Behavioral activation is part of the ‘B’ or behavioral side of cognitive-behavioral therapy that focuses on changing what people do. I should mention that during college, I worked in the laboratory of ...

The laundry is piling up. Calls from friends and family are going unreturned. You haven’t been active for quite some time, and in general you’ve stopped doing many things you used to love to do. It’s ...

Depression affects half of the 6 million Americans who struggle with debilitating heart failure. Now, research shows that two leading modes of treatment -- antidepressants and an approach called ...

In a recent article published in JAMA Network Open, researchers compared the efficacy of antidepressant medication management (MEDS) against behavioral activation psychotherapy (BA) among inpatients ...

In a study of 1117 perinatal adults receiving behavioral activation therapy, the odds of endorsing suicide ideation decreased by 25% with each treatment session and by 80% at 3 months ...