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2023 - Volume 7 - Number 2

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Versus Cognitive Retraining (CR) in Depression

Aarzoo *  ORCID: 0000-0001-9294-126X
Government Medical College & Hospital, Clinical Psychology, Chandigarh, INDIA

Santha Kumari *  ORCID: 0000-0001-9294-126X
Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, School of Humanities & Social Sciences, Patiala, INDIA

Open Journal for Psychological Research, 2023, 7(2), 53-66 * https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.ojpr.0702.03053a
Received: 20 June 2023 ▪ Revised: 4 October 2023 ▪ Accepted: 11 November 2023

LICENCE: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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ABSTRACT:
Mood disorders are recurrent or episodic with significant cognitive deficits and incomplete recovery. Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) has been a well-established evidence-based intervention, and Cognitive retraining (CR) is emerging to reduce cognitive deficits by application of techniques that improve attention, memory, and/or executive functions that enhance psychosocial functioning. Method: The present study compared CBT and CR delivered as independent interventions as well as combined with medicines employing pre-post intervention and experimental research design. Outcome measures were Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II), Metacognitive Questionnaire (MCQ30), World Health Organization Quality of Life- Brief (WHOQOLBref), and Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF). Results: CBT group statistically had highest QOL supported by environment and global functioning. The change in mean scores on outcome measures was greater for CR groups. Conclusion: CR with or without medicine is a feasible treatment option when CBT promulgation is inhibited by patient, therapist, or environmental variables.

KEY WORDS: CBT, CRT, depression, metacognition, QoL.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
Aarzoo, Government Medical College & Hospital, Clinical Psychology, Chandigarh, INDIA.

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