Abstract
Psychotherapy has been transformed in the past decade by cognitive behaviour therapy. The recent Science and Practice of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy1 Clark DM Fairburn CG Science and practice of cognitive behaviour therapy. Oxford University Press, Oxford1997 Crossref Google Scholar provides a magisterial overview of its historical, theoretical, and practical aspects. Initially used for depression and anxiety, cognitive behaviour therapy is now indicated for panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, eating disorders, sexual problems, attempted suicide, hypochondriasis, cardiovascular disease, and atypical chest pain, 1 Clark DM Fairburn CG Science and practice of cognitive behaviour therapy. Oxford University Press, Oxford1997 Crossref Google Scholar as well as psychosis, 2 Fowler D Garety P Kuipers E Cognitive behaviour therapy for psychosis: theory and practice. John Wiley, Chichester1995 Google Scholar chronic fatigue syndrome, 3 Sharpe M Hawton K Simkin S et al. Cognitive behaviour therapy for the chronic fatigue syndrome: a randomized controlled trial. BMJ. 1996; 312: 22-26 Crossref PubMed Scopus (413) Google Scholar unexplained physical symptoms, 4 Speckens AE van Hemert AM Spinhoven P Hawton KE Bolk JH Rooijmans HG Cognitive behavioural therapy for medically unexplained physical symptoms: a randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 1995; 311: 1328-1332 Crossref PubMed Scopus (270) Google Scholar and symptoms due to malignant disease. 5 Greer S Moorey S Baruch JD et al. Adjuvant psychological therapy for patients with cancer: a prospective randomised trial. BMJ. 1992; 304: 675-680 Crossref PubMed Scopus (401) Google Scholar In this week's Lancet, Judith Proudfoot and colleagues present another remarkable success for cognitive behaviour therapy, that of helping the long-term unemployed find employment. Effect of cognitive-behavioural training on job-finding among long-term unemployed peopleThese results suggest that group CBT training can improve mental health and produce tangible benefits in job-finding. Application of CBT among the unemployed is likely to benefit both individuals and society in general. Full-Text PDF
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