Does anyone know about CBT?

[mission]

Would love to know if anyone knows anything about this before I start searching the topic myself? You might save me some time.

Let''s talk.

Thanks.


Mission.

[kentguy]

I've done CBT, what would you like to know?

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[kentguy]

CBT is the same as anything, it could work with some people but not others, but it didn' work with me
I honestly feel though its what you put into it, if you put the hard work in the rewards will come, at 18 i suppose i wasn't up for that.
It didn't cost me any money as it was through the NHS, which was a 9 month waiting list, but my knowledge and understanding of the problem is alot better.
I think with me alot of it is due to self confidence, when i feel confident i can do anything, i am a completely differrent person, its just i am so up and down.

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[kentguy]

Yeah, its about changing the way you think, changing negative to positive thoughts. Like they say though, its so easy talking about it than actually doing it.
But with my counsellor i trust her and we talk about all sorts, i have deffiantly gained alot more from that which i have to pay an hourly rate than the CBT, least it was free.

[All about darknight]

What does CBT STAND for? why did kentGuy have to wait 9 months?
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[All about darknight]

What does NHS stand for again?
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[kentguy]

now i get what you mean from the private message, i havn't been on this site for ages. well in the UK theres a waiting list for most treatments, appointments etc etc, and for CBT when i had it, it was 9 months waiting time to get your first appointment.

[All about darknight]

thankx.
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[All about darknight]

that's a really long time
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[Miss Lavish]

[VickyGirl]

A new abstract that may prove interesting for some. This type of study has been done before but still useful.
Basically, it proposes that CBT may be as effective as the use of SSRI's (antidepressants) for the treatment of panic disorder. Hope it helps!

Is a combined therapy more effective than either CBT or SSRI alone? Results of a multicenter trial on panic disorder with or without agoraphobia.

Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2008; 117(4):260-70 (ISSN: 1600-0447)
van Apeldoorn FJ; van Hout WJ; Mersch PP; Huisman M; Slaap BR; Hale WW; Visser S; van Dyck R; den Boer JA
University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. f.j.van.apeldoorn@psy.umcg.nl

OBJECTIVE: To establish whether the combination of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and pharmacotherapy (SSRI) was more effective in treating panic disorder (PD) than either CBT or SSRI alone, and to evaluate any differential effects between the mono-treatments.
METHOD: Patients with PD (n = 150) with or without agoraphobia received CBT, SSRI or CBT + SSRI. Outcome was assessed after 9 months, before medication taper.
RESULTS: CBT + SSRI was clearly superior to CBT in both completer and intent-to-treat analysis (ITT). Completer analysis revealed superiority of CBT + SSRI over SSRI on three measures and no differences between CBT and SSRI. ITT analysis revealed superiority of SSRI over CBT on four measures and no differences between CBT + SSRI and SSRI.
CONCLUSION: Both the mono-treatments (CBT and SSRI) and the combined treatment (CBT + SSRI) proved to be effective treatments for PD. At post-test, CBT + SSRI was clearly superior to CBT, but differences between CBT + SSRI and SSRI, and between SSRI and CBT, were small.

PreMedline Identifier: 18307586
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