Training in 'concrete thinking' can be self-help treatment for depression, study suggests
Thursday, November 17, 2011 - 23:30
in Health & Medicine
Research provides the first evidence that depression can be treated by only targeting an individual's style of thinking through repeated mental exercises in an approach called cognitive bias modification. The study suggests an innovative psychological treatment called 'concreteness training' can reduce depression in just two months and could work as a self-help therapy for depression in primary care.