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Psychotherapy for Adults Within a Problem-Solving Framework: Focus on Depression
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Psychotherapy for Adults Within a Problem-Solving Framework: Focus on Depression

Arthur M. Nezu, Christine M. Nezu and Michael G. Perri
Journal of cognitive psychotherapy, v 4(3)
Jan 1990

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Applied Psychology Behavioral Sciences Cognitive, Biological, and Neurological Psychology Counseling Mental Health Counselling Psychology
Programs designed to help people cope more effectively with stressful life situations via training in social problem-solving skills have increased over the past decade. This article focuses specifically on problem-solving therapy for unipolar depression and provides a brief description of treatment guidelines for conducting psychotherapy with adult depressives. This therapy approach entails systematic training in the following five problem-solving processes: problem orientation, problem definition and formulation, generation of alternatives, decision making, and solution implementation and verification. Additionally, various clinical considerations concerning this treatment model are highlighted.

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