Abstract
Mood disorders are recurrent or episodic with significant cognitive deficits and incomplete recovery. Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) has been a well-established evidence-based intervention, and Cognitive retraining (CR) is emerging to reduce cognitive deficits by application of techniques that improve attention, memory, and/or executive functions that enhance psychosocial functioning. Method: The present study compared CBT and CR delivered as independent interventions as well as combined with medicines employing pre-post intervention and experimental research design. Outcome measures were Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II), Metacognitive Questionnaire (MCQ30), World Health Organization Quality of Life- Brief (WHOQOLBref), and Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF). Results: CBT group statistically had highest QOL supported by environment and global functioning. The change in mean scores on outcome measures was greater for CR groups. Conclusion: CR with or without medicine is a feasible treatment option when CBT promulgation is inhibited by patient, therapist, or environmental variables.
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