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Behavioural activation: history, evidence and promise. Br J Psychiatry 2012 May;200(5):361-3

Date

05/03/2012

Pubmed ID

22550329

DOI

10.1192/bjp.bp.111.103390

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-84860563035 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   63 Citations

Abstract

Behavioural activation holds promise to reduce the global burden of depression as a treatment approach that is effective, easy to teach, scalable and acceptable to providers and patients across settings and cultures. This editorial reviews the history of behavioural activation, what it is, current evidence for its use and future directions.

Author List

Kanter JW, Puspitasari AJ, Santos MM, Nagy GA

Author

Ajeng Puspitasari PhD Assistant Professor in the Surgery department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Depressive Disorder
Evidence-Based Medicine
Humans
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic