Series: CBASP Training Module

Available with CE

The Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP) was developed specifically to treat the chronically or persistently depressed adult. CBASP has been identified by the American Psychological Association as having Strong Evidence for the treatment of persistent depressive disorder (http://www.div12.org/psychological-treatments/treatments/cognitive-behavioral-analysis-system-of-psychotherapy-for-depression/) and is the therapy of choice for persistently depressed patients in Europe, Canada and the USA. CBASP has been tested in the largest psychotherapy and medication clinical trial ever conducted in psychology and psychiatry and was found to be as effective as medication, and when combined with medicine it produced highly significant response to treatment rates (http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM200005183422001#t=article).
Research regarding CBASP is ongoing across the globe, with more evidence being compiled monthly (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27247856), and more applications for the successful use of CBASP techniques. CBASP has been used very successfully with persistently depressed patients and is also promising in working with patients suffering from alcohol use disorders and persistent depression (http://journals.lww.com/addictiondisorders/Citation/2014/06000/Co_Occurring_Chronic_Depression_and_Alcohol.2.aspx), as well as smokers who are persistently depressed. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2881321/)