Reuters news snippet
According to many sources, University of Pennsylvania research suggests that cognitive therapy may work as well as drugs in treating moderate to severe depression. This story is just a snippet, but news organizations are citing bits of it out of context.
This WebMD article has a bit more information.
I will endeavor to read the journal article to see what it is actually saying and if it compares the success rates of cognitive behavioral therapy to Freudian psychotherapy. I will just need to find a way to get access to journal articles online dammit. Cognitive Behavioral therapy (CBT) employs mental exercises along with behavior modification to change the manner in which a person views the world (extra simple explanation).
Previous research indicated that antidepressants are superior to therapy, and that the individual therapist makes more of a difference on a person's mental state than the particular school of therapy that they practice. Realistically, antidepressants are much better for most people, as they cost less and require less of a time commitment (plus more research supports the efficacy of antidepressants). CBT is an excellent technique though... I can't knock it like other forms of therapy.
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