subject: Cognitive Behavior Therapy in the Treatment of Depression and Anxiety [print this page] CBT has been evaluated in randomized controlled trials (RCT) since 1966 and for each anxiety disorder there are at least two CBT methods that are considered evidence-based in the literature to date (Ost L-G, 2008). This therapy has been demonstrated to have an ending effect that protects against relapse and possible recurrence of illness (Hollon, Stewart, and Strunk, 2006). The first RCT of a behavioral treatment in a mental health disorder was published in 1963 by Lang & Lazovk and focused on college students with phobias, followed by a RCT analyzing GAD in 1973 by Stern et.al.
Cognitive Behavior Therapy in the Treatment of Depression and Anxiety
