Internet-based CBT helps service members with post-traumatic stress

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

A recent study in the American Journal of Psychiatry reviews therapist-assisted, Internet-based, self-management cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) for service members […]

Complicated grief helped by cognitive restructuring and exposure therapy

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

The death of a loved one can precipitate the devastating clinical condition known as “complicated grief” (CG). In a study […]

Refractory angina (chronic chest pain) positively affected by CBT

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

People with chronic refractory angina are frequently hospitalized with severe chest pain. A recent study in the Journal of Pain […]

CBT reduces fear and restores function for patients after cardiac defibrillator implantation

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

A recent article in Current Psychiatry reviews the negative effects on quality of life for people who receive an implantable […]

Antidepressants used in combination with CBT reduces risk of teen suicide

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

The use of the antidepressant fluoxetine (Prozac) alone has been associated with increased suicidality among teens and children, leading to […]

Adolescent Depression & Suicide Prevention: National Review of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

A national review of treatments for depressed adolescents (ages 13-17), with special focus on preventing teen suicide, finds Cognitive Behavioral Therapy […]

CBT cutting down on the sweat in patients with hyperhidrosis

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

Hyperhidrosis, a condition that causes excessive sweating, is brought on by a combination of the body’s temperature regulating system and […]

Fibromyalgia – real disease getting real benefit from CBT

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

People with Fibromyalgia suffer on many levels. They live with a chronic and painful, life-altering, multi-system disease that affects about 2% of […]

When patients get angry in session

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

Judith S. Beck writes in: Some therapists are quite concerned about their patients becoming angry at them. Yet when therapists […]

There’s nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so…

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

Does Shakespeare’s famous maxim apply to head injury? According to a new study, the answer is yes. Researchers recently looked at […]

Love is Never Enough

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

Say you’re having an argument with your partner, housemate or friend. What’s going through your mind during the interaction? How […]

All-male CBT workshops effective for men with insomnia

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

CBT has been successfully used to treat insomnia in both men and women, but according to a recent article men […]

Maximizing daily satisfaction to help alleviate Depression

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

At a recent case conference, Dr. Aaron Beck met with a patient suffering from depression while graduate students watched the session via […]

Cognitive Behavior Therapy helps prevent spread of HIV

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) recently launched a Healthy Living Project to promote healthful behaviors among those who have HIV. The […]

Unemployed? Cognitive Behavior Therapy may be able to help

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

Usually we write in about recent studies — and this unemployment study is actually from 1997, but we thought it was […]

Men Have Eating Disorders – Cognitive Therapy Can Help

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

Anorexia and bulimia are not just affecting women. A recent Harvard Medical School survey showed that nationally, 25% of those with anorexia […]

Cognitive Restructuring Group

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

We recently received the following update from Kevin Benbow about the positive effects of teaching Cognitive Restructuring in a group […]

CBT for Smoking Cessation among Cancer Patients

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

Smoking, alcohol use and depression often co-exist at high rates among patients with head and neck cancer. Researchers recently designed a […]

Using Cognitive Therapy to treat Delusions

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

Dr. Aaron Beck recently responded to an interviewer’s questions about addressing delusions among Schizophrenic patients. One of the central tenets of […]

Can’t leave home? Phone therapy can help

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

A new study shows that Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) delivered entirely by phone can help depressed patients – with lasting […]