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Psychology
Cognitive-Behavior Therapy
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a psychotherapeutic advance or a talking therapy, which tries to resolve troubles in regards to dysfunctional emotions, behaviors and cognitions by way of a goal-oriented, systematic process. This therapy is basically an amalgamation of basic behavioral and cognitive research. There is empirical confirmation that CBT is effectual for the treatment of a diversity of issues, including mood, anxiety, personality, eating, substance abuse, and psychotic disorders. Treatment is frequently manual with precise, method motivated, direct, and time restricted treatments for exact psychological disorders. CBT is utilized in individual therapy as well as group situations, and the methods are frequently tailored for self-help purposes. A number of clinicians and researchers are more cognitive leaning, while others are more behaviorally leaning (Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, 2011).
CBT is based on the premise that a person can become conscious of their distorted thoughts and behaviors, and work towards altering them. CBT presumes that there are precise stimuli that bring about...
CBT works by making a person conscious of their maladaptive feelings and behaviors, and provides people with the tools to work towards producing a realistic and positive point-of-view in regards to their thoughts. It has been established that brain imaging studies are very useful in helping health professionals to determine when and how to use CBT to treat people (Neurological Changes Associated with Psychotherapy and Pharmacotherapy, 2008).
According to a study in the April 2006 issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry brain imaging can help to recognize people whose depression would more likely be relieved by Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. The study showed that depressed people whose MRI scans show certain brain reactions to negative stimuli are more frequently assisted by cognitive behavior therapy. If these findings can be corroborated by other studies, health care professionals may be able to forecast what therapies will be most effectual for individual people by utilizing imaging technology and avoiding the drawn out trial and error procedure that…
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