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Treating depression in older adults

09 March 2016

Mental Health Practice

Art & Science

As a treatment for depression, behavioural activation is as effective as cognitive behaviour therapy but less complex. Its simplicity and the absence of a cognitive...

Behavioural activation: self-help options for depression

07 November 2014

Mental Health Practice

Art & Science

Mental health professionals are increasingly expected to deliver evidence-based psychological therapies for common mental health problems. Behavioural activation...

Behavioural activation: an alternative to cognitive behaviour therapy

01 October 2013

Mental Health Practice

Art & Science

This case study describes how behavioural activation was used to treat a client with depression who had undergone previous psychological treatments including...

Therapeutic pluralism in mental health nursing practice

12 July 2017

Mental Health Practice

Evidence & practice

Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) is a much-debated subject in terms of its efficacy and status as the ‘treatment of choice’ for depression and anxiety. This article...