Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology · 2005 · 134 citations · 29 references
Social SciencesBehavioral SciencesPsychologyBehavioral HealthClinical PsychologyPsychotherapyBehavior TherapyCognitive Behavioral TherapyDepressionDepressive DisordersMental HealthTreatment Of Mental DisordersCognitive Behavior TherapyCognitive Interventions For DepressionCognitive Therapy For DepressionComparative Clinical TrialsDepression-cognition InteractionLife Change EventsRelapse In Depression
Of 76 clients receiving 8-20 sessions of cognitive therapy (CT) in a joint university and a national health service clinic, 31 experienced sudden gains that appeared very similar to those first reported in clinical trials of CT by T. Z. Tang and R. J. DeRubeis (1999) and subsequently replicated in other studies. The sudden gains appeared less stable in the present study's more routine clinical practice settings than they were in the clinical trials. Life events did not appear to account for sudden gains.
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