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Think Like a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist

You’ve obviously heard about cognitive therapy (CT), also known as cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), and perhaps you practice it. But most psychotherapists in the U.S. do not identify themselves as CBT therapists.

EMDR in Children and Adolescents [Free Article]

EMDR stands for “Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing.”

The Psychotherapy of Bipolar Disorder and the Moment of Truth [Free Article]

If you treat patients with bipolar disorder, then you have reached what I call the moment of truth. Your patient has been doing so well, she’s not even sure she still has a psychiatric problem. This is one of the many opportunities for psychotherapy in bipolar disorder—in this case, helping your patient to come to terms with her illness.

Post-Concussive Syndrome, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Disruptive Behavior Disorders [Free Article]

Head injuries occur in 110 to 400 out of every 100,000 adults each year, but are much more common in children—around 692 per 100,000 children younger than 15. Mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs in 75% to 85% of these cases.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) [Free Article]

In our study of CBT-I, we assigned participants with chronic and primary insomnia to either CBT-I, temazepam, a combination of the two, or placebo. We found that combination therapy was more effective than either treatment alone—in our study, the percentage reduction of time awake after sleep onset was highest for the combined condition (63.5%), followed by CBT (55%), temazepam (46.5%), and placebo (16.9%).

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