Category: Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT)

Innovative Treatment as Effective as Psychiatric Drug for Social Anxiety Disorder: Study

A new technology-driven treatment was found to be as effective as psychiatric medication for treating social anxiety disorder, according to a recent clinical study. The study compared gaze-contingent music reward therapy (GC-MRT), which is based on eye-tracking technology that allows for treatment of social anxiety disorder (SAD) through changing attentional biases in patients, with a selective…


Behavioural Activation Therapy for Depression: What’s the Evidence?

“I felt as if I had lost myself and wouldn’t ever be the same again” . Amy’s experience of depression is common, and it can cause a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest in things you once found enjoyable (Uphoff et al., 2020a). Depression can have a long-lasting effect on patients and their families,…


Insomnia in Pregnancy Is Common but It’s Not Normal

Many pregnant women find themselves waking up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom (for the third time) or struggling to find a comfortable sleep position. Mildly disrupted sleep is common and bothersome but should not be confused with the much more serious problem of insomnia—which impacts more than 20 percent of…