Simpler, cheaper treatment as effective as cognitive behavioural therapy for treating depression
Sunday, July 24, 2016 - 00:41
in Health & Medicine
A simple and inexpensive psychotherapy or talking therapy known as behavioural activation (BA) is as effective at treating depression in adults as the gold-standard cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), and can be delivered by non-specialist staff with minimal training at far less cost, according to new research published in The Lancet. With long waiting lists and […]