Applying experimental therapeutics to examine cognitive and chronological vulnerabilities as mediators of acute outcomes in cognitive-behavioral therapy and light therapy for winter depression.

Conclusions: CBT-SAD promoted decreases in SAD-specific negative cognitions, and these changes were related to decreases in symptoms. Consistent with the theory that LT corrects misaligned circadian rhythms, LT reduced eveningness, but this did not correspond to symptom improvement. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)

http://psycnet.apa.org/record/2020-53939-005

Source: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology - July 23, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

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