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Can depressed patients be treated with cognitive therapy in a group format? We think that they can. Cognitive therapy, the systematic attempt to identify and alter dysfunctional, depressogenic cognitions, appears to be a powerful intervention for depressed clients. A group treatment format allows the clinician to treat more people in the same amount of therapy time. In addition, a group format may offer certain advantages not available in an individual treatment context.
Preparation of this chapter was supported in part by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (RO1—MH33209) to the Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, and the St. Paul—Ramsey Medical Education and Research Foundation (No. 6287).
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Hollon, S.D., Evans, M.D. (1983). Cognitive Therapy for Depression in a Group Format. In: Freeman, A. (eds) Cognitive Therapy with Couples and Groups. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9736-7_2
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