Randomized trial of behavioral activation, cognitive therapy, and antidepressant medication in the acute treatment of adults with major depression.

@article{Dimidjian2006RandomizedTO,
  title={Randomized trial of behavioral activation, cognitive therapy, and antidepressant medication in the acute treatment of adults with major depression.},
  author={Sona Dimidjian and Steven D. Hollon and Keith S. Dobson and Karen B. Schmaling and Robert J. Kohlenberg and Michael E. Addis and Robert Gallop and Joseph B. McGlinchey and David K Markley and Jackie K. Gollan and David C. Atkins and David L. Dunner and Neil S. Jacobson},
  journal={Journal of consulting and clinical psychology},
  year={2006},
  volume={74 4},
  pages={
          658-70
        }
}
Antidepressant medication is considered the current standard for severe depression, and cognitive therapy is the most widely investigated psychosocial treatment for depression. However, not all patients want to take medication, and cognitive therapy has not demonstrated consistent efficacy across trials. Moreover, dismantling designs have suggested that behavioral components may account for the efficacy of cognitive therapy. The present study tested the efficacy of behavioral activation by… 
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