Psychological Treatments Archive (Chambless)

Paradoxical Intention for Insomnia

Status: Strong Research Support Paradoxical intention is a cognitive technique that consists of persuading a patient to engage in his or her most...

Behavioral Activation for Depression

Basic premise: When people get depressed, they may increasingly disengage from their routines and withdraw from their environment. Over time, this...

Systematic Care for Bipolar Disorder

Status: Strong Research Support for Mania Systematic care consists of a system-level intervention and a group therapy component. At the system...

Stimulus Control Therapy for Insomnia

Status: Strong Research Support The main goal in stimulus control therapy is to reduce the anxiety or conditioned arousal individuals may feel when...

Self-System Therapy for Depression

Status: Modest Research Support Self-System Therapy (SST) is a brief, structured psychotherapy that is based on Higgin's (1997) regulatory focus...

Sleep Restriction Therapy for Insomnia

Status: Strong Research Support Sleep restriction therapy utilizes a form of systematic sleep deprivation in which a sleep window is established and...