Treatment

BRIEF SUMMARY

• Basic premise: "When people get depressed, they may increasingly disengage from their routines and withdraw from their environment. Over time, this avoidance exacerbates depressed mood, as individuals lose opportunities to be positively reinforced through pleasant experiences, social activity, or experiences of mastery."

• Essence of therapy: "Behavioral Activation (BA) seeks to increase the patient’s contact with sources of reward by helping them get more active and, in so doing, improve one’s life context."

  https://div12.org/treatment/behavioral-activation-for-depression/

TREATMENT RESOURCES

TREATMENT MANUALS

Behavioral activation for depression: A clinician's guide (Martell et al., 2010)

Behavioral Activation Group Therapy: Therapist Manual (Porter & Spates)

Metacognitive therapy for anxiety and depression (Wells, 2009)

WORKBOOKS

Behavioral Activation Group Therapy: Patient Workbook (Porter & Spates)

CRITICAL STUDIES

Group therapy for mood disorders: A meta-analysis. (Janis et al., 2021)

Behavioral activation group therapy in public mental health settings: a pilot investigation (Porter et al., 2004)

Comparative effects of group metacognitive therapy versus behavioural activation in moderately depressed students (Zemestani et al., 2016)