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Intensive Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy for Depression: Preliminary Findings with Four Country Residents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2014

Dieter Schlosser ,
David J. Kavanagh  and
Peter H. Wilson
Dieter Schlosser
Affiliation:
Repatriation General Hospital, Concord
David J. Kavanagh*
Affiliation:
University of Sydney
Peter H. Wilson
Affiliation:
University of Sydney
*
Department of Psychology, University of Sydney, N.S.W. 2006
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Abstract

Clients who are unable to attend regular therapy sessions over an extended period present a challenge for treatment. This paper describes a brief intensive program of cognitive therapy for depression that was designed for four residents of country towns. Effects were highly consistent with the impact of group treatments delivered on a more traditional schedule. If confirmed in a controlled group study, these results suggest that cognitive therapy may be applied more economically and more widely than was previously realized.

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Research Article
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Behaviour Change , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , March 1988 , pp. 28 - 31
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Copyright © The Author(s) 1988

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