Cognitive-behavioural therapy: created by Dr Albert Ellis is one of the most extensively researched forms of Psychotherapy. Several clinical trials have pointed to CBT’s long term effectiveness and prevention of relapse” Hollon Thase & Markovitz.
6 April 2005; In a study of 240 patients, researchers found that Cognitive Therapy, a type of treatment that teaches patients to think more realistically, worked as well as a popular anti-depressant for moderate to sever depression…if people quit taking Paxil (Paroxitine) after four months their relapse rate was twice that of therapy patients…”it establishes I think once and for all that Cognitive therapy does as well as pharmacotherapy, and what’s even more important is that it has a much lower relapse rate” Professor Aaron Beck… Professor of Psychiatry University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Director of Cognitive Therapy in Philadelphia.
Dr Albert Ellis, Dr Debie Joffe Ellis, Professor Aaron Beck & Dr Judith Beck
“The public remains largely unaware of the research supporting the efficacy of CT or other talking cures. But numerous studies show that cognitive therapy is as effective as medication at treating depression and often better than drugs for conditions like anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder”.
Washington Post September the 3rd 2002.