended in treatment guidelines as a psychosocial treatment of choice,[1]<\/a><\/sup>[11]<\/a><\/sup> and CBT and IPT are the only psychosocial interventions that psychiatry residents are mandated to be trained in.[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a psychosocial intervention[1][2] that is the most widely used evidence-based practice for treating mental disorders.[3] Guided by empirical research, CBT focuses on the development of personal coping strategies that target solving current problems and changing unhelpful patterns in cognitions (e.g., thoughts, beliefs, and attitudes), behaviors, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[48,50,61,59,58,60],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vim.nrvana.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1139"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vim.nrvana.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vim.nrvana.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vim.nrvana.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vim.nrvana.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1139"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/vim.nrvana.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1151,"href":"http:\/\/vim.nrvana.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1139\/revisions\/1151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vim.nrvana.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vim.nrvana.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vim.nrvana.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vim.nrvana.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}