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Behavioural activation: history, evidence and promise

Year: 2012

Type: editorial

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.

Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry

DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.111.103390

Authors: Jonathan W. Kanter, Ajeng J. Puspitasari, Maria M. Santos, Gabriela A. Nagy

Institution: University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

Language: English

Topic: Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: National Institute of Mental Health