[Behavioural activation as a first-line treatment for depression]

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Title:	[Behavioural activation as a first-line treatment for depression]
Author(s):	Eijndhoven, P.F. van ; Schene, A.H.
Publication year:	2017
Source:	Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, vol. 161, iss. 0, (2017), pp. D1323
ISSN:	0028-2162
Publication type:	Article / Letter to editor
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item : http://hdl.handle.net/2066/173065
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Subject:	Radboudumc 13: Stress-related disorders DCMN: Donders Center for Medical Neuroscience
Organization:	Psychiatry
Journal title:	Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde
Volume:	vol. 161
Issue:	iss. 0
Page start:	p. D1323
Abstract:	Psychological treatments are important to reduce the global burden of depression; however, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), which is considered the gold-standard treatment, is costly and sparsely available. Behavioural activation (BA) is a psychological treatment aimed at overcoming depression by increasing positive activities, with the help of registration and activity scheduling. It is a simpler and less costly alternative to CBT, and is no less effective in the treatment of moderate to severe depression. Two-thirds of depressed patients can be effectively treated with BA, providing evidence for it being an important extension of the therapeutic arsenal for depression; this will quite probably be reflected by a more prominent place for this treatment in upcoming guidelines.