Behavioral activation is part of the ‘B’ or behavioral side of cognitive-behavioral therapy that focuses on changing what people do. I should mention that during college, I worked in the laboratory of ...

One of the worst things about clinical depression is its cruel circularity. Feeling lousy smothers motivation; loss of motivation leads to inactivity; inactivity makes depression worse—and on and on.

Christopher Martel, director of the Psychological Services Center at the University of Massachusetts, will present a free, ...

What is behavioral activation (BA) treatment and how does it differ from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)? BA and CBT are quite fundamentally different. BA is what we call an outside-in treatment, ...

If it’s felt nearly impossible to get out of bed since the clocks turned an hour back in November, you’re definitely not alone. It’s natural to feel a bit sluggish and sad when the days are dark and ...

In a study of 1117 perinatal adults receiving behavioral activation therapy, the odds of endorsing suicide ideation decreased by 25% with each treatment session and by 80% at 3 months ...

Behavioural activation has emerged as a practical, action-based treatment for depression that emphasises structured engagement in meaningful activities to counteract the withdrawal and low mood ...

A simple and inexpensive therapy is equally as effective at treating depression as the "gold standard" of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), a largescale study has concluded. Behavioural Activation ...

Earlier this year, along with seemingly the rest of the working population, I burned out. I was confident in my self-diagnosis because I'd just spent six months writing a book about work that included ...

Both CBT treatments (that is, CBT-E and CBT-C) were based on a common CBT manual and structured through phases typically used in CBT. 56 Patients participated in 50 min of individual manualized ...