Category: Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT)

Innovative Treatment as Effective as Psychiatric Drug for Social Anxiety Disorder: Study

April 6, 2023
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A new technology-driven treatment was found to be as effective as psychiatric medication for treating social anxiety disorder, according to a recent clinical study. The study compared gaze-contingent music reward therapy (GC-MRT), which is based on eye-tracking technology that allows for treatment of social anxiety disorder (SAD) through changing attentional biases in patients, with a selective…

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Behavioural Activation Therapy for Depression: What’s the Evidence?

February 6, 2022
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“I felt as if I had lost myself and wouldn’t ever be the same again” . Amy’s experience of depression is common, and it can cause a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest in things you once found enjoyable (Uphoff et al., 2020a). Depression can have a long-lasting effect on patients and their families,…

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Insomnia in Pregnancy Is Common but It’s Not Normal

September 3, 2021
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Many pregnant women find themselves waking up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom (for the third time) or struggling to find a comfortable sleep position. Mildly disrupted sleep is common and bothersome but should not be confused with the much more serious problem of insomnia—which impacts more than 20 percent of…

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