Do older adults respond to cognitive behavioral therapy as well as younger adults? An analysis of a large, multi-diagnostic, real-world sample.

Objectives: Older adults (OA; ≥55 years of age) are underrepresented in patients receiving cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). This study evaluates mental health outcomes for OA compared to younger adults (YA; <55 years of age) receiving CBT.

Design: This is a pre-post study comparing the effectiveness of CBT for OA (n = 99) and YA (n = 601) in a CBT service located in a university-affiliated tertiary care hospital in Canada.

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Intensive Case Management: A Multimethod Quantitative-Qualitative Study.

Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) has been shown to improve clinical outcomes in schizophrenia and severe and persistent mental illness, but access to it remains limited. One potential way to improve access to CBT is to provide it through intensive case management (ICM) teams. A 90-week quality improvement study was designed to assess if CBT could be implemented in ICM teams.

Using a simulation centre to evaluate preliminary acceptability and impact of an artificial intelligence-powered clinical decision support system for depression treatment on the physician-patient interaction.

Background: Recently, artificial intelligence-powered devices have been put forward as potentially powerful tools for the improvement of mental healthcare. An important question is how these devices impact the physician-patient interaction.

Aims: Aifred is an artificial intelligence-powered clinical decision support system (CDSS) for the treatment of major depression.

Perfectionism, efficacy, and daily coping and affect in depression over 6 months.

Objective: This study examined how perfectionism and efficacy impacted the maintenance of daily coping and affect in depression over six months.

Method: Forty-six depressed patients (69.6% female, mean age = 41.

Evaluating the Use of a Computerized CBT Program for Outpatients on a Waitlist in a University CBT Unit.

Objectives And Design: The goal of this pilot randomized controlled trial was to determine whether a computerized cognitive-behavioral therapy (cCBT) program for depression and anxiety could reduce symptoms in outpatients on a waitlist for face-to-face CBT for a variety of mental health complaints.

Methods: Sixty-seven outpatients referred for CBT for disparate problems (eg, anxiety, depression, obsessions or compulsions) were randomized to 1 of 2 conditions: (1) the cCBT program "Good Days Ahead," which included weekly guidance and support, or (2) a control condition where patients were referred to a freely available online CBT workbook. Measures of psychological distress were administered at the start of study and at the end of the waiting period, when participants were formally diagnosed and assessed for face-to-face therapy.