Online treatment offers greater access to care for our patients with reduced travel and environmental costs. But is this modality effective? This research update looks at a study in which internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy was used for treating OCD in children and teens.

In MCI or dementia, CBT is the only psychological intervention that improves depression, quality of life, and ADLs.

Can prescribers do cognitive behavioral therapy for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)? How do you treat OCD when it’s mixed with other conditions? What to tell families asking for invasive Deep Brain Stimulation for OCD? How can we minimize the problems of antipsychotics? And what about lithium – should you use it more? Join us and learn!

DBT: a comprehensive treatment approach that combines mindfulness, cognitive-behavioral techniques, acceptance-based therapy, and case management to help individuals develop skills for emotional regulation and behavior change.

A meta-analysis of psychotherapy in depression challenges conventional wisdom.

Numerous studies have established the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for a variety of psychiatric diagnoses. How effective CBT can be when delivered on a computer is an ongoing area of study. Here, researchers find that an internet-based CBT protocol was a helpful adjunctive treatment in a residential setting.