Unpacking Response Contingent Positive Reinforcement: Reward Probability, but Not Environmental Suppressors, Prospectively Predicts Depressive Symptoms via Behavioral Activation
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DOI: 10.1007/s10862-017-9600-3
Abstract: Behavioral models of depression conceptualize the development and maintenance of depressive symptoms as occurring within a system of response-contingent positive reinforcement (RCPR). Such models propose a negative cycle in which a decrease in positive reinforcement… read more here.
Keywords: depressive symptoms; positive reinforcement; time; behavioral activation ... See more keywords
Psychosocial factors associated with treatment outcomes in women with obesity and major depressive disorder who received behavioral activation for depression
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DOI: 10.1007/s10865-018-9993-9
Abstract: Behavioral activation is an empirically supported treatment for depression, but much is unknown about factors associated with treatment response. The present study aimed to determine whether baseline levels and subsequent changes in psychosocial factors were… read more here.
Keywords: depression; behavioral activation; treatment; factors associated ... See more keywords
Acceptability and Efficacy of Group Behavioral Activation for Depression Among Adults: A Meta-Analysis.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2019.01.003
Abstract: The evidence base for behavioral activation (BA) as a front-line treatment for depression is grounded in individual delivery. No valid previous meta-analytic reviews of BA delivered in groups have been conducted. This study therefore examined… read more here.
Keywords: meta analysis; behavioral activation; treatment; depression ... See more keywords
[Behavioral activation programs: A tool for treating depression efficiently].
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DOI: 10.1016/j.encep.2017.02.006
Abstract: INTRODUCTION Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a debilitating disorder, and its treatment often requires complex and costly psychological therapies. Behavioral activation (BA) is a simple, effective and affordable psychotherapy recommended in the treatment of MDD.… read more here.
Keywords: depression; treatment mdd; activation; behavioral activation ... See more keywords
Comparison of behavioral activation therapy and treatment as usual among depressed patients in secondary psychiatric care
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DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.724
Abstract: Introduction Evidence-based brief therapies are needed to reduce a marked heterogeneity affecting treatment of depression within the public psychiatric care. They should be easy to implement and use for a large group of patients. Objectives… read more here.
Keywords: psychiatric care; behavioral activation; treatment; group ... See more keywords
Behavioral activation treatment for major depression: A randomized trial of the efficacy of augmentation with cognitive control training.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2017.01.003
Abstract: BACKGROUND Major depressive disorder (MDD) is associated with hypoactivation of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, a brain region involved in emotion regulation and basic cognitive control processes. Recent studies have indicated that computerized interventions designed to… read more here.
Keywords: cognitive control; trial; behavioral activation; control ... See more keywords
Behavioral activation: Is it the expectation or achievement, of mastery or pleasure that contributes to improvement in depression?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2018.05.067
Abstract: BACKGROUND Behavioral activation (BA) is receiving renewed interest as a stand-alone or as a component of cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) for depression. However, few studies have examined which aspects of BA are most contributory to its… read more here.
Keywords: depression; pleasure; mastery pleasure; behavioral activation ... See more keywords
Treating depressive symptoms among veterans in primary care: A multi-site RCT of brief behavioral activation.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.01.033
Abstract: BACKGROUND Behavioral activation is ideal for embedded behavioral health providers (BHPs) working in primary care settings treating patients reporting a range of depressive symptoms. The current study tested whether a brief version of Behavioral Activation… read more here.
Keywords: depressive symptoms; primary care; multi site; behavioral activation ... See more keywords
A client-level session-by-session evaluation of behavioral activation's mechanism of action.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2016.07.003
Abstract: BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Our understanding of how Behavioral Activation (BA) for depression works is limited. BA is theorized to lead to changes in depression through changes in activation. While distal support for activation as a… read more here.
Keywords: depression; mechanism; behavioral activation; activation mechanism ... See more keywords
Psychiatric symptoms and entrepreneurial intention: The role of the behavioral activation system
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbvi.2019.e00153
Abstract: Abstract Both the scientific literature and the popular press have recently started to associate entrepreneurship with symptoms of mental disorders. In addition, there is an emerging stream of literature devoted to the non-intendedly rational logic… read more here.
Keywords: entrepreneurial intention; behavioral activation; activation system; symptoms entrepreneurial ... See more keywords
Association of behavioral activation system sensitivity to lower level facets of positive affect in daily life
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DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2019.109570
Abstract: Abstract The behavioral activation system (BAS), a putative neurobiological system guiding approach-related behavior and linked with increased risk for bipolar disorder, has long been associated with positive affect (PA). However, PA is multi-faceted, and little… read more here.
Keywords: positive affect; behavioral activation; activation system; sensitivity ... See more keywords