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Depression in adults: treatment and management (NG222)

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about about

• Individual intervention • May be helpful for

delivered by a practitioner • Focuses on how people who can
with therapy-specific thoughts, beliefs, recognise negative
training and competence.
attitudes, feelings thoughts or

• Usually consists of 16 and behaviour unhelpful patterns
regular sessions, although interact, and of behaviour they

additional sessions may be teaches coping skills wish to change.
needed for people with to deal with things
Individual CBT • Avoids potential
comorbid mental or in life differently. side effects of
physical health problems • Goal-oriented and medication.
or complex social needs, structured.

or to address residual • The person will
symptoms. • Focuses on need to be willing

resolving current to complete
• Delivered in line with issues. homework
current treatment assignments.
manuals.

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